Help for Baseball could be on the way.

[DawgNsuds]

Might help close the gap with some bordering states and scholarship limits. From a couple of days ago, but search didn't show anyone else posting, so here you go.

From The Natchez Democrat:</p>

Is Mississippi ready to gamble with its future?</p>

The Legislature will decide, but maybe it's time to give the matter serious thought.</p>

Forty-three states and Washington, D.C., currently have state lotteries, and more than 20 of those states earmark lottery profits for education.</p>

Sen. Kelvin Butler, D-Magnolia, wants a state lottery on the table again in Mississippi.</p>

Though plenty of states report receiving less-than-expected revenue from a lottery, some is usually better than none when it comes to money.</p>

Butler's plan proposes using the lottery money to fund college tuition for all Mississippi students who graduate from high school with a 3.0 GPA or higher.</p>

Specifically earmarking these funds is a smart idea. Giving the money directly to top students who seek to further their educations may have a more immediate impact than simply padding the general education fund slightly.</p>

Education is our future, but funding for education has been hard to come by in Mississippi for years.</p>

We don't like the idea of encouraging gambling, but if we don't find new revenues for our students, aren't we gambling anyway?</p>

 

[JulesWinfield]

Just like the beer, will never happen. The clowns that gather in Jackson are too spineless to stand up to their Baptist constituents regardless of how much those sinful laws would improve the economy. Instead we will get 8 years of Phil Bryant-Tate Reeves budget cuts.

 

[The Peeper]

http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_map.asp

 

[RonnyAtmosphere]

..yet you've sat by & said nothing while casino gambling flourishes on the coast & Tunica.


I wonder if the people who write these articles are even aware of their two-faced hypocrisy.

 

[Johnson85]

Just like the beer, will never happen. The clowns that gather in Jackson are too spineless to stand up to their Baptist constituents regardless of how much those sinful laws would improve the economy. Instead we will get 8 years of Phil Bryant-Tate Reeves budget cuts.

I don't care one way or another, but as always, they have their bootlegging partners.

 

[Buford T. Justice]

Not saying I'm for or against, but I do remember how the revenue from casino gambling was supposed to fund education and fix it. It ain't fixed folks. Don't think for a minute that you can fix every problem by simply throwing more money at it. Of course this is proposed to use the funds for college (not 1-12 grades) and to use it on students who have a desire to succeed (as evidenced by the GPA).