MDES reauthorization bill misses deadline
by Associated Press Published: March 11,2010
Tags: ARRA, Barbour, employment, jobs, Legislature, MDES, recession, state agency, state government, stimulus, unemployment, unemployment benefite
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) was in jeopardy after a bill reauthorizing the agency died under a deadline yesterday amid a fight to force Gov. Haley Barbour to accept $56 million in stimulus funding. House Labor Committee Chairman Rufus Straughter, D-Belzoni, didn’t bring the bill out for a vote in time to [...] [...]
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