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February 21, 2014

Mississippi House Weekly Summary for February 21, 2014 #msleg

Mississippi House of Representatives Weekly Summary Week of February 17, 2014 This week, members of the House turned their focus toward budget matters, with both the Appropriations and Ways and Means committees very active. The Appropriations committee deals with spending the state’s money and is charged with designing the FY 2015 State Budget, which begins…
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February 21, 2014

Amendment to develop a plan for a state employee pay raise passes Mississippi House #msleg

Pay raise proposal alive in House The House Republican leadership thwarted 23 attempts Thursday to provide state employees a pay raise. But one amendment, offered by Rep. Preston Sullivan, D-Okolona, that mandates that a plan be developed to provide a $1,000 pay raise to employees of the state Department of Education for the upcoming fiscal…