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April 10, 2017

CRAWFORD: Rightsizing needed in #msleg; advocates shrinking number of lawmakers

BILL CRAWFORD: Legislature needs rightsizing, too Republican legislators insist they are making the right moves to “rightsize” state government, which includes shrinking the state budget. If they mean what they say, the Legislature, itself, should be on the rightsizing menu too. Mississippi has one of the larger legislatures in the United States, especially for our…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 10, 2017

SALTER: Democrat and Republican leaders have failed to substantially address mental health issue

SID SALTER: Jailing the mentally ill remains a shameful national, state practice The issue of Mississippi jailing mental patients – in many cases for little more than getting off their meds or simply for the “crime” of being mentally ill – has been around for decades. The state’s history in terms of providing mental health…