Mississippi legislators returned to the capitol today to finish the final part of a state spending plan for the budget year that began July 1st.
Mississippi legislators returned to the capitol today to finish the final part of a state spending plan for the budget year that began July 1st.
Mississippi legislators returne- to the capitol on today - to finish the final parts of a- state spending plan for the - budget year that began july 1st- gov.
Tate reeves on july 8- vetoed big parts of the - education - budget because legislators did- not fund a bonus pay program fo- teachers in schools that either- maintain high academic- performance or show significant- improvement.- today the house voted 109-7 to- override reeves' veto of the- - - - education bill.
- legislators were working on a - separate bill to fund the bonus- pay for teachers.
- reeves also vetoed parts of a - bill that allocated - federal relief money for the- coronavirus pandemic, but - legislators were not expected t- try to override that- action.
Instead, a fight over - the issue will move forward in- the - courts.
- house speaker philip gunn and - speaker pro tempore jason - white, sued reeves last week, - arguing that his action - was improper... - - "the law cannot allow the government to - spend money we don't have - governemtn by one man.
We have- government by the - representative body of the- legislature... " - - - later today, the mississippi- senate voted to overturn- governor tate - reeves' veto of the education - bill.
The senate voted 41-1.-
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