...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.
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."
JACKSON -- Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday became an honorary “fish eater,” saving a bill to push back the start of school – legislation long pushed by Coast lawmakers in part to help tourism.
A move by opponents in the Senate to recommit the bill to committee, and thus kill it with today’s deadline for action, came down to a 25-25 vote. Reeves broke the tie, voting against recommitting it. House Bill 707 then passed the Senate 29-21. It heads back to the House now after the Senate made minor changes.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves extolled the virtues of working together and not worrying about who gets the credit during a speech at a Madison County Foundation crawfish boil at the Jackson Yacht Club Tuesday night.
But even his young daughters aren't immune to a little credit-seeking.
Former Gov. Haley Barbour once called education Mississippi's No. 1 economic development issue. Former Gov. Winter often said that "The road out of poverty runs by the schoolhouse."
Two recent developments are reasons to be hopeful about education in Mississippi. For one, a number of extraordinary graduating college students in Mississippi have made it into Teach For America and the Mississippi Teacher Corps, both very selective programs.
The second story is that Gov. Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves call for budget increases for TFA and MTC, requesting increases of $12 million and $1 million, respectively. The programs address the need for more teachers in the state, thus increased support would make a difference.
