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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 31, 2021

Lawmakers adopt FY2022 state budget

Lawmakers filed conference reports by 8:00 p.m. on Saturday night on conference weekend. This was the first glimpse of the state’s budget to be seen all together. Several dummy bills were filed due to a lack of an agreement between the chambers on final numbers. However, with any good budget process, those have since been…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 31, 2021

Altman named acting director of MDOT

The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) named Jeffrey C. Altman, P.E., acting executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). Altman will assume the role effective April 1 following the retirement of MDOT Executive Direct Melinda McGrath after 36 years of state service. “It was with great reluctance that we accepted Melinda’s retirement earlier this…