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February 13, 2014

Mississippi Senate moves to undo later school start date

Mississippi Senate moves along bill to undo new law to start school later Some Mississippi legislators are trying to undo a law that requires the school year to start later in August. The Senate voted 31-15 Wednesday to do that, but the House and the governor would have to agree before anything could change. Prospects…
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February 12, 2014

FactCheck.org looks at MS Conservatives PAC ad

Distortions in Mississippi GOP Primary The ads say, “Who is Chris McDaniel? … The McDaniel opposed to Common Core education standards? Or the one voting to fund it in the state Senate?” The ad’s fine print identifies those votes as H.B. 1593 in 2012 and H.B. 1648 in 2013. The ad is absolutely right that…