Mississippi House Approves $4,000-$6,000 Pay Raise For Teachers
Public school teachers would gain pay bumps ranging from $4,000 to $6,000 under a plan Mississippi House lawmakers overwhelmingly approved this afternoon.
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Public school teachers would gain pay bumps ranging from $4,000 to $6,000 under a plan Mississippi House lawmakers overwhelmingly approved this afternoon.
Educators would experience yearly pay raises and significant boosts every five years under a new proposal Mississippi Senate leaders unveiled Monday. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, the Senate president, announced the plan alongside Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar, R-Leakesville.
A plan to redraw Mississippi’s congressional map that would stretch the only majority Black district across more than 300 miles earned approval in the Mississippi House. State representatives voted to adopt the map, known as the Magnolia 1 plan, on a mostly partisan basis 76-to-42 with most Republicans in favor and most Democrats opposed.
A group of Mississippi plaintiffs hoping to revive Mississippi’s citizen-led ballot initiative process took their case to federal court today.
Christine Loftin believes medical marijuana could save the life of her son, Bryan, who has mitochondrial disease. But more than a year after Mississippians voted to enact a medical marijuana law, Gov. Tate Reeves has not called a special session to create a program.
State leaders are considering the prospect of a special session to repair Mississippi’s ballot initiative law after the state Supreme Court nullified it earlier this month in a decision that also killed the voter-approved medical-marijuana law. But even if lawmakers come to the rescue to quell widespread voter anger, some will use the opportunity to weaken direct democracy in the Magnolia State, one Jones County Republican is warning.
The Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act bans Mississippi prisons from shackling pregnant women and expands visitation rights for minor children.
LGBTQ rights advocates say that Gov. Tate Reeves put transgender teen and young adult lives “in danger” today by signing Senate Bill 2536, “The Mississippi Fairness Act,” banning transgender students at public schools and colleges from participating in sports teams that match their gender.
Mississippi’s history board should remain free from political interference, historians from across the state are telling House lawmakers, asking them to oppose Senate Bill 2727.Â
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