Topping news this week in Mississippi:

• A Senate bill would abolish the current Mississippi Arts Commission and fold its funding and duties into the Mississippi Developmental Authority, overseen by Gov. Phil Bryant.

• In the House, a bill was revived and passed that could limit the attorney general’s spending. A three-member commission — the governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state — would approve the use of outside attorneys in cases that could result in awards of more than $250,000.

• Three leaders of higher education in Mississippi warned legislators that continued budget cuts could cause serious damage to the state’s public universities.

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This Week: Arts Commission, attorney general, universities feel the pinch

by Gabriel Austin, Mississippi Today
January 27, 2017

<h1>This Week: Arts Commission, attorney general, universities feel the pinch</h1> <p class="byline">by Gabriel Austin, Mississippi Today <br />January 27, 2017</p> <p>Topping news this week in Mississippi:</p> <p>• A Senate bill would abolish the current Mississippi Arts Commission and fold its funding and duties into the Mississippi Developmental Authority, overseen by Gov. Phil Bryant.</p> <p>• In the House, a bill was revived and passed that could limit the attorney general’s spending. A three-member commission — the governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state — would approve the use of outside attorneys in cases that could result in awards of more than $250,000.</p> <p>• Three leaders of higher education in Mississippi warned legislators that continued budget cuts could cause serious damage to the state’s public universities.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2017/01/27/this-week-arts-commission-attorney-general-universities-feel-the-pinch/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/06074517/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1-200x200.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=44789&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2017/01/27/this-week-arts-commission-attorney-general-universities-feel-the-pinch/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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