Rienzi NewsLocal news for Rienzi, MS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Positive note ends unfinished '08 session- April 20, 2008 "We didn't always agree, but we didn't get mad." BY BOBBY HARRISON Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, was sitting on the House floor minutes after the 2008 legislative session ended Friday morning when Lt. via Djournal.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/04/positive-note-ends-unfinished-08-session?fromr... Rainy-day fund fight may prompt special session- April 10, 2008 "It is my every desire to get this completed, but if that's not possible" Stalled budget talks at the state Capitol have some lawmakers predicting the session could end without agreement on Mississippi's estimated $5 billion budget. via The Clarion-Ledgerhttp://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/04/rainy-day-fund-fight-may-prompt-special-sessio... House puts 'sin tax' hike on the table- April 5, 2008 "If Medicaid is so important, why don't we place all the cards on the table face up" BY BOBBY HARRISON Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON - The Mississippi House decided Friday that a tax increase on cigarettes and liquor should be considered in negotiations to solve the Medicaid shortfall. via Djournal.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/rienzi-ms/2008/04/house-puts-sin-tax-hike-on-the-table?fromrss=1 |