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December 15, 2015

Full Mississippi federal delegation tell VA Secretary they don’t want VA network head

MS delegation: Send new VA network head somewhere else Mississippi’s congressional delegation told Veterans Administration Secretary Robert McDonald that the new VA network head, Skye McDougall, belongs somewhere else. “Mississippi veterans deserve more,” U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker and U.S. Reps. Bennie Thompson, Gregg Harper, Steven Palazzo and Trent Kelly wrote in a…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 15, 2015

Joint Legislative Budget Committee recommendation reduces spending

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION REDUCES SPENDING Proposal for FY 2017 reflects modest growth JACKSON – The proposed spending in the state’s Fiscal Year 2017 general fund budget would drop by almost $38 million compared to the current year, under a recommendation adopted by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee today. The plan considers modest revenue growth for…