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CRAWFORD: Taint of tyranny infecting our Medicaid standoff?

Bill Crawford — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:47:47 +0000

The dictionary defines tyranny as oppressive power exerted by government. Founder Thomas Jefferson warned, “Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” Is a taint of tyranny infecting our Medicaid standoff? Compare the Senate’s actions with those [...]

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CRAWFORD: Lies, statistics and balanced budgets

Bill Crawford — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:46:08 +0000

“Figures often beguile me,” wrote Mark Twain, “particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’” These days he might have added another with regard to the public sector [...]

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Mississippi, its public policy and the human condition

Marty Wiseman — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:01:48 +0000

The current Mississippi Legislature seems to be giving more than passing consideration to legislation with the potential to enhance the human condition than has been the case in the past. The attention is coming from both internal and external influences. A growing awareness of the social and economic plight of many Mississippi citizens (internal influences) [...]

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MDA reporting bill heads to the House

Clay Chandler — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:01:03 +0000

A bill designed to provide lawmakers an annual glimpse into the financial workings of the Mississippi Development Authority cleared the Senate one day before the Feb. 14 deadline. The bill would mandate the MDA provide lawmakers an annual rundown of the tax credits, grants, loans and repayment schedules the agency uses to lure new industry. [...]

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Lawmakers see savings and consequences in state office consolidation

Ted Carter — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:08:59 +0000

State Sen. Kenneth Wayne Jones of Madison County says saving state jobs may make it a worthwhile tradeoff to relocate more than a dozen state offices out of his county to downtown Jackson. Sen. Will Longwitz, Jones’ Madison County colleague, is not convinced. Nor is Tim Coursey, Madison County’s chief economic developer. The Legislature must [...]

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Relocation tax credit bill back for another try

Clay Chandler — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:17:20 +0000

One of the pieces of Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s 2013 legislative agenda is a repeat from last year. A bill that would have extended tax credits to corporations that move their national or regional headquarters to Mississippi died in a Senate committee last year. Two bills that would do the same thing currently sit [...]

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Cartoon – January 11, 2010

For the MBJ — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:01:42 +0000

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