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February 12, 2013

MS House passes HB 955 – the ‘Third Grade Reading Gate’ bill

Speaker of the House Philip Gunn and members of the Mississippi House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed House Bill 955, commonly known as the “Third Grade Reading Gate” bill, by a vote of 94-19. “No other measure that we pass this year will have a greater impact on our educational system than this bill,” said Speaker…
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February 11, 2013

Tea Party demands answers on secret immigration deal

The Clarion-Ledger’s political editor Geof Ponder, in the Sunday edition, under his POWER RANKINGS story on the current legislative session yesterday wrote: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION “The House threw an indendiary grenade, passing an immigration bill out of committee just before deadline. This appears to be a House chairman going rouge or the leadership reneging on an…