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September 28, 2016

HARRISON: #msleg could learn from handling tobacco settlement when discussing BP funds

BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi could have had billions in health trust fund If what Mississippi politicians – precisely the Legislature and then-Gov. Kirk Fordice – had agreed to in 1999 had come to fruition, the state would now have a health care trust fund of an estimated $4.79 billion with $232.6 million available to spend this…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 28, 2016

DAILY JOURNAL lauds Sec. of State Hosemann’s campaign finance reform proposals

DAILY JOURNAL – OUR OPINION: Hosemann proposes solid package of campaign laws Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann unveiled a package of proposed procedure and election law reforms Tuesday, including transparency in who makes reportable contributions and detailed open records of how campaign money is spent. Hosemann, Mississippi’s chief election officer by virtue of his…