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Tax dollars used for self-promotion
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Wed,03/26/14-3:26PM , 160 Reads
MERIDIAN — How many of your tax dollars, if any, should be spent for self-promotion by elected officials?

It’s quite common when new governors get elected to see their names pop up on all kinds of things: Welcome to Mississippi signs on the highways; state maps; tourism and economic development promotion materials; and more.
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State losing good staff
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,03/20/14-4:02PM , 136 Reads
MERIDIAN — Mississippi’s state employees can’t get a break. Well, most can’t.
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Debt service is big money
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,03/13/14-12:39PM , 132 Reads
MERIDIAN — What are the big spending categories in Mississippi’s general fund?
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Is McDaniel hedging?
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,02/27/14-1:00PM , 127 Reads
MERIDIAN — If you sense something fishy about Sen. Thad Cochran’s upstart opponent, it may be the flip-flopping. Republican candidate Chris McDaniel’s issue fickleness was exposed in a recent article by Politico.com reporter Alexander Burns.
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