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August 7, 2012

Rep. George Flaggs – Put fewer people behind bars

Put fewer people behind bars House Corrections Chairman George Flaggs, a Vicksburg Democrat, said prison spending has more than doubled in the last 15 years, rising to $333 million in the budget year that just ended. Even at that, he said the Corrections Department will end the year with a $30 million deficit, which the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 7, 2012

Sen. Terry Burton appointed to MS Home Corporation Oversight Committee

District 31 Senator Terry C. Burton was most recently appointed by Lt. Governor Tate Reeves to the Mississippi Home Corporation Oversight Committee, where his keen knowledge of government will be an asset. Burton currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Universities and Colleges Committee and is Vice Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, among other responsibilities.…