Topping Mississippi news this week:

• Mississippi Today learned that up to $79 million dollars in special funds from as many as 27 different programs is trapped and unable to be spent until the Legislature takes actions in 2017. In a review of the Budget Transparency and Simplification Act, Mississippi Today found that rulings by Attorney General Jim Hood blocking some special funds from the sweeps left that money in limbo.
• The state education department told Jackson Public School District officials they have to take immediate actions to fix major school safety issues and teacher practices to avoid a state takeover. The strict warning came after the state Board of Education voted 4 to 1 to accept the district’s revised plan for addressing problems found in an April audit.
• The largest private-sector coal company, Peabody Energy, recognized the Kemper County power plant as one of 13 coal-fueled power plans that are top environmental performers. The long-delayed plant was honored as a carbon capture, use, and storage pioneer.

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This Week: $79 million in limbo, JPS faces takeover, and Kemper plant awarded

by Gabriel Austin, Mississippi Today
December 16, 2016

<h1>This Week: $79 million in limbo, JPS faces takeover, and Kemper plant awarded</h1> <p class="byline">by Gabriel Austin, Mississippi Today <br />December 16, 2016</p> <p>Topping Mississippi news this week:</p> <ul> <li>Mississippi Today learned that up to $79 million dollars in special funds from as many as 27 different programs is trapped and unable to be spent until the Legislature takes actions in 2017. In a review of the Budget Transparency and Simplification Act, Mississippi Today found that rulings by Attorney General Jim Hood blocking some special funds from the sweeps left that money in limbo.</li> <li>The state education department told Jackson Public School District officials they have to take immediate actions to fix major school safety issues and teacher practices to avoid a state takeover. The strict warning came after the state Board of Education voted 4 to 1 to accept the district’s revised plan for addressing problems found in an April audit.</li> <li>The largest private-sector coal company, Peabody Energy, recognized the Kemper County power plant as one of 13 coal-fueled power plans that are top environmental performers. The long-delayed plant was honored as a carbon capture, use, and storage pioneer.</li> </ul> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2016/12/16/this-week-79-million-in-limbo-jps-faces-takeover-and-kemper-plant-awarded/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org">Mississippi Today</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MT_square-thumb.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=38755&ga=UA-75003810-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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