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Former Gov. Phil Bryant, left, studies his official portrait with his wife Deborah Bryant, following its unveiling at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, March 22, 2022. His portrait will join those of previous governors hanging in the Capitol while his wife's portrait will hang with other first ladies at the Old Capitol Museum. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi unveils portraits of former Gov. Bryant and wife
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,03/22/22-3:08PM , 388 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In his portrait unveiled Tuesday, former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant stands outside the state Capitol with his left hand on his hip and his right hand clasping his grandmother's Bible.
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House Appropriations Committee member Richard Bennett, R-Long Beach, speaks to the specifics of providing additional funding for state public school teachers' salaries for fiscal year 2020 in a bill before the committee, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Bennett will help negotiate the final version of a teacher pay raise bill in March 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi teacher pay raise bill headed to governor
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,03/22/22-12:08PM , 430 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A bill headed to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves would give the state’s public school teachers their largest pay raise in years.
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Elementary school teacher LaKristie Barner from Itta Bena, Miss., was one of several teachers that monitored a meeting of the education conferees from both the House and Senate, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, as the lawmakers sought a compromise on their separate teacher pay bills at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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It's a deal: Mississippi teacher pay plan awaits final votes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,03/16/22-1:10PM , 428 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Negotiators from the Mississippi House and Senate reached a deal Wednesday to boost some of the lowest teacher salaries in the nation.
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Flanked by most of the Republican members of the House, Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, presents to reporters the House's position on their state income tax elimination legislation at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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House, Senate pursue separate tracks on Mississippi tax cuts
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,03/15/22-5:25PM , 385 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House and Senate are pushing forward with separate tax cut proposals, and leaders will hold final negotiations later this month.
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