Posts Tagged ‘Cecil Brown’

Search is on for next Department of Revenue headquarters

by Ted Carter Published: April 15,2012

Tags: Cecil Brown, David Blount, Department of Revenue, Ed Morgan, John Horhn, Landmark Center, Philip Gunn, Tom Weathersby

The leadership of the Mississippi House of Representatives last week rebuffed a late-inning effort to salvage a move of the Mississippi Department of Revenue into downtown Jackson’s Landmark Center. House leaders are said to have no appetite for dealing with the DOR headquarters issue this year. State Sen. John Horhn tried to resurrect DOR headquarters’ [...] [...]

Budget, budget, budget

by Nash Nunnery Published: December 26,2010

Tags: Cecil Brown, Doug Davis, Legislature, Marty Wiseman

Making it work will be a long and arduous process for lawmakers They may align themselves on opposite sides of the political fence, but Democrats and Republicans in the Mississippi Legislature are in agreement about the hot-button issue facing the upcoming 2011 legislative session. “It’s the budget, no doubt about it,” said Rep. Cecil Brown, [...] [...]

Study: More expense on classroom instruction = better student education

by Amy McCullough Published: December 5,2010

Tags: Cecil Brown, Dr. Tom Burnham, Gov. Haley Barbour, Mississippi Adequate Education Program, Videt Carmichael

Mississippi can’t do anything about poverty overnight, but it could require accountability for current education expenditures The high poverty rate among Mississippi public school students significantly and negatively impacts student achievement, a Stennis Institute study shows. That’s no surprise. But the study also produces numbers showing that Mississippi public school districts that spend higher percentages of their [...] [...]

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