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August 4, 2009

BARBOUR – General fund collections fell 11.27 percent below July expectations

BARBOUR – General fund collections fell 11.27 percent below July expectations Governor Haley Barbour urged state agencies to closely monitor expenditures as general fund collections fell $26.2 million, or 11.27 percent, below expectations for July 2009. “State tax collections in July were much lower than anticipated,” Governor Barbour said. “We cannot ignore the fact that…
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August 4, 2009

EX-NASA official goes on trial for steering millions to MSU

EX-NASA official goes on trial for steering money to Miss. A former high-ranking NASA official went on trial Monday on charges that he steered nearly $10 million to a consulting client and lied about it. Prosecutors told the jury during opening arguments they would prove Courtney Stadd abused the power of his government office to…