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7 of 8 Mississippi statewide officials are inaugurated

by Associated Press
| January 9, 2020 11:05 PM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's new lieutenant governor, Republican Delbert Hosemann, said immediately after his inauguration Thursday that he wants to work with all lawmakers to improve education, enact pay raises for state employees and address problems in a state's prison system that has been rocked by deadly violence.

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