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Senate passes teacher raise
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,01/21/22-2:12PM, 231 Reads 7,971 Statewide
The state Senate on Friday with no debate unanimously passed a $210-million teacher pay raise, but the entire Black Caucus did not vote because its members walked out in protest of a critical race theory bill passed earlier.
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Wicker, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Arm Ukraine Against Russia
By PRESS RELEASE - SENATOR ROGER WICKER
Fri,01/21/22-1:36PM, 110 Reads 1,757 Statewide
Below is a press release from Senator Roger Wicker:
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SOS: Secretary Watson Announces 29 by 29 Strategic Plan for Tackle the Tape Initiative
By PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI SECRETARY OF STATE
Fri,01/21/22-1:24PM, 126 Reads 1,649 Statewide
Below is a press release from the Mississippi Secretary of State:
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Several criminal justice measures making way through legislative process
By STEVE WILSON
Fri,01/21/22-8:24AM, 626 Reads 5,865 Statewide
The Senate Corrections Committee approved several criminal justice bills Wednesday as the session nears the end of its third week of work.

All of the bills approved by the committee were authored by its chairman, state Sen. Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg, who has authored some criminal justice reform bills in the past few years.
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