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December 21, 2009

Auditor Stacey Pickering puts another $200K back in state coffers

State Auditor Returns Over $200,000 to State General Fund Following Contraband Tobacco Sale (Jackson, Miss.) State Auditor Stacey Pickering along with the Mississippi State Tax Commission has recovered $211,737.65 that will be returned to the State’s General fund following a lower-than-expected collection at the contraband tobacco auction held October 27 in Tupelo. “At a time…
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December 18, 2009

GOP senators to block defense bill in bid to delay health-care vote

GOP senators to block defense bill in bid to delay health-care vote Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several acknowledged was an effort to delay President Obama’s health-care legislation. “I don’t want health care,” Sen.…