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December 19, 2016

PENDER: Speaker Philip Gunn vows to push for campaign finance reform #msleg

GEOFF PENDER: Gunn vows to push for campaign finance reform House Speaker Philip Gunn says a top priority for the legislative session starting in two weeks is passing campaign finance reform, a measure that late last session died an ignoble death in the House he leads. “Campaign finance is something we would like to see…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 19, 2016

PERS no longer on track to meet its long term goals

Public pension fund faces test Because if it doesn’t, Mississippi’s Public Employees Retirement System may be asking agencies to contribute more to make up the public pension fund’s deficit. That’s because, after two poor years of market returns, the $25 billion pension fund is no longer on track to meet its long-term goals. In fact,…