Mississippi Legislators Look Through Travel Reports

Mississippi legislators are combing through state agencies’ travel reports to try to cut costs on events such as out-of-state conferences. Members of the House and Senate budget groups met Monday with several officials, including Medicaid Director David Dzielak and Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher.
Many agencies require multiple levels of supervisors to approve travel expenses. Dzielak says he signs off on employees’ out-of-state conferences.
Fisher says travel is a relatively small portion of the prison system’s budget. He says trips to conferences have been reduced since he became commissioner in January of 2015.