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September 9, 2015

Roll Call: Palazzo sends letter to McConnell, encourages Senate rule change over #IranDeal

House Republican Tells Senate to Go ‘Nuclear’ Over the Iran Deal Rep. Steven Palazzo, a Republican from Mississippi, has written to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., encouraging the leader to effectively change the Senate’s rules with a simple majority to allow just 51 senators to overcome procedural hurdles and get legislation disapproving the international…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 9, 2015

Third Grade Reading Gate scores show 8 percent of students will repeat third grade

Final reading test cuts number of failing third-graders More than 2,900 Mississippi students — 8 percent — are expected to repeat the third grade because they scored too low on the Third Grade Gate reading test. That’s an improvement from the 15 percent that failed the first time on the exam, a linchpin of Gov.…