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April 4, 2017

MPB receiving over $6 million in Mississippi funding, stands to lose with budget cuts

Beyond Big Bird: What cuts would do to Mississippi Public Broadcasting Mississippi Public Broadcasting has already been losing state support because of dwindling state tax collections. It gets about $1.9 million from CPB and another $1 million from private donations, Executive Director Ronnie Agnew said. It was slated to receive about $6.9 million from the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 4, 2017

PERRY notes alignment of “libertarian-right,” “ACLU-left” on two measures in #msleg

BRIAN PERRY/Libertarians, ACLU united The libertarian-right and the ACLU-left joined ideologically on two measures passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Phil Bryant pertaining to law enforcement this session. They won one, they lost one. It doesn’t signal any type of political realignment but does illustrate that some issues can be more complicated than…