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Successes in pandemic recovery, legislative influence elevated Mississippi’s Voice of Business. The Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) has been honored as the State Chamber of the Year for 2022 by the National Association of State Chambers (NASC). Each year NASC honors a state chamber that has dist

JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) has been honored as the State Chamber of the Year for ...

With only three weeks left, representatives are working diligently handling remaining bills intended to be discussed during the 2022 session. More than 120 Senate bills were debated in by the

Two separate bills focused on the issue of teacher pay have passed both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature.

The second week of the 2022 Legislative Session began on January 10th. Even though it is early in the session, two monumental pieces of legislation were passed out of committee

The START Act now goes to the Senate where lawmakers there have announced their own plan. On Wednesday, State Rep. Richard Bennett, Chairman of the House Education Committee, presented his $219 million proposal to address a teacher pay raise. HB 530 sailed through the House will little discussion,