{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5cd2d68043b416d4617f91c9/638f853ac2c17b001170fce9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"In Legal Terms: Wishes 2022","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5cd2d68043b416d4617f91c9/1670349606124-5a6b017e0aeb610c4f989918d22a03ee.jpeg?height=200","description":"<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><p><br></p><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><p><br></p><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><p><br></p><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><p><br></p><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><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"MPB Think Radio"}