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MAEP funding could reach record levels under MS Senate plan

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2 years ago

March 7, 2023

rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-06 19:54:37

The Senate proposed a plan to fully fund the state's education system for first time since 2008.

The Mississippi Senate appears to be prepared to fully fund the state’s public school system for the first time since before the 2008 Great Recession.

A rare joint-committee meeting was held Monday evening to discuss a plan, crafted by Senate leadership over the last three years, that would change the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula and provide more than $181 million in additional funding compared to previous levels.

The only vote that took place Monday was by appropriations committee members on the roughly $2.8 billion budget MAEP would have, with the formula changes likely…

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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March 12, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-12 21:36:08

Southern Miss men’s basketball is heading to the NIT for the first time since 2014.

The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), having learned their postseason fate Sunday.

Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament March 4.

Alcorn State (18-13), which won the…

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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March 9, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-09 13:31:52

Another legislative deadline came and went Wednesday, with all bills having to move past the floor of the chamber they did not originate in, and a number of the most watched bills remain alive.

Some big pieces of legislation died though, including one of the most important ones related to the city of Jackson.

See what made it past Wednesday’s deadline, and what did not.