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Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
January 11, 2022

Day after Senate leaders propose teacher pay increase, Mississippi House version raises the bar even higher

The Senate version would move starting teacher pay to $40,000. The newly released House bill trumps that by $3,000. On Monday, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R) and Senate Education Chairman Dennis DeBar (R) released their proposal to raise teacher pay over the coming years, restructuring the pay scale and investing some $210 million into teacher…
Opinion  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 11, 2022

Congressional Redistricting plan expected to be debated on MS Senate floor on Wednesday

HB 384 passed the Mississippi House last week by a vote of 76-42. On Tuesday, State Senator Dean Kirby, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, said that he expects to bring up HB 384 – the ‘Magnolia 1’ Congressional Redistricting plan – when the Mississippi Senate meets at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning. During a Senate…