Video: MS Senate Heads Home, House To Meet Thursday

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Senate has ended its part of the 2015 legislative session, but the House will be back at the Capitol one more day.

Senators wrapped up work Wednesday. The House returns Thursday to deal with two bills that are still pending. One would tighten sanctions for schools found to be cheating on tests. The other would make it easier for the corrections commissioner to hire or fire people.

During the session, lawmakers wrote a nearly $6.3 billion budget and approved borrowing $450 million for a variety of projects, including $24.5 million for an aquarium in Gulfport.

Republican leaders pushed for tax cuts, but those efforts were defeated by House Democrats who argued the state needs to hold onto money for education, transportation and other services.