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October 3, 2016

@MSGOP, @msdemocrats have their preferred MSSC candidates

Judicial races are only sorta, kinda nonpartisan State law requires candidates to run without party labels, and the state Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits judicial candidates from making specific promises about how they would decide cases. However, but nothing stops political parties and politicians from exercising their First Amendment rights by choosing favorites. Republican Gov.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 3, 2016

CRAWFORD: Given what happened with health care trust fund, should PERS retirees worry?

BILL CRAWFORD: Should retirees trust legislators to properly handle PERS? There’s another, much larger trust fund the Legislature has financial responsibility for along with the Public Employees Retirement System board of directors. That’s the PERS retirement fund. Given what happened to the health care trust fund, should retirees be worried? While not depleted, the PERS…