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- In addition to wearing masks, students practice social distancing throughout the Jefferson County school system. Some of math teacher Lakeshia Ford’s students participate in class from home via Zoom. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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House unveils their own massive teacher pay raise, tops Senate proposal
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,01/12/22-9:12AM , 636 Reads 14,131 Statewide
A day after the state Senate proposed the largest Mississippi teacher pay raise in decades, the House topped it with its own proposal that would increase all teachers by $4,000 to $6,000 a year and boost starting pay above both the Southeastern and national averages.
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- From the south steps of the Capitol, Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance founder Angie Calhoun with supporters, makes a plea to the Governor to change his position on medical marijuana on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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As clock ticks, headwinds build against passage of Mississippi medical marijuana
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,01/10/22-9:24AM , 1,004 Reads 16,090 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

For some time after the Supreme Court shot down a vote of the people to create a Mississippi medical marijuana, it appeared fait accompli that lawmakers would enact a program, per the “will of the voters.”
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- If reaching consensus had always been required to call a Mississippi special session, many critical policies never would have passed. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America
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2022 will be far from a ‘do nothing’ session for Mississippi Legislature
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,01/04/22-5:06PM , 588 Reads 20,293 Statewide
There’s an old saying around the Mississippi Capitol: When the state has no money, lawmakers fuss and fight. When the state has lots of extra money, lawmakers really fuss and fight.
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Mississippi chicken farmers receive federal pandemic relief
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,12/30/21-11:48AM , 498 Reads 9,642 Statewide
Mississippi poultry farmers who suffered losses when restaurants shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic will receive $23 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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