Following a lot of finger-pointing over who’s to blame for the corporate tax cuts that have blown a big hole in the state budget, the House voted 72 to 38 to allow Governor Bryant to take whatever he needs from the Rainy Day Fund to get the budget back in the black. But only for […]
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Tomorrow, the Legislature will zip into Jackson to raid the Rainy Day Fund (RDF) again, using one-time-money to erase the remaining state budget deficit before Thursday’s year-end. Earlier this year, Governor Bryant withdrew a chunk from the fund and cut agency budgets (taking $9.7-million from the MAEP), hoping to stop the bleeding. It wasn’t enough. State coffers
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Among the worst forms of government are those that use fear and intimidation to control the people and suppress opposition. House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson has now admitted to the Associated Press and the Daily Journal that Mississippi’s elected leadership drafted laws to retaliate against citizens – including educators – who advocated for a constitutional amendment that would have required adequate
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