Attorney General Alberto Gonzales met privately with Mississippi public safety, education and mental health officials in Jackson on Wednesday about how to respond to violent incidents such as the Virginia Tech shootings.
Mississippi’s Republican governor, Haley Barbour, joined Gonzales at the news conference in the Woolfolk state office building near the Capitol. Barbour said Mississippi’s elementary and secondary schools put together emergency response plans after the Pearl High School shootings.
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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability
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