Mississippi budget practices receive mixed grades

JACKSON — A nonpartisan group that evaluates state government budget practices is giving mostly midlevel marks to Mississippi.

The Volcker Alliance was formed four years ago by Paul A. Volcker, a former board chairman of the Federal Reserve, with the goal of making government more efficient.

The alliance issued a report Nov. 2 called "Truth and Integrity in State Budgeting," which evaluates all states' budget practices for fiscal years 2015 through 2017.

Like most states, Mississippi has a fiscal year that runs from July through June. So, the period covered by the report for Mississippi is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2017.

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