2016 session: Tax cut, school changes; no new highway money
Mississippi legislators grabbed national attention during their 2016 session by voting to let workers cite their own religious objections to same-sex marriage to deny services to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people.
Analysis: Halfway through session, big debates yet to begin
Mississippi’s 2016 legislative session may be halfway over, but debate has yet to really begin on three of the biggest issues.
Info session for national funding to be held Monday
Volunteer Mississippi and Mississippi University for Women will hold a public information session from 9 to 11:30 a.m Monday in Room 120 of the Education Building on MUW’s campus.
Congress heads back to work with looming funding deadline
Members of Congress return today from July Fourth fireworks and parades facing a daunting summer workload and an impending deadline to fund the government or risk a shutdown in the fall.
CMSD to host parent input session on grants
The Columbus Municipal School District is hosting its annual parent planning and input session Thursday.
Congress crams unfinished agenda into final days
Lame-duck lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday for a two-week session in which they hope to prevent a government shutdown and renew tax breaks for individuals and businesses.
Briefing set Saturday for tire plant jobs
East Mississippi Community College will sponsor an information session Saturday for people interested in applying for a job at the Yokohama Tire Manufacturing plant.
Lawmakers finish state budget, end 2014 session
Mississippi lawmakers ended their 2014 session Wednesday night after passing the final parts of a state budget for the year that begins July 1.
EMCC helping develop skills for potential Yokohama jobs
As of Jan. 6, 470 students have taken the WorkKeys assessment through basic manufacturing skills classes with East Mississippi Community College’s Workforce Services division.
MML to push for legislators to pass sales tax vote option
The Mississippi Municipal League will once again press state legislators to pass the Citizens for Economic Development Act when they convene today in Jackson for the 2014 legislative session.
Miss. lawmakers face long agenda in 2014 session
Mississippi lawmakers start their three-month session at noon today, and they face a long agenda. They’ll write a budget, seek ways to control prison costs, debate education policy and argue about health care.
Ellis in good health, spirits as legislative term approaches
State Rep. Tyrone Ellis, D-Starkville, can now laugh about a stroke he had last summer.
“It scared my family — and me too!” he jokingly said, Friday.
Legislators face myriad challenges in ’14 session
Representatives and senators in the Golden Triangle will meet with their colleagues in Jackson Tuesday for the 2014 regular legislative session to address budgetary, education and public safety challenges among others over the next three months.
EMCC packed for Yokohama employment session
Yolanda Gillespie of Columbus has worked at a chicken processing plant in Noxubee County for 18 years. She hopes one day to get a higher paying job with better benefits.
Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi could be that avenue for her.
Volunteer Mississippi hosts free session Tuesday
Volunteer Mississippi will present an information session Tuesday, Aug. 20 in Starkville to discuss the availability of federal funds to support local national service programs,
Analysis: 2013 session mixes substance, silliness
Mississippi lawmakers approved substantial public policy changes during their 2013 session, with an emphasis on trying new approaches to public education.
Mississippi lawmakers finish their 2013 session
Mississippi lawmakers ended their three-month session Thursday, but they’ll return to the Capitol in the next several weeks to handle a big piece of unfinished business: Keeping the Medicaid program alive beyond July 1.
Slimantics: Mercifully, the end is near …
The Great Festering Pile of Stupid, sometimes referred to as the Mississippi Legislature, will soon end its 2013 session.