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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 11, 2023

House District 23 special election to be decided in runoff

Stepp, Van Bailey to faceoff on January 31st. On Tuesday, voters in Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette and Webster counties went to the polls to elect a new state representative to replace former lawmaker Jim Beckett. Beckett, a Republican, resigned late last year to become the executive director of the Public Utilities Staff. The special election featuring…
News  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 10, 2023

Lawmakers split on incentivizing districts to adopt modified public school calendar

The issue is expected to be taken up “quite early” on in the 2023 legislative session. Over the last few months, the possibility of legislation that would encourage school districts in Mississippi to adopt a modified school calendar has gained steam among lawmakers, at least on the Senate side of the Capitol. Lieutenant Governor Delbert…