MS House lawmakers push school choice as Senate chairman kills proposals. Read details
The Mississippi House Education Committee has again pushed up bills related to school choice as the Senate kills its ...
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Mississippi House kills bill to allow students to more easily move between school districts
A bill that would have allowed parents to more easily transfer their children to different public school districts failed in the Mississippi House of Representatives. House Speaker Jason White ...
House, Senate pass redistricting plan for 15 districts. See whose seat is up for election
The Legislature has passed both a House and Senate redistricting plan, leaving 15 legislative districts up for reelection in November.
New Mississippi legislative maps head to court for approval despite DeSoto lawmakers’ objections
Voters from 15 Mississippi legislative districts will decide special elections this November if a federal court goes along with two redistricting maps approved by state lawmakers.
The Northside Sun7d
Senate’s attempt to revive its education agenda DOA in Mississippi House
Speaker Jason White says there’s no need to send a “milquetoast, very lame Senate Education agenda” back to the House after the Senate “wholeheartedly rejected” the House’s education freedom measures.
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House, Senate pass redistricting plan for 15 districts. See whose seat is up for election
It will now be up to a panel of three federal judges to decide whether a plan put forth by the Mississippi Legislature to redraw 15 legislative districts in the House and Senate will happen.
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School transfer, most other ‘school choice’ measures dead in Mississippi Legislature
A bill that would make it easier for K-12 students to transfer to other public schools outside their home districts, one of ...
Small banks in mostly red districts could lose funding under new Trump order
The Trump administration is targeting a federal program that supports small banks in some of the poorest communities across ...