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In July, top Republican leaders, including House Appropriations Committee Rep. Herb Frierson (center), asked all state departments to submit 7.8-percent budget-cut proposals in case Initiative 42 passes, but some departments might have to cut their budgets by much more than 7.8 percent in the next year.

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Proposed Budgets Slashed Even Without 42’s Passage

Currently proposed budget cuts are even greater than those that Rep. Herb Frierson, a key Republican budget writer from Poplarville, warned would be necessary if the school-funding amendment Initiative 42 …

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