Mississippi Senate passes multiple bills including teacher loan repayment, voting machine standards
Mississippi Senate passes multiple bills including teacher loan repayment, voting machine standards By Courtney Ann Jackson | February 4, 2021 at 9:11 PM CST - Updated February 5 at 9:14 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi legislature is moving on to floor debates this week after the first major deadline to get bills passed out of committee. Several bills were passed in both chambers Thursday. Here are some of the Senate highlights.
EDUCATION
Mississippi teachers are again the target of some pending legislation. The Senate’s already passed a pay raise for teachers, but it’s now turning attention to the lack of teachers in the classroom. Senate Bill 2305 would provide some financial relief.
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New bill created to increase penalties for protestors blocking public roads in Mississippi
New bill created to increase penalties for blocking public roads in Miss. By Associated Press | January 29, 2021 at 8:07 AM CST - Updated January 29 at 9:36 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Republicans in the Mississippi Legislature are seeking to increase the penalties for people who block public roadways during protests.
Some Democrats are concerned that legislation could be seen as criminalizing free speech.
Republican Sen. Chad McMahan of Guntown proposed The Freedom of Roadway Act to “criminalize the malicious obstruction of a public street, highway or road during an unpermitted protest.”