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Proposal could shift more school cost to local taxpayers
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Tue,01/17/17-1:00PM , 150 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi’s per-pupil education spending would remain at least the same or could even increase, but more of the cost could be shifted to local taxpayers rather than the state budget under proposals for a new school funding formula that consultants presented to lawmakers Monday.
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Arson suspect’s bond cut
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Fri,01/13/17-5:48PM , 144 Reads
GREENVILLE — An African-American man charged in burning of a black church that was also spray-painted with “Vote Trump” has been falsely accused, his attorney said Thursday.
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Church arson suspect in court
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Thu,01/12/17-4:49PM , 182 Reads
JACKSON — A court hearing was set for a Mississippi man charged in the burning of the black church he attended that was spray-painted with “Vote Trump.”

Andrew McClinton has been jailed under $250,000 bond since he was arrested Dec. 21 and charged with first degree arson of a place of worship.
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House OKs campaign finance reform bill
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Thu,01/12/17-1:00PM , 146 Reads
JACKSON — Speaker Philip Gunn took a campaign finance bill by the hand and escorted it through the Mississippi House Wednesday, a year after his top lieutenants mugged a similar measure.
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