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September 19, 2016

GUAJARDO: Mishandling of MDE funds by employees costs after school programs

ROD GUAJARDO: After-school program cuts deserve attention, action The Mississippi Department of Education said Friday that because employees mishandled grant money, the state will only be able to spend $5.6 million of the state’s $14.6 million allotment of a federal grant for after-school programs, according to a report by the Associated Press. The other $9…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 19, 2016

Hinds Co. Sups approve FY17 budget already $4 million in the red

Almost $4 million gap in Hinds County budget Hinds County supervisors approved a $64.3 million general fund budget for the next fiscal year that will give the county’s roughly 830 employees an across-the-board, $100-a-month raise beginning Jan. 1. But the budget will spend about $4 million more than the county is projected to collect in…