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July 6, 2009

Dispatch – Despite haggling, budget contains record spending

Dispatch – Despite haggling, budget contains record spending In its mad-dash special session that ended at midnight as the new fiscal year arrived Wednesday, the Legislature sent Barbour the overdue budget bills. They’ve been struggling to finalize the appropriations since March in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. “While not…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 6, 2009

Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party coverage

Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party coverage Under the towering oaks of the DeSoto County courthouse lawn, hundreds of people chanted “No more taxes, no more taxes.” The crowd was led by Sen. Merle Flowers, R-Olive Branch, who told the 1,000 or so gathered that the country doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a spending…