Tax Cut Up to $550 Million in Senate, Gov. Says His Bill is Aimed More at Cuts for Families
JACKSON, Miss.–It seems like several people in the state government want to make sure your taxes are cut, at least to some degree, over the...
Tag : Education
Funding Your Child’s Education: Miss. Legislature Passes MAEP With Added $106 Million
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–IF you’ve ever wondered just how much Mississippi spends on education each year, this year may be a record, with an extra $106 million...
Entergy Charitable Foundation Awards Grants for Mississippi Community Boosters
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss– The Entergy Charitable Foundation recently awarded nonprofits and educational organizations in Entergy Mississippi communities with grants totaling $138,000. ...
Public Schools Funding Court Hearing Ends With No Immediate Decision (Video)
by kim
JACKSON, Miss. – Nearly two dozen Mississippi School districts are waiting to learn if the state will be forced to pay out millions of dollars...
Your Child’s Education: Common Core Rally Planned for First Day of Legislative Session
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–Getting people from all parts of the state to come to the capitol and oppose Common Core was the goal of a group of...
Merit-Based Paychecks Going to over 600 Lamar County Teachers
by Sarah Ulmer
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi– Nearly 90 percent of teachers in Lamar County have qualified for an extra boost to the paycheck as part of Governor Phil Bryant’s...
Medicaid Expansion in 2015: Howell Says State Has Already Added 70,000 More People
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–When you hear talk from state lawmakers about expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, most of what you are hearing is the possibility...
Shock and Awe over Latest Legislative Budget Ideas and Spending Priorities
by kim
JACKSON, Miss. – Eliminating more than 2,000 empty state jobs, reducing travel and services by contacts; plus limiting the purchase of new equipment are among...
Ebola and Panic in Poplarville: School District Releases Statement on Employee
by kim
POPLARVILLE, Miss.–Ebola. That’s a hot word right now and it can set off panic. Now parents in Poplarville concerned because a school district employee is...
Fully Funding Education: State Auditor Says MAEP Formula Difficult to Understand
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–Fully funding education, that would seem like a no-brainer, right? In Mississippi most school superintendents see that as fully funding the Miss. Adequate Education...