By JEFF AMY
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Legislation to expand charter schools in Mississippi is once again moving forward.

A state Senate committee approved Senate Bill 2189 on a split vote Tuesday.

The action came after Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves met privately with committee members Monday evening. The bill wasn't released until Tuesday morning.

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The State of Tennessee has declared a State of Emergency as of 4 p.m. Tuesday due to freezing rain and icy conditions in West and Middle Tennessee, and because of the possibility of severe flooding in East Tennessee from the rainfall that continues to move across the state.

The State Emergency Operations Center currently

Interstate 385 was shutdown for four hours Monday afternoon after freezing rain and sleet turned the highway overpasses into a sheet of ice.

The highway is usually a trouble spot anytime metro Memphis gets icy conditions because of all of the overpasses.

The fear might be worse during Tuesday morning's commute when