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July 25, 2014

Speaker Philip Gunn, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves focusing on results based state budgeting #MSLeg

Lawmakers vow new effort to measure budget results JACKSON – Top legislative Republicans are promising that Mississippi will get performance-based budgeting right this time. In 1994, the Legislature passed a plan requiring agencies to collect data measuring their performance under five-year strategic plan. But that data, though listed in budget documents, has been little used…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 25, 2014

Senator Wicker’s bipartisan muscular dystrophy legislation passes committee

Wicker, Klobuchar: Key Committee Passes Bipartisan Muscular Dystrophy Legislation WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., announced that their bipartisan legislation to help improve the lives of patients with muscular dystrophy passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, paving the way for a vote in the full Senate.…