House Speaker Jason White, left, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann greet each other before Gov. Tate Reeves' inauguration ceremony at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today
A House plan to dissolve the member-elected board that governs Mississippi’s massive public employee pension plan and replace it with a board dominated by political appointees died Tuesday in the Senate Government Structure Committee.
The bill’s death angered House Speaker Jason White, who called the move “irresponsible.”
