by Associated Press Published: March 5,2013
Tags: appropriation, executive, expansion, governor, health care, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, Medicaid, Politics, reform, state government
JACKSON — A Democratic lawmaker said yesterday that Mississippi’s Republican governor is a “fool” and a “hypocrite” for opposing Medicaid expansion. Gov. Phil Bryant has said repeatedly during the past year that Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the nation, can’t afford to add up to 300,000 people to the more than 640,000 who [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 25,2013
Tags: air travel, airport, appropriation, aviation, budget, budget cut, control tower, convention, federal government, meeting, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, visitor
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Automatic federal budget cuts could shut down control towers at as many as seven Mississippi airports. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned of the closing of 100 airport towers at airports that have 150,000 flights or fewer each year if automatic federal spending cuts take effect March 1. The Federal Aviation Administration [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, election, law, lawmaker, legal, legislative, Politics, poll, state agency, state government, vote, voter, voter identification, Voting
JACKSON — Mississippi senators rejected the secretary of state’s budget yesterday over an argument about paying lawyers to defend a proposed voter identification law. It’s probably just a temporary setback in setting an overall state spending plan for fiscal 2014, which begins July 1. Appropriations Chairman Eugene “Buck” Clarke, R-Hollandale, said he’ll bring the secretary [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 21,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, funding, legislation, legislative, Legislature, revenue, state agency, state government, tax collection
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are pushing forward with early proposals for the budget year that begins July 1, and many agencies are likely to receive less money than they’re requesting. The $5.5-billion spending plan will be about 1 percent bigger than it is now, with most of the increase going toward state employees’ retirement. Education [...] [...]
NATCHEZ — Four months into the job, the two accountants in the Natchez clerk’s office say they are still struggling to find structure in the city’s accounting system. The Natchez Democrat reports accountants Nancy Hydrick and Christine Brinegar were hired last November to get the city’s books back in order. But Hydrick and Brinegar reported [...] [...]
JACKSON — A new study finds the city of Jackson will need an estimated $300 million to fix its crumbling water system. The Clarion-Ledger reports Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. released some of the basic details about the study yesterday. The city already has to spend roughly $400 million on sewer improvements, as mandated by the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 6,2013
Tags: appropriation, career, career tech, education, payment, public education, public school, school board, vo-tech, vocational-technical
HERNANDO — DeSoto County school officials have made a final payment for work on the system’s new Career Technology Center in Olive Branch. The Commercial Appeal reports school board members unanimously approved a final payment of $35,763 for renovation of the warehouse in the Olive Branch Metro Industrial park that houses the center. The payment [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 6,2013
Tags: appropriation, bill, city governmkent, funding, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, local government, municipal, municipality, Sales Tax, state government, tax, taxpayer
JACKSON — A Mississippi House committee has given municipal officials what they’ve wanted for more than 20 years — a chance at passage of a local options sales tax. The House Ways and Means Committee yesterday approved a bill for a 1 percent local sales tax as a way to build parks, improve water systems [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: agency, appropriation, audit, auditing, auditor, education, elementary school, funding, high school, junior high school, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, public education, public school, school, school ffunding, secondary education, state government
JACKSON — Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering is calling on lawmakers to write new, stricter rules on computing how much state money goes to local schools. The Republican told the House Appropriations Committee he can’t approve the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula, as required by law, because his office has found unreliable numbers on attendance, students [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2013
Tags: appropriation, board of aldermen, city government, community development, culture, depot, funding, grant, Heritage, historic, history, municipal, municipality, railroad, railway, train, transportation, travel
NATCHEZ — The Natchez Board of Aldermen has approved allocating $125,000 out of the city’s capital improvements fund to match grant funds it hopes to receive from the state to renovate the former railroad depot. The Natchez Democrat reports the vote of approval came at the request of community development director James Johnston. Johnston said [...] [...]
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