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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 22, 2021

Audit Shows Opportunity to Eliminate Outside-the-Classroom Spending at Columbus Municipal School District

Auditor partners with school district, data analytics firm to show how district could spend more inside the classroom The Columbus Municipal School District (CMSD) could implement improvements to save up to $3.2 million of annual outside-the-classroom spending. This finding comes from a report released by State Auditor Shad White’s office this week. The school system…
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
April 22, 2021

Earmarks coming back to D.C.? Republican Senators say No.

Mississippi Senators among Senate GOP not changing the rules. Republicans in the U.S. Senate had been holding talks over whether to embrace the return of earmarks, a practice that for generations allowed members to direct spending to specific projects within their districts. The practice of earmarks, often referred to as “pork projects,” was banned in…