by Associated Press Published: June 19,2012
Tags: budget, budget proposal, education, elementary education, elementary school, high school, junior high school, kindergarten, millage, school, school board, scvhool district, secondary education, tax, tax increase, tax revenue
PURVIS — The Lamar County School District is asking for a millage increase to balance its budget for the 2012-13 school year. The Hattiesburg American reports Superintendent Ben Burnett and district CFO Jennifer Hession presented the proposed budget to the Lamar County School Board yesterday. The school district’s proposed budget is $77.8 million, up from [...] [...]
BILOXI and MERIDIAN — The Air Force’s latest budget proposal would eliminate the 917th Fighter Group, a unit of 409 part-time reservists and 171 full-time technicians, at Barksdale Air Force Base. The cuts would take effect by the end of next year on the unit’s 50th anniversary. The Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2012
Tags: appropriations, budget, budget proposal, cuts, economy, emergency funds, executive branch, governor, lawmakers, legislative, Legislature, rainy day, reserves, spending, state budget, state government
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant proposed yesterday to cut state spending by $26 million to $5.49 billion in 2013 while also insisting on building $100 million in state reserves. The newly inaugurated Republican summarized his first budget as a “lot of cuts,” saying he won’t raise taxes and that state revenues have yet to recover [...] [...]
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