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BUDGET UNCERTAIN: HOUSE CONSERVATIVES BALK AT SENATE PROPOSAL PAGE 9A
BY JEFF AMY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON – It’s guns versus college foot-ball in a dispute over where certain Missis-sippi residents can carry firearms.
At issue is House Bill 1083, which would void rules limiting where some people are allowed to carry guns on public property. House Judiciary A Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, the bill’s sponsor, says all it does is remove illegal rules that universi-
ties, judges and others have erected to bar guns. But universities say guns in stadiums could lead to opponents refusing to play in Mississippi and guns in dormitories could alarm parents.
The bill passed the House 80-29 Wednes-day. It was held for the possibility of more debate, and would also have to pass the state Senate.
The root of the dispute is a law passed in 2011 that’s supposed to let people carry guns almost anywhere on public property after taking a training course and getting an enhanced concealed carry license. Univer-sities have interpreted the law to say they can define public spaces, and have mostly
Guns vs. football in dispute over where guns can goBill would challenge rules barring firearms at universities
BY BOBBY HARRISON
DAILY JOURNAL JACKSON BUREAU
JACKSON – Legislation that passed the Senate Wednesday afternoon would conform the method of elec-tion for Mississippi school board members.
The bill, which passed by a 28-23 margin, does not impact school boards that have members who are appointed. School districts that have appointed boards are primarily mu-nicipal districts, such as Tupelo.
School boards in county districts such as Lee, are generally elected.
Under the legislation that passed
LANA FERGUSON
MISSISSIPPI TODAY
OXFORD – Paint brushes meticu-lously place droplets of watercolor on paper, elementary school-aged kids twist and turn fingers to learn to knit, a musician belts out a note that’s been practiced all week and a writer scrib-bles notes in a journal. The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, headquartered at Powerhouse in Oxford, doesn’t discriminate. Ev-ery artist is welcome, and all art forms are encour-aged.
Behind the scenes, in a humble of-fice shared with all of the full-time and part-time (five) YAC staffers, is Wayne Andrews.
Before Andrews began his role as YAC
Yoknapatawpha Arts Council
wins Governor’s Award
AndrewsThe 45-foot C-SPAN motor coach rolled through Tupelo Wednesday stopping at Tupelo Middle School and Tupelo
High School to provide students an interactive education-
al experience through a variety of features on the bus. The students learned about the U.S. Constitution Wednesday. The bus stopped in Tupelo as part of its 50 State Capitals Tour, designed
to engage with teachers, students, elected officials and viewers to showcase C-SPAN’s multi-platform public service resources.
ROLLING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
C-SPAN bus
visits Tupelo
A group of Tupelo High School students, above, line up to tour the C-SPAN Bus Wednesday during its visit at the high school. At left, Scrip Stegall, a junior at Tupelo High School and a broadcast journalism student, explores one of the interactive tablets in the discovery section in the C-SPAN bus Wednesday during its visit. The tablets allow one to answer questions, explore and look at the resources of C-SPAN.
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Steve Devoney, media specialist with C-SPAN, talks with a group of broadcast journalism students at Tupelo High School in the studio section of the C-SPAN Bus that visited the high school on Wednesday. The C-SPAN 50 State Capitals Tour is visiting every U.S. state capital as part of a 14-month tour to engage with teachers, students, elected officials and viewers to showcase C-SPAN’s multi-platform public service resources. Mississippi is the 19th state vis-ited by the bus tour with Tennessee being the next stop.
TURN TO GUNS, 5A
TURN TO ARTS, 12A
Signing Day: Georgia dominates. sports, 1B
Senate passes school board
election change
TURN TO ELECTION , 12A