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Senate Appropriations Chairman Briggs Hopson talks ARPA funds, PERS, Medicaid, underperforming schools
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Fri,02/09/24-7:00PM , 1,304 Reads
During the 2024 legislative session, lawmakers will be tasked with setting the state budget for Fiscal Year 2025 which will take effect on July 1, 2024. One of the key players in establishing a working state budget is Senate Appropriations Chairman Senator Briggs Hopson (R).
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Mississippi Supreme Court hears oral arguments in private school funding appeal
By JEREMY PITTARI - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Fri,02/09/24-3:31PM , 432 Reads 9,325 Statewide
Justices will decide whether a law to make $10 million in federal ARPA funds available to private schools for infrastructure updates violates the Mississippi Constitution.
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Mississippi Supreme Court hears $10 million in private school ARPA funding appeal
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Fri,02/09/24-3:00PM , 1,087 Reads
The case of whether federal emergency response funding can be used for infrastructure updates by private schools is now in the hands of Mississippi’s Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in lawsuit challenging public money to private schools
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,02/09/24-1:45PM , 375 Reads 6,440 Statewide
Attorneys for public school advocates said in oral arguments Tuesday before the Mississippi Supreme Court that the state constitutional provision that prevents public funds from going to private schools is “ironclad.”
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