Mississippi House votes for alternative wording for state funding amendment
JACKSON, Missisisppi (AP) – Republicans pushed through a proposal for alternate wording for a state constitutional referendum on school funding Tuesday, as supporters of the original language howled...
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SCHOOL FUNDING AMENDMENT Bryant asks court to reject rewording of initiative ballot JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Gov. Phil Bryant says no court should have the power to reword how the Legislature phrased its...
View ArticleState high court deals blow to Initiative 42 supporters
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Supporters of a school funding initiative have lost a battle in the Mississippi Supreme Court. In a split decision Thursday, justices ruled that a Hinds County circuit judge...
View ArticleInitiative 42 supporters sue to get information on Mississippi ballot
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Supporters of citizen-sponsored Initiative 42 have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to have more information about their proposal placed on the Nov. 3 ballot. The initiative is...
View ArticleBallot could confuse Mississippi voters on school funding plans
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — People pushing a school funding proposal said Tuesday that Mississippi’s largest county has taken an already confusing ballot format and made it worse. More than 100,000 voters...
View ArticleMississippi lawmaker Lester ‘Bubba’ Carpenter apologizes for ‘black judge’...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi lawmaker apologized Monday for saying at a local Republican meeting that “a black judge” would decide how to spend money on public schools if state voters...
View ArticleSchool funding issues rarely stop at 1 judge: analysis
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The claim that one Hinds County judge could ultimately decide the fate of Mississippi’s school finance system if voters amend the state constitution appears unlikely. If...
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