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Senate teacher pay plan passes committees; next stop before full chamber
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,01/20/22-5:54PM, 56 Reads 0 Statewide
A proposal that would provide teachers an average salary increase of $4,700 over two years passed both the Senate Education and Appropriations committees Thursday and could be considered by the full Senate as early as Friday morning.
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Cheaper car tags help garner Democratic support for Gunn tax cut
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,01/17/22-9:12AM, 93 Reads 2,320 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

A day after the massive tax cut bill championed by Republican Speaker Philip Gunn passed the House, a member of his leadership team took bold action.
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The State Capitol in Jackson. The first day of the 2022 legislative session convened on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Major tax cut, teacher pay raise proposals sail through House with bipartisan support
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,01/13/22-10:12AM, 50 Reads 1,509 Statewide
In less than 45 minutes Wednesday afternoon, the House approved legislation that would provide the largest tax cut in the state’s history and one of Mississippi’s largest teacher pay raises.
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Republican lawmakers send redrawn congressional districts to governor for final signature
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,01/12/22-7:54PM, 115 Reads 3,776 Statewide
The Mississippi Legislature is a gubernatorial signature away from doing what it has not been able to accomplish since the early 1990s: pass a plan to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts.
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