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April 25, 2017

Pew study: PERS funding too low

Report says Mississippi pension funding too low A new report says that even if Mississippi’s public employee pension system was meeting investment assumptions, governments still aren’t putting away enough money to whittle down debt from previous pension underfunding. The study, released last week by the Pew Charitable Trusts, raises questions about the long-term course of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 25, 2017

2009 @AGJimHood opinion used to allow agencies to continue receiving funding if not funding by #msleg

AG: Agencies can operate with no budgets But based on the 2009 opinion of the Attorney General Jim Hood’s office, his agency will continue to receive funding even if not funded by the Legislature because it has specific duties spelled out in the Constitution. Those duties include the responsibility to represent the state in civil…