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February 16, 2012

Lynn Fitch ad wins top national award

Lynn Fitch ad wins top national award Not only did Madison’s own Lynn Fitch win the race for Mississippi State Treasurer, the television ad that helped her won big as well. The 2011 commercial featuring her son J. T. Mitchell took top honors at the fourth annual Reed Awards in Washington, D.C. this month. The…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 16, 2012

New budgeting rule adopted in Miss. Legislature

New budgeting rule adopted in Miss. Legislature Mississippi legislators have set a new budget-writing rule, but only after arguing about whether it increases accountability or limits most lawmakers’ power to boost spending on education and other programs. Senators voted 32-16 Wednesday to adopt the Legislature’s joint operating rules for the four-year term that started last…