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Housing organization’s funding cuts could cost police jobs

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:36:22 +0000

NATCHEZ — Dramatic funding cuts for the Natchez Housing Authority have caused the authority to cut spending, which could include $60,000 for salaries of two Natchez police officers. Director Alan Ingram tells The Natchez Democrat the authority has paid the city $60,000 for several years for two extra patrol officers to provide security at the [...]

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Lawmakers approve legislation increasing salaries of judges, prosecutors

Associated Press — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:36:28 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate yesterday gave final approval to a bill that would increase the salaries of judges and prosecutors. The measure would increase the salaries incrementally over four years. Money for the judges’ raises would come from increasing filing fees in civil and appellate courts. Raises for district attorneys and assistant district attorneys [...]

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House approves legislation to give judges, prosecutors higher salaries

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:35:23 +0000

JACKSON — Judges and prosecutors would get pay raises over four years, under a plan the Mississippi House passed yesterday. Mississippi’s circuit and chancery judges currently make $104,000 a year. The bill would increase their pay in four annual steps to $136,000 a year by 2016. Pay would also increase for district attorneys, appellate judges [...]

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State House passes judicial pay raise legislation

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:09:04 +0000

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School district denies request for information on administrators’ salaries

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:12:08 +0000

GREENWOOD — The Leflore County School District has denied a public records request for information on the salaries of its administrators. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports it filed the request Feb. 15. The Commonwealth said it asked for a list of all administrative employees who have either left or been hired since superintendent Viola Williams won [...]

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Aldermen question stipends received by Davis; petition Hood

Associated Press — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:25:36 +0000

SOUTHAVEN — The Southaven Board of Alderman has asked the attorney general’s office whether two stipends received by Mayor Greg Davis are legal. The Commercial Appeal reports a $5,000 educational stipend and a $2,700 longevity stipend are added to the mayor’s $145,000 annual salary. A seven-month investigation by the state auditor’s office revealed that Davis [...]

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Panel to discuss giving pay raises to state’s judges

Associated Press — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:38:25 +0000

JACKSON — The need for judicial pay raises will be the topic of a panel discussion Jan. 24 at the Capital Club in Jackson. The Capital Area Bar Association will host the discussion during its Bench and Bar Relations CLE luncheon. Panelists are expected to include Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr., Court [...]

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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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City borrows money to cover payroll expenses

Associated Press — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:20:48 +0000

NATCHEZ — The city of Natchez has borrowed $350,000 of its $400,000 tax-anticipation loan since December to help cover payroll expenses. City Clerk Donnie Holloway tells The Natchez Democrat the city originally budgeted for the $400,000 tax-anticipation loan, but he said the city would not need the additional $50,000. The Natchez Board of Aldermen approved [...]

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Hospital trims staff’s hours in budget-cutting move

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:07:14 +0000

MERIDIAN — A Meridian hospital has reduced hours for its staff in what is described as a budgetary move. Anderson Hospital CEO Ray Humphreys tells WTOK-TV hours have been trimmed from 40 per week to 36. He says it covers everyone except those in jobs considered critical. Humphreys says the hospital has experienced a $1.4 [...]

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