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House Appropriations Committee Chairman John Read, R-Gautier, left, assures Rep. Omeria Scott, D-Laurel, that she would be receiving an updated grid of the total state support for agencies for fiscal year 2023, in the House chamber at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi legislators work to approve state spending plans
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Mon,04/04/22-2:50PM , 395 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators on Monday were approving parts of a state budget for the year that begins July 1, and it is substantially larger than the budget for the current year.
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Sen. Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg, left, welcomes Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves to the chamber at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, April 1, 2022. A number of lawmakers greeted the governor as he dropped by to observe the body in session. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi lawmakers aim to finish budget and end session
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sun,04/03/22-7:53AM , 186 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are returning to the Capitol on Monday with hopes of finishing their 2022 session.
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Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett waves a confederate flag before the start of Ole Miss-Kentucky football game at the stadium on Sept. 29, 1962, in Jackson, Miss. With Barnett is his wife, the former Pearl Crawford, left. Mississippi in 2022 is on the verge of retiring a state song with racist roots, two years after it surrendered a Confederate-themed state flag. “Go, Mississippi" uses the tune of a 1959 campaign song for Ross Barnett, who won the governor's race proclaiming support of segregation. (AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File)

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'Go, Mississippi': State could ditch song with racist roots
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,04/01/22-3:28PM , 336 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on the verge of scuttling a state song with racist roots, two years after it retired a Confederate-themed state flag.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks Thursday, March 24, 2022, during a news conference outside his Capitol office in Jackson, Miss. The Republican says he wants legislators to phase out the state income tax. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)

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Mississippi governor signs largest teacher raise in years
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,03/30/22-6:14PM , 197 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Wednesday authorizing the largest pay raise in a generation for the state's public school teachers, long among the lowest-paid in the nation.
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