The Mississippi State Department of Health is going from nine regional offices to three because of budget cuts. Dr. Mary Currier, the state health officer, said Monday that changes begin July 1st with the new budget year. The department is…
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran is reiterating his desire to find an agreement on funding for federal programs to support education and teacher development. Senator Cochran serves on the Education Appropriations Sub-committee which held a hearing Tuesday to review the 2018…
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health is eliminating 650 jobs because of state budget cuts, impacting our local communities and hospitals on the Coast. According to a Singing River Health Systems doctor on the state board of the DMH, the…
Governor Phil Bryant is again cutting this year’s Mississippi state budget, even as officials try to figure out how much money the state will have next year. Bryant announced Friday afternoon that he was cutting $20 million from the state’s…
Governor Phil Bryant is making a third round of spending cuts since the budget year started in July, the fifth round in the past 14 months. Bryant announced $43 million in cuts Tuesday, saying tax collections remain short of expectations.…
Mississippi’s annual legislation is underway in Jackson. Governor Phil Bryant is cutting another $51 million from the state budget, attributed to lagging state revenues. Bryant announced the cuts today after slicing $57 million in September to make up for an…
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant is cutting $56.8 million from the $5.8 billion state budget to make up for an accounting error. Republican Bryant announced the cuts Wednesday, just over two months into the budget year. He trimmed spending rather than…
Today is the last day all five Boys and Girls Clubs in Harrison and Hancock counties will be able to provide transportation for their members. It’s a big blow to the Coast clubs due to an internal error by the…
An internal error by the Mississippi Department of Education results in a $650,000 budget cut for the Boys and Girls Club. Eight sites temporarily closed due to lack of funding, leaving 800 children with no after-school care. The budget cut…
Because of state budget cuts, Mississippi will lose all of its state operated programs to help people break an addiction to drugs and alcohol. The State Department of Mental Health will close two chemical dependency units for men, one with…
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant says he’s making another round of budget cuts and will take $10 million out of the state’s rainy day fund. This is the first round of cuts since fiscal year 2016 started last July. The reason…
Friday, Singing River Health System (S.R.H.S.) informed its employees of changes to come in its retirement plan.
Tuesday, city councils throughout Harrison County voted to fund a Washington D.C. consultant to come down to south Mississippi.