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February 11, 2010

CL – PERS system adds cost to taxpayer

CL – PERS system adds cost to taxpayer The good news for the 373,640 participants in Mississippi’s Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) is that the system is actuarially sound at this time. But as Gov. Haley Barbour pointed out in his Executive Budget Recommendation, the cost of maintaining that soundness is increasing for Mississippi taxpayers…
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February 11, 2010

CL – Budget compromise closer

CL – Budget compromise closer Talks between the state House and Senate about how to repair critical cuts to the current fiscal year’s budget moved a little closer Wednesday toward a compromise. The House Appropriations Committee approved an amended Senate bill that would tap $79 million, mostly in tobacco settlement funds, to offset Gov. Haley…