Starkville mayor, aldermen have $60K in travel expenses
Starkville’s mayor and seven-person board of aldermen have racked up a combined $60,121 travel bill this term, and the bills of three individual officials — Mayor Parker Wiseman, Ward 2 Alderman Lisa Wynn and Ward 7 Alderman Henry Vaughn — each surpassed the $10,000 mark.
Miss. counties sharing $1M to pay election costs
JACKSON — Mississippi’s 82 counties are sharing $1 million in state money to help pay for election expenses. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said in
Prude makes one last junket on district dime
At a time when the Columbus Municipal School District was cutting non-essential expenses, Tommy Prude spent close to $1,000 on a conference that was held just two days before his term on the school board ended.
CMSD board reviews finances, accounting procedures in workshop
The Columbus Municipal School District is changing the way it tracks travel expenses, board members learned Saturday during a two-hour budget workshop at Brandon Central Services.