Retired state employees should be able to keep their pension and serve in Miss. Legislature, AG says

Article from the Clarion-Ledger by Jerry Mitchell

“Retired state employees have long forfeited their pensions if they served in the Mississippi Legislature.

Now a new attorney general’s opinion could clear the way for state retirees, including troopers, teachers, school superintendents and health officers, to serve in the Legislature without losing those pensions.

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