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October 12, 2015

#Initiative42: Liberal out of state money vs Conservative in state money

School funding initiative backers keep outraising opponents The most expensive ballot initiative campaign in Mississippi history got costlier in September, as supporters of the Initiative 42 education funding measure continued to outraise opponents… …Better Schools, Better Jobs — the political committee backing Initiative 42 — raised $357,000 in September. Of that, all but $40,000 came…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 12, 2015

Transportation improvement discussions coming in 2016 Legislative session

Sleeper Mississippi election issue? Transportation $$$ But a major push to improve state funding could be coming in the 2016 Legislature, which means officials elected this fall will decide whether Mississippi will raise taxes to pay for asphalt and bridges. The pinch comes as highways age that were built following Mississippi’s 1987 passage of its…