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Mississippi budget proposal includes some spending cuts

by Emily Wagster Pettus
| December 7, 2020 11:03 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Top Mississippi legislators on Monday released their first budget recommendations for the year that begins July 1. They propose spending cuts for universities, community colleges, prisons, mental health and child protection services.

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