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1. Auditor points to waste on state boards and commissions

Mississippi Office of the State Auditor Shad White said Thursday that many state boards and commissions are inefficient and have duplicative back-office functions. His comments come as White’s office released a new report titled “ An Efficiency Analysis of Mississippi’s Small Boards and Commissions .”

“My team just completed a review of 19 small- and medium-sized state boards, and we found some operating well but most had room to improve,” White said. “We also found small boards and commissions often operate inefficient back-office functions which should be consoli

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