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October 22, 2009

Rep George Flaggs (D) puts school consolidation on the table at MEC Hobnob

School district consolidations on table? One of Mississippi’s leading House Democrats has questioned whether the state can afford its 152 school districts and eight public universities. “These are the questions we have to ask,” Rep. George Flaggs said Wednesday at the Mississippi Economic Council’s Hobnob in Jackson. “If we want a balanced budget, we’ve got…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 22, 2009

US Government takes a step into unchartered waters – merit pay

U.S. Said to Order Deep Pay Cuts at Bailed-Out Companies Responding to the growing furor over the paychecks of executives at companies that received billions of dollars in the government’s financial rescue, the Obama administration will order the companies that received the most aid to deeply slash the compensation to their highest paid executives, an…