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February 10, 2015

Sen. Roger Wicker: It would be a profound failure if we couldn’t pass a budget

Sen. Wicker: ‘Profound Failure’ If GOP Can’t Pass a Budget As House Republicans consider a budget proposal aimed at countering President Barack Obama’s plans to raise taxes, the likely spending cuts needed to meet their goal of eliminating the federal budget deficit over 10 years could be too severe for Senate GOP colleagues to accept,…
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February 10, 2015

MITCHELL sees Gov. Bryant, Legislature making good on more accountability

Charlie Mitchell: Bryant Making Good on Pledge for Tighter Controls Two bills passed the Senate unanimously last week, wining immediate praise from Bryant. One would remove leasing prison farmland from Mississippi Department of Corrections control and the other would move the Inmate Welfare Fund (proceeds from canteen sales) away from MDOC and to the state…