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7 of 8 statewide officials inaugurated
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,01/10/20-2:12AM , 259 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi’s new lieutenant governor, Republican Delbert Hosemann, said immediately after his inauguration Thursday that he wants to work with all lawmakers to improve education, enact pay raises for state employees and address problems in a state’s prison system that has been rocked by deadly violence.
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Legislators working to cover full cost of teacher pay raise
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,01/09/20-1:00AM , 208 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are working on funding the final portion of a pay raise that teachers started receiving this school year.

The $1,500 raise was approved during the 2019 legislative session, but officials later discovered a bureaucratic error.
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Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, left, Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, center Rep. Steve Hopkins, R-Southaven, repeat the oath of office as they are sworn into office in the Mississippi House chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Ready to work
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,01/08/20-2:51AM , 262 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi legislators on Tuesday began their four-year term facing the challenge of a cash-strapped and chronically understaffed prison system that has been rocked by violence in recent days.
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Evans takes himself out of Flowers case
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,01/07/20-1:00AM , 276 Reads
JACKSON — A Mississippi prosecutor filed a court order Monday saying he won’t be the one to decide whether to try a man a seventh time in a quadruple murder case.
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