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Top education boards may lack quorums after inaction from Gov. Tate Reeves
By BOBBY HARRISON, GEOFF PENDER AND KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/29/21-11:01AM , 807 Reads 54,897 Statewide
Gov. Tate Reeves has not made appointments to fill vacancies on Mississippi’s two main education boards — a move the chairwoman of the state Board of Education says has been “crippling” to the work of that panel.
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Municipal Primary Elections - Shubuta and Stonewall
Mon,03/29/21-10:55AM , 730 Reads
The Clarke County Municipal Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, April 6. The only two elections on this day will be held in the Town of Shubuta and Town of Stonewall.
Town of Shubuta city residents only will vote in the Democratic Primary Election this day at the Shubuta Multi Purpose Building from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
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His father was shot and killed. Now he’s in the Senate working to expand early release in Mississippi prisons.
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/29/21-10:51AM , 597 Reads 26,798 Statewide
Don’t call state Sen. Juan Barnett “a bleeding heart liberal” just because he believes state laws should be changed to expand the opportunity for earlier release for many in Mississippi prisons.
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State employees, higher ed employees to receive pay raises as lawmakers finalize budget
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/29/21-10:14AM , 593 Reads 46,520 Statewide
Many of Mississippi’s more than 25,000 state employees will get a 3% pay raise under an agreement reached between House and Senate leaders as they work to finalize a budget this week and conclude the 2021 legislative session.
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