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January 20, 2009

MAEP allegiances fall, but Bryan holds fast to funding

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 1/20/9 Last week, Gov. Haley Barbour cut about $77.6 million, or 3.5 percent, out of the budget for the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which provides the basics of operating local school districts. During the past two years, Barbour has become a proponent of fully funding the program after opposing…
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January 20, 2009

Bill filed to limit hiring of lobbyists using taxpayer funds

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/20/9 Legislation was filed in the Senate on Monday to limit state agencies’ use of taxpayer funds to hire contract lobbyists. The bill was filed in response to a legislative study that indicated various state agencies, including some universities and community colleges, spent almost $2 million in the last four…