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Mississippi Economic Recovery Resources

MEPC is providing timely, objective information to help educate Mississippians about the resources avaialble to our state from the American Recovery and Renewal Act. MEPC has issued numerous briefs related to Mississippi's economic recovery. Please review the information below, and check back often for updates.

Federal reports issued by the GAO:

Recovery funds are being managed through a variety of state agencies. For more information about how those agencies are directing the stimulus funds, choose from the links below:

Mississippi Department of Employment Security http://www.mdes.ms.gov/wps/PA_1_0_CH/docs/Stimulus/Recovery%20News%20From%20MDES.html

Mississippi Department of Human Services

http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/mdhsstimulus.html

Mississippi Development Authority

http://stimulus.mississippi.org/

Mississippi Department of Education

http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Stimulus/index.html

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/page/Main_ARRA?OpenDocument

Mississippi Division of Medicaid

http://www.medicaid.ms.gov/Documents/ARRA.pdf

Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration (Management and Reporting Sys.)

http://www.mmrs.state.ms.us/statewide_applications/Stimulus/index.shtml

Mississippi Department of Transportation

http://www.gomdot.com/Divisions/Highways/Resources/Programming/ARRA/Home.aspx

 

 

 

News

February 01, 2010
Time for new revenue? Tax advocates seek to 'balance' budget cuts (click here)

January 31, 2010
Budget: New revenue's inevitable (click here)

January 29, 2010
*MEPC Director, Ed Sivak Appears on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's (MPB) news program “Quorum”* (click here)

January 15, 2010
State Lawmakers Weigh Budget Cuts Against Tax Increases (click here)

January 08, 2010
Desoto County Students Benefit From Educational Resource Online (click here)

January 06, 2010
Lawmakers Fund Workforce Training (click here)

January 04, 2010
A Balanced Approach to State's Economic Shortfall (click here)

December 30, 2009
Taxes could help state revenues (click here)

December 24, 2009
Jobless benefits extended (click here)

December 16, 2009
1 in 3 Mississippi families fails to make ends meet (click here)

December 15, 2009
Food stamp recipients up in Mississippi (click here)

December 14, 2009
Miss. Reaching Out to Nontraditional Students (click here)

December 02, 2009
Surviving economic downturn is first worry (click here)

November 08, 2009
Analysis: No talk of new Miss. taxes during crunch (click here)