The Mississippi Legislature has started its 2018 session with plenty of issues to consider.
Lawmakers could debate creation of a lottery. They could try to rewrite a school funding formula. They could seek a long-term plan to pay for highway construction.
The legislature will also vote on a bill that would increase the amount of sales tax diverted back to each city.
This is the second year of a four-year term. Republicans continue holding a super-majority in both the House and the Senate, after special elections to fill seats of legislators who left.
The GOP gained one Senate seat when Democrat Bill Stone of Holly Springs departed and a Republican, Neil Whaley of Potts Camp, was elected.
Joel Carter is being sworn in to the Senate on Tuesday, the opening day of the three-month legislative session. He succeeds Sean Tindell, another Gulfport Republican who was appointed to a nonpartisan judicial post. (AP)
