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OUR VIEW: Tight budget could give cover to cuts in government oversight

MBJ Staff — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:06:33 +0000

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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Q&A: Tom Hood, Executive Director/Chief Counsel, Mississippi Ethics Commission

Wally Northway — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:00:44 +0000

Chief of Ethics Hood oversees changes at Ethics Commission In 2003, Tom Hood arrived at Mississippi Ethics Commission, and it didn’t take long for him to make an impression. Three years later, he was named executive director and chief counsel of the organization charged with weighty responsibility of ensuring high ethics in government law. During [...]

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