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Mississippi Senate passes dozens of bills including budget transfers and $265M for highway capacity projects
Summary
The Senate convened in Jackson and, by morning roll call, passed a large package of bills including the annual transfer bill, a change to increase the rainy‑day fund minimum, $265 million for MDOT capacity projects, and a suite of policy measures on education, technology and criminal justice.
The Mississippi Senate met in Jackson and, after invocation and the pledge, moved through a packed calendar and approved dozens of bills by use of the morning roll call.
Among the measures the body approved were the annual transfer bill (Senate Bill 21‑89), an increase to the state''s rainy‑day fund minimum from 10% to 15% of general fund revenue, and a capacity‑projects package that includes about $265,000,000 in CapEx for several Mississippi Department of Transportation projects. Senator Hobson, who explained the transfer and fund bills on the floor, said of the rainy‑day change: "This would bump our rainy day fund up from 10% of our general fund revenue amount to 15%." He described the capacity package as containing "$265,000,000 Dollars in this bill" to expedite…
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