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October 13, 2016

HARRISON: Chances remote of law being changed in restoring felons’ voting rights

BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi’s forgiveness doesn’t extend to restoring major felons’ voting rights During his final days in office in early 2012, former Gov. Haley Barbour came under immense criticism for issuing more than 200 pardons – some for heinous murders. After remaining silent over the controversial pardons for sometimes, the conservative Republican said he granted…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 13, 2016

SALTER: Slide toward insolvency of Social Security, Medicare should be #Campaign2016 issue

Sid Salter: Campaign’s real dirty words still unspoken To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, what a long strange trip it’s been in the 2016 presidential election. We’ve talked about sex, purloined emails, hidden tax returns, fainting spells and bad manners. We’ve watched one candidate who has worked hard at being unlikeable and another who has worked…