School-funding initiative backers keep outraising opponents
By JEFF AMY
Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The most expensive ballot initiative campaign in Mississippi history got much costlier in September, as supporters of the Initiative 42 education funding measure continued outraising opponents.
However, opponents for the first time reported substantial contributions in filings Friday.
Better Schools, Better Jobs, the committee backing Initiative 42, raised $357,000 in September, according to a filing. Of that, all but $40,000 came from the New Venture Fund, a charity that's given $2 million. Ultimately, the majority of pro-initiative money flows from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and public school supporters Jim Barksdale and Dick Molpus.
One opposition group raised $200,000 from Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, other officials and trade associations. Another opposition group raised $122,000, mostly from the political arm of conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.School-funding initiative backers keep outraising opponents - MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS: