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Mississippi new laws: Tax cut, teacher pay raise, state song

Friday, July 1 by Breck Riley

Several new laws are taking effect in Mississippi on Friday, which is also the first day of the new state budget year. Teachers and assistant teachers will get pay raises. The state will start a four-year reduction of its income tax. Mississippi is becoming the final state... Read More.

City of Kosciusko increasing pay for volunteer firemen

Thursday, April 7 by Breck Riley

Pay is going up for volunteer firemen in Kosciusko. During Tuesday's meeting, the board of aldermen voted to increase pay for different call outs. The current pay for volunteers is $20 for every call they work. Under the new pay scale, volunteers would get $50 for responding... Read More.

Governor Gets Teacher Pay Bill

Wednesday, March 23 by Randy Bell

A teacher pay raise bill has been sent to the governor after getting final legislative approval in the House Tuesday. The bill provides a $2,000 raise for assistant teachers and higher salaries for certified teachers at all experience levels and classifications, including: minimum starting pay of... Read More.

Mississippi Senate OKs pay raise for teachers, House to vote

Friday, March 18 by Breck Riley

Mississippi teachers would receive their largest pay raise in years, under a bill that the state Senate passed Thursday. The House still needs to pass the final version of House Bill 530 before it can go to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves for his expected signature. The... Read More.

Mississippi teacher pay survives legislators’ political spat

Wednesday, March 2 by Breck Riley

Mississippi teacher pay raise bills were in danger as legislators engaged in a political showdown. Hours before a big deadline Tuesday, Senate committees voted to keep the issue alive. Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar says teachers don't need to be pawns. He says House committees... Read More.

Teacher pay, initiatives still alive in Mississippi legislature

Tuesday, February 15 by Breck Riley

Mississippi legislators are halfway through their three-month session. They are still considering proposals to increase some of the lowest teacher salaries in the nation. The House plan would give raises of $4,000 to $6,000. The Senate proposes an average increase of $4,700 over two years. Another bill... Read More.

Mississippi teacher pay raise proposal is moving forward

Thursday, January 30 by Breck Riley

A teacher pay raise proposal is starting to move forward at the Mississippi Capitol. Most teachers and teachers' assistants would receive a boost of $1,000 a year. Teachers in the first two years of their careers would receive slightly larger raises of $1,100. That's an effort to... Read More.

Mississippi offering $25,000 to help pay for field trips

Tuesday, September 17 by Breck Riley

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is offering aid to offset the cost of field trips to the state's twin history museums in Jackson. The department says it has $25,000 to help students who attend most public schools to visit the Museum of Mississippi... Read More.

Stories tagged with: pay

Mississippi new laws: Tax cut, teacher pay raise, state song

City of Kosciusko increasing pay for volunteer firemen

Governor Gets Teacher Pay Bill

Mississippi Senate OKs pay raise for teachers, House to vote

Mississippi teacher pay survives legislators’ political spat

Teacher pay, initiatives still alive in Mississippi legislature

Mississippi teacher pay raise proposal is moving forward

Mississippi offering $25,000 to help pay for field trips

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