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Rienzi, Mississippi is located in Alcorn County. Zip codes in Rienzi, MS include 38865. More Rienzi information.

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Tuesday Nov 24 | WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Analysis:Miss. gov budget sure to spark activism

In releasing his budget proposal last week, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour might've tapped into his own version of economic stimulus.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Analysis: No talk of new Miss. taxes during crunch

Republican Gov. Haley Barbour and key legislators say they won't try to offset Mississippi's sluggish revenue with a tax increase in 2010, but fees are open for discussion.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

School district consolidations on table?

One of Mississippi's leading House Democrats has questioned whether the state can afford its 152 school districts and eight public universities.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Enhancing the King's museum

JACKSON, Miss. - Officials and supporters of the Elvis Presley Birthplace again will ask legislators to love them tender when the 2010 session begins in January.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Prentiss Co. manslaughter mistrial

A mistrial has been declared in the culpable negligence manslaughter trial of a Rienzi man.

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Tight budget stumps leaders

Mississippi lawmakers on Wednesday discussed delaying the start of the school year, raising fees on driver's licenses and rehiring retired troopers as ways to save money in the next state budget year.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Miss. Medicaid head, att'y gen'l trade accusations

Mississippi's Medicaid director told lawmakers Wednesday that Attorney General Jim Hood has refused to prosecute a possible case of $24 million in fraud by a man paid to provide behavioral services to patients.

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Tue Sep 22, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Miss. mental health agency seeks budget hike

Mississippi agency directors were told to keep budget requests modest in a tight economy, but state mental health director Ed LeGrand has requested an extra $50 million for next year.

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Sun Sep 20, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Miss. lawmakers hold hearings for upcoming budget

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi lawmakers this week begin the long process of deciding how to spend taxpayers' money for the upcoming budget year.

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Sat Sep 19, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Mississippi gasoline tax increase appears unlikely

JACKSON, Miss. - A key legislator and a transportation leader say it's unlikely the Legislature will pass an increase in Mississippi's gasoline tax to shore up the highway construction program.

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Sun Sep 13, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Budget hearings to begin Sept. 21

When the state budget process starts to bog down over Medicaid or education funding next spring during the 2010 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature, remember that the process officially started on Sept.

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Sat Sep 05, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Barbour orders $172M in cuts

Mississippi schools began trying to shave their budgets Thursday after Gov. Haley Barbour announced $172 million in cuts to the state's $6 billion budget - most falling on education, which makes up the majority of the budget.

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Mon Aug 17, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Corruption tale a good read

House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, has always given the popular but largely erroneous image of state legislators as drunken louts a hard time.

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Wed Aug 05, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Hood files suit over Barbour's veto of trooper pay

A group of Democrats has asked a Hinds County judge to overturn Gov. Haley Barbour's partial veto of legislation dealing with overtime pay for Mississippi Highway Patrol troopers.

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Sun Jul 12, 2009

Meridian Star

Lawmakers finish $6B state budget

After months of bickering over the budget, Mississippi lawmakers spent less than six hours in special session Friday to approve the final details of the state's $6 billion spending plan.

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Fri Jul 10, 2009

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Miss. House passes funding for PSC, mental health

The Democratic-led Mississippi House voted Friday to let the Public Service Commission hire three more staff members to evaluate legal and financial documents from utility companies.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Cigarette auction could be held by September

A state auction of more than 855,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes could happen as early as September, State Auditor Stacey Pickering said.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Barbour says he won't call special budget session

With just a week left in the state's fiscal year, Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday he won't call lawmakers back for a special session to pass a state budget because he's unhappy with a Medicaid agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators that would prevent him from making spending reductions in the program.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

State gets $40M in suit

Mississippi House and Senate leaders said Thursday they're closer to reaching an agreement on a state spending plan for the coming fiscal year, thanks to a settlement with Microsoft that will provide $40 million in 40 days.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Deadline nears, still no budget

State lawmakers still haven't agreed on a spending plan for the coming fiscal year, despite tonight's midnight deadline and pressure from state workers.

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