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Bryant slashes staff’s salaries by $200K

Associated Press — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:36:55 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is saving taxpayers at least $200,000 by cutting spending in his office. According to documents obtained by The Clarion-Ledger through an open records request, the amount Bryant will spend on salaries in his office is 10 percent less than former Gov. Haley Barbour. Bryant achieved that through a reduction in [...]

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Keesler AFB slashing another 38 civilian jobs

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:23:56 +0000

BILOXI — Keesler Air Force Base is scheduled to lose another 38 civilian jobs in 2012 as the Air Force continues it move toward eliminating about 9,000 such workers. The announcement comes two months after Keesler said it would eliminate 68 positions from the civilian work force in the 81st Training Wing and 403rd Wing. [...]

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Columbus AFB to lose 17 civilian jobs in cost-cutting move

Associated Press — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:51:11 +0000

COLUMBUS — Columbus Air Force Base expects to lose about 17 jobs as the Air Force moves to trim its civilian work force by 9,000 people. CAFB chief of manpower/personnel Christopher Chesser tells WTVA-TV four of those are positions that are already vacant, two are taking early retirement and the other 11 will be taken [...]

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Navy shutting down Seabee battalion on Coast

Associated Press — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:59:59 +0000

GULFPORT — The Navy says a Seabee battalion in Gulfport will be shut down in September 2012 in a cost-cutting move. The battalion, commonly known as “The Magnificent 7,” is made up of about 600 Seabees — a number that makes up just over 10 percent of the Gulfport Seabee force. Battalion officials say some [...]

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