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September 11, 2017

State Auditor Pickering recommends #msleg conduct district-by-district needs assessment

Analysis: Pickering’s school funding ideas cut against grain In a letter last week to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and legislative leaders, Pickering recommended that the Legislature hire an outside entity to conduct a district-by-district needs assessment “to truly understand each district’s requirements to provide classroom resources that offer children an exemplary education.” Pickering said he…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 11, 2017

State revenue up 8.1 percent in first two months of fiscal year

MISSISSIPPI COLLECTS MORE TAX DOLLARS THIS YEAR The Legislative Budget Office released figures Friday showing tax collections for July and August – the first two months of the current budget year. Overall collections are nearly $54 million higher than they were during the same two months a year ago. That is about an 8.1 percent…