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February 3, 2009

House Speaker: Miss. will take bailout share

House speaker: Miss. will take bailout share “And I can’t understand the leader of any state having any kind of negative thought about accepting the proceeds of this congressional effort,” McCoy told reporters. He added that congressional leaders have told him that “it wouldn’t be up to the governor to take it .. no one…
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February 2, 2009

Metro-area schools cut $5M

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/2/9 The Madison, Hinds and Rankin county school districts have lost nearly $5 million among them as a result of state-mandated budget cuts this fiscal year. Gov. Haley Barbour recently called for cuts to the state budget because of a slowing economy. That meant cuts to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, the formula…