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June 20, 2008

Legislative tab tops $19M for year’s time

The Clarion-Ledger, 6/19/8 Mississippi taxpayers are footing the bill for more than $19 million in legislative expenses, including salaries and travel expenses, over a one-year period that ended in April, according to the state auditor’s annual report. Last year, it cost more than $18 million in total expenses for state lawmakers, legislative pages, assistants and…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 20, 2008

House bill breaks logjam on rebuilding public housing

The Sun Herald, 6/19/8 Just two weeks after a critical joint House committee hearing, the House on Wednesday approved a bill to break a federal impasse on rebuilding public housing after a disaster. The bill, which was done on a bipartisan basis and passed on a voice vote, removes a conflict between FEMA and the…