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March 16, 2017

PENDER highlights #msleg proposed budget, cuts

GEOFF PENDER: Early state budget draft has more drastic cuts Some highlights of the proposals so far: FY 17 numbers do not include the most recent mid-year cut Gov. Phil Bryant was forced to make. Agency/ Fiscal 2017 funding/Fiscal 2018 proposal/ Percent change K-12 education: $2.513 billion/ $2.526 billion/ .53 percent Universities: $734.6 million/ $705.2…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 16, 2017

SALTER: Cochran likely to pick federal judge to replace Jolly

SID SALTER: Cochran likely to pick federal judge to replace Jolly Trump’s administration has been anything but traditional and some suggest his judicial appointment process may likewise eschew tradition. But is the U.S. Senate likely to surrender either its constitutional “advice and consent” or its senatorial courtesies on judicial appointments to Trump? No. Neither will Cochran and…