Bryant, Hosemann to review state boards

Bryant, Hosemann to review state boards

More than 150 boards and commissions govern various aspects of state government, ranging from setting policy for the state’s eight public universities, to licensing the state’s physicians to overseeing Mississippi barbers.

Others were created to deal with a specific topic, such as the Civil War Battlefield Commission or the Holocaust Commission or the Mississippi Bicentennial Commission.

Gov. Phil Bryant wants to study those boards and commissions – some of which are in the news all the time, but many that receive no publicity – to determine if some of them should be merged or even eliminated.

Read more: djournal.com – Bryant Hosemann to review state boards

6/14/12