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August 21, 2017

Charles Evers in CL: African-Americans may place too much political allegiance to the Democratic Party

Black political influence in Mississippi has slowed despite increase in elected officials While other states, with smaller African-American populations, have elected statewide leaders, the glass ceiling in Mississippi has remained not only impervious but unreachable. Mississippi, which has more African-Americans per capita and more black elected officials than any other state in the nation, has…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 21, 2017

State budget woes effecting county budgets

Mississippi counties face potential problems because of state budget woes With the deadline to pass a budget for the upcoming fiscal year less than a month away, some counties are faced with the challenge of plugging financial holes created by state budget woes…. …Gray said a lot of counties depend on those checks. Counties don’t…