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February 20, 2009

MCI legal fees dispute

WLBT, 2/19/9 The showdown continued in a Hinds County courtroom this afternoon between the state auditor and state attorney general. At issue: $14 million in MCI legal fees and who gets to authorize payment to outside attorneys. Attorneys for both sides argued on a motion to realign the parties brought by attorney general. Jim Hood’s…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 20, 2009

Senator: Miss. budget bills have ‘hieroglyphics’

The Sun Herald, 2/19/9 Mississippi lawmakers are pushing ahead with budget writing, even though officials still can’t say what effect the federal stimulus package will have on state spending. The Senate approved the first draft of several budget bills Thursday, two days after similar action in the House. But one Senate leader said the current…