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vantage point: Speaker White’s good government conservatism
By BILL CRAWFORD
Thu,04/25/24-1:31PM , 211 Reads 7,398 Statewide
Thank you Jason White for the boost to my withering hope that good government conservatives may one day lift Mississippi off the bottom.
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vantage point: Senate votes for dog to catch car
By BILL CRAWFORD
Thu,04/18/24-1:41PM , 98 Reads 3,832 Statewide
The dog is awfully close to catching the runaway car – the dog being the Legislature and the car being PERS.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly last week to move authority for increasing employer contribution rates from the PERS board to the Legislature. Should the House concur, well, how does the dog fare anytime it catches the car?
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vantage point: Legislature, not local government should fund PERS
By BILL CRAWFORD
Thu,04/11/24-11:11AM , 322 Reads 4,458 Statewide
The Legislature was going to make a serious effort to fix PERS this year. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann called it “the major issue” for this session. House Speaker Jason White said, “we want to fix this long term.”
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Crawford: Will signature achievements occur this legislative session?
By BILL CRAWFORD
Mon,04/08/24-6:11PM , 205 Reads 6,182 Statewide
Below is a political opinion column by Bill Crawford:

Columnist Bill Crawford looks at the results of the Mississippi Legislature so far this session, saying the signature flops are accumulating.

Will there be signature achievements by the 2024 Legislature or just signature flops?
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