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December 5, 2016

CRAWFORD: PERS unfunded liability has ballooned

BILL CRAWFORD: PERS’ deficit ‘mortgage’ ballooning, not shrinking You know how a mortgage works right? You make your monthly payments and gradually your mortgage balance comes down. Pat Robertson, executive director of the Mississippi Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), tells legislators and retirees to think of PERS’ massive $16.8 billion funding shortfall as a mortgage:…
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December 5, 2016

SALTER: Judge James blaming Congressman Thompson for her loss “almost laughable”

Sid Salter: Judicial elections are inherently partisan All due respect, it’s almost laughable that Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Ceola James is blaming U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson for her loss in a re-election bid on Nov. 8. James, the incumbent appellate judge, lost that bid by more than 20,000 votes to challenger Latrice Westbrook —…