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January 3, 2017

#MAEP rewrite, budget takes center stage as 2017 #msleg gavels in

School funding, budget, roads headline 2017 Mississippi Legislature Mississippi’s 174 legislators will return to the Capitol Tuesday, starting a 90-day legislative session that will run as late as April 2. There will be touches of festivity, including events celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mississippi becoming a state in 1817, part of the lead-up to the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 3, 2017

State Sen. Fillingane seeking to make all counterfeiting a felony #msleg

Lawmakers consider higher penalties for counterfeit money Under current Mississippi law, if the amount of counterfeit money involved is more than $500, it is a felony charge punishable by two to 10 years in a state prison, up to a $10,000 fine or both. However, if it less than $500, those found guilty can only…