Mississippi Business Journal » Joint Legislative Budget Committee http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 OUR VIEW: Tight budget could give cover to cuts in government oversight http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/05/tight-budget-could-give-cover-to-cuts-in-government-oversight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tight-budget-could-give-cover-to-cuts-in-government-oversight http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/05/tight-budget-could-give-cover-to-cuts-in-government-oversight/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:06:33 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=67798 Let’s hope that the Mississippi Ethics Commission is correct in thinking a proposal to take an 18 percent bite out of the watchdog agency’s budget grew out of a misunderstanding with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Otherwise, good government in the Magnolia State is about to sustain a serious wound. In fact, a “devastating” one, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/05/tight-budget-could-give-cover-to-cuts-in-government-oversight/feed/ 0 Barbour cuts more than $200 million from state’s budget http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/12/21/barbour-cuts-more-than-200-million-from-state%e2%80%99s-budget/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=barbour-cuts-more-than-200-million-from-state%25e2%2580%2599s-budget http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/12/21/barbour-cuts-more-than-200-million-from-state%e2%80%99s-budget/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:01:55 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=16565 One of the biggest storylines in state politics in 2009 is likely to be at or near the top of the list in 2010. State revenues have failed for 15 consecutive months to meet estimates. The budget for fiscal year 2010 has already been cut twice and it is a guarantee it will have to [...]

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