Under the Capitol dome: Analysis: Schools sell the idea of more cash in new ways
Mississippi’s school funding formula has apparently grown so toxic to the Republicans who rule the state that local school superintendents are giving up defending it publicly.
No shutdown, no default: Congress leaders, Obama back deal
Striving to end a cycle of crisis, congressional leaders and the White House united Tuesday behind an ambitious budget and debt deal aimed at restoring a semblance of order to Capitol Hill and ending the threat of government shutdowns and defaults until well after a new president takes office.
No shutdown: Congress approves bill to keep government open
Just hours before a midnight deadline, a bitterly divided Congress approved a stopgap spending bill Wednesday to keep the federal government open — but with no assurance there won’t be yet another shutdown showdown in December.
House, Senate to send Obama temporary spending bill
A temporary funding measure that would keep the government open past a midnight deadline should make its way to President Barack Obama today with time to spare.
RePublic Schools charter network gets $9.6M for expansion
An operator of charter schools in Tennessee and Mississippi is in line to receive $9.6 million in federal funding, with plans to spend the money on expansion.
Miss. GOP opposes 2 school funding proposals on ballot
Mississippi Republican Party leaders are urging people to vote against both of the education funding proposals on the November ballot.
Judge asked to revisit school funding decision
Some Mississippi school districts are asking a Hinds County chancery judge to reconsider his decision that legislators are not obligated to fully fund an education budget formula every year.
House votes to provide money for highways, transit
The House voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to shore up federal highway aid and veterans’ health care before heading out of town for its August recess, leaving unresolved an array of sticky issues that are sure to complicate an autumn agenda already groaning under the weight of indecision.
Judge: Mississippi not obligated to fully fund schools
Mississippi legislators are not obligated to fully fund an education budget formula every year, a judge ruled in a lawsuit filed by a former governor.
House to take up bill to keep highway aid flowing to states
Faced with the prospect of a shutdown in highway and transit aid to states, the House is due to take up a bill to temporarily shore up funding for transportation programs for the 35th time since 2009.
Plan would overhaul business taxes, fund highways
Senators unveiled a bipartisan framework Wednesday aimed at making business taxes more competitive while generating much-needed funding to repair the nation’s roads and bridges.
Budget writer: Cuts possible if education measure passes
A top Mississippi budget writer is telling leaders of most state agencies to plan how they would cut spending in case voters approve a school funding initiative in November.
Mississippi gets $2.4 million to improve reading teachers
Mississippi will get $2.4 million to subsidize summer programs for struggling readers and improve teachers’ reading instruction methods.
Blackjack improvements remain stalled
Oktibbeha County officials have plans to improve a portion of Blackjack Road and lessen traffic issues near the area’s roundabout, but supervisors cannot move forward just yet because of a lack of funding.
Reeves joins those seeking school spending bump
As the 2015 elections approach, Republican leaders in the Mississippi Legislature appear to be reaching a consensus to spend more on K-12 education in next year’s budget.
Analysis: More opponents loom for school funding initiative
The skies were already clouding over for an initiative meant to require higher funding of Mississippi’s education system. But they’re getting darker.
2 events get partial funding from CVB
The main order of business at Monday’s Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors’ Bureau board meeting was releasing grant money to a handful of events that rely on CVB funding.
Two initiatives could neutralize education funding issue
All Mississippi politicians say they love education, especially during election years. The key question is: How do they translate that love into public policy?
Musgrove asks judge to order state to pay school districts
Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove asked a judge Wednesday to order the state to pay money that 21 school districts say they are owed from past school underfunding.
House votes for school funding amendment alternative
House Republicans pushed through a proposal for alternate wording for a state constitutional referendum on school funding Tuesday, as supporters of the original language howled that the effort aimed to sabotage the November vote.