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February 16, 2017

MS Senate passes first round of cuts in appropriations bills

On the chopping block: Mental health, universities Several state agencies, including the Department of Mental Health, along with financial aid for the state’s universities and junior colleges, sustained cuts in the first round of appropriations bills passed out of the Senate Wednesday. Senate Bill 2976 reduces the Department of Mental Health’s general fund budget by…
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February 16, 2017

HARRISON: Strong case to be made that bill limiting lawsuits by AG is unconstitutional

BOBBY HARRISON: Legislation would have blocked tobacco lawsuit But a proposal is under consideration this session of the Mississippi Legislature that most assuredly would have prevented Moore from suing the tobacco companies if it had been law in the 1990s. The bill has passed the House by a narrow margin and is pending in the…