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October 1, 2012

LG Tate Reeves questions Treasurer Lynn Fitch on consistency of her MPACT stance vis a vis PERS

SID SALTER: Fitch stirs up fiscal ants with MPACT stance Fitch claims that MPACT is struggling financially. She told lawmakers that MPACT – with 22,293 families enrolled – is only 76.8 percent funded, leaving a $94 million shortfall. Fitch also told legislative leaders that MPACT investment earnings since inception had performed at 4.8 percent against…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 1, 2012

PETTUS – Analysis: Coffee, tea and punditry from fmr. MS Governor Haley Barbour

Analysis: Coffee, tea and punditry from Barbour In the two- and three-minute clips, Barbour gives his opinions on everything from the new federal health care law to U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri, who angered people by saying women could avoid getting pregnant in cases of “legitimate rape.” Barbour tells The Associated Press that…