JACKSON –The 2012 legislative session ended with the passage of a balanced $5.5 billion budget for the next fiscal year and laws strengthening protections against child abuse and improving business regulations, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves announced today.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves will be the speaker for Pearl River Community College’s graduation ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, at the James Lynn Cartlidge Forrest County Multipurpose Center in Hattiesburg.
...As treasurer, Reeves could be ignored by the Legislature. Now, as lieutenant governor, Reeves is a force for fiscal restraint to be reckoned with.
JACKSON -- Mississippi state troopers will have to wait at least another year before they get a wave of new patrol cars under legislation the House approved in a rare Sunday evening session.
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Mississippi legislators returned to the State Capitol Sunday to work on a budget some say is 95% complete. Most bills were approved before Saturday's deadline.
“I am disappointed the majority of the members of the House did not agree with the Senate’s plan to bring meaningful changes to Mississippi’s educational system. Children trapped in failing school districts deserve an opportunity for success, and any further changes would only weaken the effort to give parents a choice in their children’s education. I look forward to passing real education reform next year.”
A bill intended to close the state's only abortion clinic is now law and is set to go into effect in July.
"The only way there will be a charter school in DeSoto County is if the local school board, the majority of the five school board members, vote to allow one," said Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, the Senate's presiding officer who has described charter schools as much needed education reform. "I would suggest to you it might make sense for a large school district like DeSoto County to do so. Maybe it's a charter school focused on science and technology, maybe it's a charter school focused on the arts, maybe it's a charter school focused on music. There's a lot of options."
