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Legislators addressing criminal justice reform bills
By STEVE WILSON
Tue,03/23/21-3:58PM , 1,974 Reads 35,597 Statewide
THE MISSISSIPPI Legislature has moved forward some more criminal justice reform bills in this year’s session. Bills that change the way the state grants parole and reform the habitual sentencing laws (known as the three strikes policy) are still alive as the session reaches an end.
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Most Mississippi teachers could receive a $1,000 pay hike from a bill headed to Gov. Tate Reeves' desk.

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Teacher pay raise bill is headed to governor's desk
By STEVE WILSON
Tue,03/23/21-3:14PM , 2,441 Reads 30,590 Statewide
Public school teachers in Mississippi are close to receiving a $1,000 pay hike with a bill headed to the governor’s desk for signature.
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Board denies Gold Coast’s delay
By STEVE WILSON
Sun,03/21/21-2:00PM , 1,999 Reads
The Mississippi Permit Board voted unanimously to deny the request of Gold Coast Commodities to delay an evidentiary hearing scheduled for next month that will reconsider whether to reauthorize a wastewater permit revoked in November.
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Burl Cain

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Cain outlines efforts to improve MDOC
By STEVE WILSON
Fri,03/19/21-4:00PM , 2,553 Reads
Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Nathan “Burl” Cain has a four-point plan to clean up the issues with Mississippi’s prison system.
The former warden of the once-infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly known as Angola) who served from 1995 to 2016 is already in the process of hiring new corrections officers.
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