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Mississippi employees off work to be paid amid pandemic

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 9:03 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Teachers and employees of city and county governments in Mississippi would be paid even if workers are told to stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic, under a bill the state Senate passed Wednesday.

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