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January 23, 2017

#msleg quotes in the news from last week

Legislature Week 3: ‘Orwell on LSD’; raises amid cuts “This sounds like a trial lawyer’s dream. Did trial lawyers ask you for this bill? … I do some defense work, but I lean more towards plaintiffs … I don’t know whether I like your bill or not.” — Rep. Ed Blackmon, D-Canton, a lawyer, on…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2017

HALL: #msleg left with wait-and-see-if-the-federal-government-will-bail-us-out approach on roads

SAM HALL: Waiting for Godot: Lawmakers, Trump and infrastructure The latest idea to address Mississippi’s desperate need for multimillion-dollar road and bridge upgrades is to wait and see what President Donald Trump unveils in his infrastructure initiative… …Instead, we’re left with the wait-and-see-if-the-federal-government-will-bail-us-out approach. The problem is that Trump’s infrastructure plan likely is not going…