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Thursday, February 6, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) 2/7/25 Legislative Update: House Approves Public School Choice Bill » Tuesday night, February 4, was the first committee deadline of the session. Any general bill not passed out of its respect...
Thursday, February 6, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) PERS Board Holds Special Called Meeting » The PERS Board of Trustees held a special called meeting Wednesday, February 5. Dr. Randy McCoy, one of two retiree repres...
Monday, February 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) 1/31/25 Legislative Update » Thank you to all of our members who heeded MPE’s January 24 th call to action and called their House member to ask him/he...
Monday, January 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) 1/24/25 Legislative Update: Call to Action on HB 1433 » It is rare that MPE issues a call to action, so our doing so should indicate the importance of this information. MPE is as...
Friday, January 17, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) 1/17/25 Legislative Update » The House unveiled HB 1 , its 107-page tax reform bill, last Friday and the House Ways and Means Committee passed the...
Thursday, January 9, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) 2025 Legislative Session Convenes » The 2025 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convened at noon Tuesday, January 7. As this 90-day session is sch...
Friday, December 20, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) 2025 Legislative Session Begins January 7 » The 2025 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. The 90-day ses...
Friday, December 13, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Speaker of the House Proposes Pilot Voucher Program » During comments at a summit in Jackson earlier this week, House Speaker Jason White said the Mississippi House of Represen...
Friday, December 13, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) JLBC Releases FY 26 Legislative Budget Recommendation » The Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) released its Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Budget Recommendation (LBR)...
Friday, November 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Governor Releases FY 26 Budget Recommendation » Governor Tate Reeves released his FY 2026 Executive Budget Recommendation (EBR) Friday, November 15, 2024. The EBR recomme...
Friday, November 15, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) 11/15/24 Legislative Update » FY 26 Revenue Estimate Adopted : The Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) and Governor Reeves have adopted a Joint...
Sunday, November 10, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update: Senate Education Meets » The Senate Education Committee met Wednesday, November 6, 2024. State Superintendent of Education Dr. Lance Evans and MDE...
Sunday, November 10, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) School Choice Update: Three States Reject Choice » Voters in three states rejected measures in the November 5 General Election to expand private school choice: ...
Thursday, February 17, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update (2/17/22) » The House and Senate began considering their respective appropriation bills this week, as February 23 is the deadline for...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) House Considering Tax Bill that Will Impact State Revenues and Funding for Schools » The House Ways and Means Committee passed HB 1439 late yesterday afternoon. If enacted, HB 1439 will elimi...
Thursday, February 4, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update (2/4/21): MPE Releases 2021 Bill Tracking Spreadsheet » Tuesday, February 2, was the deadline for committees to report general bills originating in their own chamber. Gen...
Thursday, June 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update (6/4/20) » Several committees met this week to consider legislation. Next Tuesday, June 9, is the deadline for committees to re...
Thursday, March 5, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update & Bill Tracker (3/5/20) » Tuesday, March 3, was the deadline for committees to report general bills originating in their own chamber. General...
Friday, February 14, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) PERS Issues Demand Letter to Retirees Elected to MS House » Rep. Dale Goodin shared the following via Facebook earlier today: “Today I received a letter from PERS c...
Friday, January 31, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update (1/31/20): Senate Ed Passes Pay Raise Bill » The legislature finished its work for the week and headed home yesterday. This week’s developments include: &nb...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Teacher Pay Raise Bill Filed in Senate » The first bill has been filed in the Mississippi State Senate and it is a teacher pay raise bill. SB 2001 increases...
Friday, March 22, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislative Update (3/22/19) » As shared previously, the Mississippi House of Representatives amended SB 2770, the teacher pay raise bill, to provide a $...
Friday, January 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) 2019 Legislative Session Begins » The 2019 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convened at noon on Tuesday. Legislators have until January...
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