Cartoon— May 7, 2012 

by Ricky Nobile Published: May 6,2012
Tags: ricky nobile, Tate Reeves
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by Ricky Nobile Published: January 15,2012
Tags: budget, Denver Broncos, Lt. Governor of Mississippi, MBJ cartoon, Mississippi governor, NFL, Phil Bryant, ricky nobile, Tate Reeves, Tim Tebow
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by Clay Chandler Published: December 25,2011
Tags: eminent domain, eminent domain for private economic development, Farm Country, Initiative 31, MBJ’s Top 5 stories of the year, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, Tate Reeves, voter I.D., “member families”, “personhood” amendment
We might have finally found something Mississippians of every political persuasion can agree on: The use of eminent domain for private economic development is a bad idea. Initiative 31, which will amend the state Constitution to essentially restrict the use of eminent domain to projects of direct public use, earned more than 637,000 votes. The [...] [...]


by Amy McCullough Published: July 17,2011
Tags: lieutenant governor, Q&A, republican, State Treasurer, Tate Reeves
Reeves believes leadership, thoughtfulness is what’s needed Tate Reeves has served as Mississippi state treasurer since 2003. He is the first Republican treasurer in the state’s history. Tate is a Rankin County native and a graduate of Florence High School. He is an honors graduate of Millsaps College and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics. [...] [...]

by Don Smith Published: July 3,2011
Tags: Billy Hewes, bond debt, CARTOONS, Tate Reeves, unions
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by Stephen McDill Published: June 14,2011
Tags: Billy Hewes, Tate Reeves
JACKSON- Billy Hewes, state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor, reacts to recent advertising from opponent state treasurer Tate Reeves [...]


by Ted Carter Published: April 10,2011
Tags: Cavanaugh Macdonald Consulting, Pat Robertson, pension, Public Employees Retirement System, Public Retirement System, retirement, Tate Reeves
Legislators inserted funding in recently passed appropriations, including state’s full 12.9 percent contribution starting Jan. 1 Mississippi’s public employee retirement system took a hit this legislative session but not the full scale blow for which its managers had been bracing. The retirement system must wait six months for the state to begin handing over a [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: April 5,2011
Tags: Mississippi Council for Economic Education, Tate Reeves
JACKSON- MBJ-TV talks with state treasurer and candidate for lieutenant governor Tate Reeves about the importance of fiscal education in Mississippi schools. [...]

by Ted Carter Published: March 6,2011
Tags: MBJ FEATURE, Moody’s, Tate Reeves, The Fitch rating agency
Managers of Mississippi’s defined public employee pension plan say Moody’s made too broad a calculation in setting the plan’s unfunded liabilities and are want the ratings agency to refigure the assets-to-obligations ratio. Moody’s, which includes pension obligations in its overall rating of a state’s credit worthiness, awarded Mississippi an “Aa” rating last October with an [...] [...]


by Ted Carter Published: March 6,2011
Tags: Haley Barbour, MBJ FEATURE, Pat Robertson, Standard & Poor’s, Tate Reeves
Mississippi often ends up high on the list of states with pension fund obligations out of balance with the money coming in to meet the obligations. Is the state’s latest delay in funding an increased share about to accelerate an imbalance that hovers in the $10-billion range? Not according to Pat Robertson, director of the [...] [...]