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2011 House Bill 353 (Board of Psychology and practice of psychology)

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:50:33 GMT

Introduced in the House on January 4, 2011

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2010 Senate Bill 2097 (Local school district budgets)

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Introduced in the Senate on January 6, 2010

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2010 Senate Bill 2636 (Taxes)

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:18:53 GMT

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2010, to divert to the state Boll Weevil Management Fund about $400,000 in sales tax revenues generated by cotton warehouses and compresses that otherwise goes to the state's general fund. The $15 million boll weevil fund is maintained to help cotton farmers spray their fields if infested

The vote was 38 in favor, 11 opposed and 2 not voting

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2011 House Bill 875 (Education Achievement Council)

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:17:46 GMT

Introduced in the House on January 17, 2011, to direct the Mississippi Education Achievement Council to develop a funding mechanism for community colleges and universities based on productivity goals and accomplishments as well as enrollment. A report is to be submitted to the Legislature

The vote was 114 in favor, 5 opposed and 3 not voting

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FEMA finds extra disaster aid money just in time

barryfc — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:02:11 GMT

(09-27) 14:13 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- New York Corporate Housing

Faced with the imminent possibility of running out of money this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency scoured every financial nook and cranny to come up with enough money to keep its disaster relief fund in the black for a few more days. Congress has been fighting over possible fixes.

The search yielded about $40 million left over from projects to rebuild infrastructure damaged disasters that occurred before August's Hurricane Irene. The newly found cash, announced Monday, means the agency's disaster aid arm will likely be solvent until the end of the budget year on Friday. As of Tuesday, FEMA had about $175 million available and spends an average of about $35 million a day.

Rachel Racusen, a FEMA spokeswoman, said the search for cash is nothing new for FEMA. Officials have found about $180 million this month and nearly $2 billion this fiscal year.

"Our goal has always been to extend the balance of the Disaster Relief Fund for as long as possible," Racusen said. "Without these recoveries ... FEMA would have run out of disaster funding this week, forcing us to begin shutting down disaster response operations."

FEMA has been trying to avoid such a shutdown since August. It stepped up its efforts to find extra money in the wake of Hurricane Irene in late August.

For weeks, Democrats in Congress have been pushing for more disaster aid and had been asking for a $3.7 billion deal, which would include $1 billion for remainder of this budget year.

Republicans insisted that deal would require $1 billion in offsetting cuts in Energy Department loan programs favored by Democrats.

Then FEMA announced Monday that it would have enough money to last the week, eliminating the impasse. Now the agency is likely to get $2.65 billion as part of a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded until November 18.

Besides hunting in old disaster accounts for extra money, the agency also put limits on spending for some recovery projects, including infrastructure repairs from disasters such as hurricanes Katrina and Rita that hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. In late August, FEMA Director Craig Fugate announced that the agency would limit disaster aid money to "immediate needs," including repaying states for debris removal and giving individual victims financial help.

The move meant that about $400 million in public assistance projects was put on hold.

Earlier this month, the Obama administration also asked Congress for $500 million in emergency funding.

If the funding bill is passed, FEMA expects to resume funding both new and old disaster projects.

It Riffing Off Golden Moments

lemotry — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:27:41 GMT

Glee is an ensemble show that's only as strong as its weakest link…and trust me, there are no chinks in this armor. Even the four supporting characters originally brought in to provide vocal background and dance credibility to the club—Santana (Naya Rivera), Brittany (Heather Morris), Mike (Harry Shum Jr.), and Matt (Dijon Talton)—have surprised the audience and the writers with how endearing their presence has become. In fact, Naya and Heather become so integral to the Season One storylines that both actors are being bumped up to series regulars for Season Two, and deservedly so. Naya exhibits a magnetic presence in every scene she's a part of, and Heather offers up the show's most killer dead-pan line reads. She is to Glee's short-form comedy what Jane Lynch is to its long-form, and that's saying a lot. Lynch is the cornerstone of the show's enigmatic success. Long considered one of the finest working character actors today, she has now cemented herself among the legendary funny women of all time. Jane's commitment to this character is unparalleled, riffing off golden moments with nearly every actor she shares a two shot with, not the least of which is Matthew Morrison's Will Schuester. You cannot help but be drawn into this legendary battle of good and evil. The amazing thing is that these epic confrontations only serve to fuel the plot, where in less capable hands they would dominate or overshadow it. Credit Ryan Murphy's team for figuring out how to pull it off.

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2011 Senate Bill 3098 (Civil Rights Museum)