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Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, left, and David Blount, D-Jackson confer following adjournment at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Lawmakers of both chambers met quickly and adjourned on the first day the 90-day session. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi working on plans for pandemic relief money
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,01/24/22-6:02PM , 256 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi senators are taking the first steps toward spending some of the $1.8 billion the state is receiving from the federal government for pandemic relief.
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Sen. Joseph Thomas, D-Yazoo City, holds a copy of the proposed congressional redistricting map as debate over a different version is held in the Chamber at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi governor signs bill for congressional remap
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,01/24/22-10:27AM , 486 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday signed a bill that redraws the boundaries of the state's four congressional districts to account for changes in population.
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2 teacher pay raise proposals alive at Mississippi Capitol
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,01/21/22-4:19PM , 350 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Senate voted Friday to increase teachers' pay, days after the House approved a separate proposal.
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Sen. Barbara Blackmon, D-Canton, speaks at the well in the Senate Chamber at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Blackmon was among the Black lawmakers who walked out of the Senate Chamber in protest Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, and withheld their votes as the body passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Black Mississippi senators protest vote on race theory bill
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,01/21/22-12:18PM , 311 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Black lawmakers walked out in protest Friday and withheld their votes as the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory.
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