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Gov. Barbour Suggesting Cuts To Budget After Tax Revenue Falls Short

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour says that with tax collections falling short of expectations, he is asking state agency directors to find ways to trim budgets. He wants them to be prepared to cut spending by 2 percent...

Lamar seeks a full term in Place 1 against Barton

BY PATSY R. BRUMFIELD Daily Journal Ann Hannaford Lamar describes herself as sort of an "accidental judge." Each wants to be elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court for an eight-year term. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove appointed her...

Governor not planning special session

By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - Gov. Haley Barbour is not planning to call a special session of the Legislature to take up the recommendations of his tax study commission. During the summer, speculation...

Public meetings set for proposed Miss. port plan

JACKSON, Miss. - The board overseeing the State Port of Gulfport could vote later this month on an ambitious plan that would greatly expand operations at the facility and help it weather future hurricanes. Port executive...

Barbour: Miss. agencies might need to trim budgets

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour is telling agencies they should prepare to trim their spending if the tumultuous national economy continues to drag down state tax collections. "Just as Mississippi families and...

Mississippi Harbor Gets Facelift after Hurricanes

Mississippi Harbor Gets Facelift after Hurricanes PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) - Pass Christian will get $25 million in Hurricane Katrina recovery funds to expand the city's harbor, which was destroyed by the 2005 storm and...

Speaker confident of better IHL funding

By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, said Wednesday he is confident that a special committee he named will provide solid recommendations on ways to provide more...

26-city MEC tour details education push

One proposal would offer incentives to keep veteran teachers from retiring Jeff Ayres • jeff.ayres@jackson.gannett.com • October 8, 2008 The Mississippi Economic Council believes improving the state's education system and work...

Bredesen, Baker host discussion on political civility

Notebook Is the United States being sabotaged by our harsh political discourse? Gov. Phil Bredesen and former Sen. Howard Baker hosted a panel discussion on the topic Monday at Belmont University. There was a sense from some...

Hazlehurst school administrator fired; 6 suspended

HAZLEHURST, Miss. (AP) - The child nutrition director of Hazlehurst schools is the latest administrator to be dismissed from the academically and financially troubled district, and six others have been suspended. The state...

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