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January 14, 2009

Holland introduces vaccine waiver bill into state House

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/14/9 Legislation promised last month by Rep. Steve Holland was introduced this week, offering hope to autism advocates that Mississippi will change its law dealing with vaccine waivers. “I am very hopeful, and very grateful,” said Judy Brasher of Holcomb, president of the National Autism Association of Mississippi. Holland, D-Plantersville,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 14, 2009

State of the State: Budget cuts on horizon

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/14/9 Mississippi’s public schools, sheltered from earlier budget reductions, now face cuts of less than 5 percent as they join a second round of budget-trimming forced by a shaky economy. State revenues will fall between $175 million and $310 million below estimates for the current fiscal year, prompting deeper budget cuts, Gov. Haley…