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DAY 1 OF BUDGET HEARINGS: Many State Workers Earn Wages Below Self-Sufficiency Levels
September 20th, 2011
Yesterday, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget hearings commenced with […]
DAY 1 OF BUDGET HEARINGS: Concerns About University System Funding
September 20th, 2011
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) held day 1 of […]
FY 2013 Budget Process Kicks Off Next Week With Budget Hearings
September 15th, 2011
The first major event in the budget process that will […]
Part 2: The Lost Decade: More Mississippians Lack Health Insurance
September 14th, 2011
Yesterday, I wrote about the recently released United States Census […]
Mississippi’s Lost Decade: New Census Data Show Increases in Poverty, Decreases in Incomes Over the Last Ten Years
September 13th, 2011
Today, the United States Census Bureau released the first of […]
The Economic Costs of Teen Births in Mississippi
September 8th, 2011
In 2009, teen births across Mississippi cost tax payers an […]
MEPC Welcomes New Policy Fellow, Francinia McKeithan
August 30th, 2011
Francinia McKeithan will serve as the 2011-2013 State Fiscal Analysis […]
Do Mississippi Universities Have Enough Resources to Build Up the State’s Workforce?
August 26th, 2011
Sid Salter’s column calls attention to a developing funding trend […]
Debt Limit Deal will Mean More Job Losses for Mississippi
August 22nd, 2011
The large federal spending cuts prescribed in the recent debt […]
Balanced Approach Critical to Long-Term Economic Success of Mississippi
August 18th, 2011
Recently, the 2011 Kids Count Data Book and state profiles […]
