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December 16, 2009

Childers pushes for farm disaster aid

Childers pushes for farm disaster aid U.S. Rep. Travis Childers said he fears it will be tough for many Mississippi farmers, hit first by drought and then by drenching rains, to survive financially without emergency help from Congress. Childers, D-Miss., is among the Southern lawmakers seeking at least $2.1 billion in aid for farmers and…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 16, 2009

CL – Budget proposal called ‘good starting point’

Budget proposal called ‘good starting point’ But key lawmakers stressed the proposal they adopted for the fiscal year that begins July 1 is simply a blueprint for the final budget approved in the upcoming session. “It’s the best we could come up with,” Sen. Terry Burton, R-Newton, said after the Joint Legislative Budget Committee adopted…