Summary: <p>What do you wish for? Legally speaking, I mean? Does Mississippi or our country have laws it shouldn’t or what does it need? If you could make the laws, what would you wish for?</p><br><p><strong>Past wishes:</strong></p><p>HB 530 The "Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022" The average annual teacher raise will be $5,140, and the raise will begin for the 2022-2023 school year. Starting teacher pay will increase from $37,123 to $41,638, putting Mississippi above the southeastern and national averages. <a href="http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0530.xml" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0530.xml</a></p><br><p>Jackson water infrastructure <a href="https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/doj-appointee-eyes-1year-window-for-jackson-water-upgrades/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/doj-appointee-eyes-1year-window-for-jackson-water-upgrades/</a></p><br><p>SB 2095 passed into law Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act <a href="http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2095.xml" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2095.xml</a></p><br><p><strong>Current (and past) wishes:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2021/how-medicaid-saves-lives-act-and-other-federal-options-can-ensure-all-americans-have" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2021/how-medicaid-saves-lives-act-and-other-federal-options-can-ensure-all-americans-have</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/postpartum-medicaid-extension-would-cost-mississippi-7000000/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/postpartum-medicaid-extension-would-cost-mississippi-7000000/</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/rural-mississippi-hospitals-are-in-economic-crisis/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/rural-mississippi-hospitals-are-in-economic-crisis/</a></li> </ul><p><br></p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
