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September 13, 2016

State revenue collections remain down in August

State tax collections still on decline August state revenue collections provide insight on why Gov. Phil Bryant opted to make the earliest budget cuts in recent memory. The Republican governor made cuts totaling $56.8 million last week just days before the August revenue report revealed that state revenue collections still are less than they were…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 13, 2016

Hattiesburg mayor DuPree ally Kenneth Fairley found guilty of fraud over HUD grants

Jury finds Kenneth Fairley guilty on all three counts A jury on Monday found the Rev. Kenneth Fairley guilty of two counts of theft of government funds and one count of conspiracy to defraud the government, involving money received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through grants administered by the city of…