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March 17, 2017

Jackson mayor Yarber, 1% Commission at odds over plan, debt obligation, timing

Yarber: 1% commission attempts to supersede state law At the conclusion of a contentious one-cent sales tax meeting March 1, commissioners approved a master plan that could prevent Jackson from obtaining the $90 million loan it has worked to obtain for over a year. In an interview with The Clarion-Ledger Wednesday evening, Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber first…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 17, 2017

#msleg agrees to name DEQ building in honor of late US Rep. Alan Nunnelee

DEQ building to be named after late U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee U.S. Rep. Nunnelee died of brain cancer in February 2015. He was elected in 2010, after serving 15 years as a state senator from Tupelo. Mississippi House members had been adamantly that the DEQ building, 515 Amite Street, be named in honor of Nunnelee. The…