by Associated Press Published: March 22,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, committee, funding, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, money, state government
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are giving themselves a bit more wiggle room in writing a budget for the coming year. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee met yesterday and voted to add $97 million to the estimate of how much money the state can spend during fiscal 2014, which starts July 1. The estimate is now [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, budget cut, crime, funding, illegal immigrant, Illegal immigration, incarcerate, incarceration, jail, law enforcement, prison
GREENWOOD — Budget cuts at the Bureau of Prisons have put choosing a location for a 1,600-bed minimum-security prison for illegal immigrants on the back burner, according to Mississippi corrections officials. Management and Training Corporation, based in Centerville, Utah, submitted a bid to the federal government last summer to use the former Delta Correctional Facility, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 14,2013
Tags: construction, county government, economic development, energy, environment, funding, grant, green, infrastructure, job, levee, manufacture, REFINERY, site work, state agency, sustainable energy, water system, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Adams County has received $3.9 million in grants from the state for work on a levee and new water system on the former Belwood County Club property, the future site of KiOR’s Natchez alternative fuel production facility. The Natchez Democrat reports the county initially had sought to borrow the money to partially finance [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 14,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, cut, funding, health, health care, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, mental health, mentally ill
JACKSON — Several Mississippi House members say they want budget writers to restore more than $6 million that could be cut from the Department of Mental Health for the coming year. The House and Senate face an early April deadline to agree on a $5.5 billion spending plan for all of state government. Fiscal 2014 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 13,2013
Tags: air travel, airline, airport, aviation, city government, federal agency, federal government, funding, subsidy, tansportation, traffic, travel
TUPELO — An airline industry expert has renewed warnings to Tupelo officials that the local airport could lose federal subsidies if the number of commercial air travelers remains low. The comments from Mike Mooney of Sixel Consulting Group came during a meeting that gave stakeholders in the Tupelo Regional Airport a chance to get a [...] [...]
VICKSBURG — Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree will not get a paycheck until she pays back money the state auditor’s office and the board of supervisors say is owed dating back to 2006. The Vicksburg Post reports supervisors acted this week after talks with Ashley-Palmertree and her attorney failed to reach a resolution. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: budget, budget cut, community development, downtown, fire, firing, fund, funding, higher education, layoff, postsecondary education, public transit, public transportation, public university, retail, schedule, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, visitor
STARKVILLE and VICKSBURG — One city is preparing to open a new public transportation system while another city is struggling to keep its system running. A proposed public transportation system linking the entire Starkville community is on track and should help lower traffic congestion, aid economic development efforts and strengthen the bond between Starkville and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2013
Tags: bench, city government, court, decision, education, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, funding, judge, justice, law, money, municipal, municipality, public education, public school, ruling, school, school district, sentence
MEADVILLE — A 52-year-old Roxie woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling money while she was employed by the Franklin County School District and the Town of Roxie. The Natchez Democrat reports Circuit Court Judge Forrest “Al” Johnson sentenced Ramona Mullins to serve nine years, with six years suspended, followed by [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
BILOXI — The interim director of the state Department of Marine Resources says he cannot account for about $4 million in state Tidelands money spent over the past decade. But Danny Guice told the Sun Herald he is not calling the money missing. He said it appears the money was spent on projects. “I’ve never [...] [...]
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