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January 3, 2016

Tough budget year ahead for lawmakers in 2016 session

Lawmakers to grapple with tax cuts, tax hikes, deficits This portends one of the most difficult budgets for lawmakers to tackle since the Great Recession of the late 2000s. “We’ve got a $200 million problem we’ve got to deal with right off the bat,” said House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson. “Then, there are other problems.”…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 3, 2016

2016 session gavels in Tuesday; Senate ProTem still up in air

Lawmakers gavel in for extended term The 2016 session, being the first of the new term, is scheduled to last 125 days instead of the usual 90. But legislative leaders are said to be working on ways to shorten the number of days the full Legislature is in, which could save taxpayers hundreds of thousands…