Below are links to coverage of the February 7, 2012 Stennis-Capitol Press Forum featuring Lt. Governor Tate Reeves.
(NEMS Daily Journal) Reeves questions taking school reserves… Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday didn’t embrace Gov. Phil Bryant’s proposal to require local school districts to dip into their operating reserve funds to provide level education funding for the upcoming year. The Republican Reeves, speaking to the Mississippi State University Stennis Institute of Government/Capitol press corps luncheon, stopped short of saying he opposed Bryant’s proposal that school districts use $73 million of their operating reserves in the fiscal year that begins July 1 to reach level funding.
Read more: djournal.com – Reeves questions taking school reserves
(Clarion-Ledger) Reeves pushing for $50M cap on MDA fund…But Reeves, a Republican, said the state can rein in “credit card spending” by capping that MDA-controlled revolving fund at $50 million and using the rest to pay off the state’s debt. “While it’s a good concept to allow for MDA to make loans to entities … there needs to be a cap,” Reeves said during a meeting of the Capitol press corps and the Stennis Institute of Government. Read more…
(AP [Sun Herald]) Reeves noncommital on schools’ rainy day funds… “I don’t think we can commit to specific numbers and the utilization of reserve funds or not until we have a better understanding of what the revenues are going to be,” Reeves said at a forum sponsored by the Capitol press corps and Mississippi State University’s Stennis Institute of Government. Read more…
(Mississippi Business Journal video) Tate Reeves: “I’m against raising taxes.”"
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves discusses fiscal agenda for the current legislative session. Watch video…
(WLBT-TV) Lt. Gov. Reeves says next year’s budget will be the worst…He already put his agenda before lawmakers and now the state’s second in command, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves is putting it in front of business and community leaders from across the state. “I’m serious about getting control of spending and serious about our renewed focus on efficiency,” Reeves said.
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(Y’all Politics) MBJ video captures Lt. Governor Tate Reeves throwing down the gauntlet …and cutting off a MPB reporter’s knees with it. Read more…
