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February 21, 2013

Mississippi lawmakers moving toward adopting state budget

Mississippi lawmakers moving toward adopting state budget State legislators stepped up the pace Wednesday toward adopting a $5.61 billion budget for the 2014 fiscal year without legislation authorizing Medicaid, which at about $828 million a year is one of the state’s most expensive programs. Education is the largest state expense, consuming well over half of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 21, 2013

Miss. lawmakers turn attention to FY14 budget

Miss. lawmakers turn attention to FY14 budget Mississippi lawmakers are pushing forward with early proposals for the budget year that begins July 1, and many agencies are likely to receive less money than they’re requesting. The $5.5 billion spending plan will be about 1 percent bigger than it is now, with most of the increase…