mississippitoday.org – Geoff Pender – 2024-11-18 04:07:00
Years ago, some state elected leaders lamented that Mississippi has far too much bureaucracy for such a poor, small state, and vowed — for starters — to eliminate or consolidate state government’s roughly 200 agencies, boards and commissions.
More than a decade later, the number of state agencies, boards and commissions has been whittled down to … roughly 200.
There was one monumental victory in the war on bureaucracy in Mississippi: After years of bitter political debate, the Legislature this year combined the separate cosmetology and barber licensure boards into one. Saa-lute!…