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February 13, 2017

CRAWFORD: Universities should raise standards, move remediation to community colleges

BILL CRAWFORD: Move remediation to community colleges, hybrid universities Universities should raise admission standards and, for the most part, exit the remediation business. Community colleges are best suited for this role with lower costs for both state and student, plus they provide more pathways to completion for academically challenged and disinterested students. Two things –…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 13, 2017

SALTER: #msleg pushing back hard against death penalty lawsuits

SID SALTER: Alternate execution method bill ignores larger death penalty debate House Bill 638 is the reaction to litigation filed challenging the “cruel and unusual punishment” aspects of lethal injection. Most of those legal challenges were filed as a delaying tactic to thwart the imposition of the death penalty. For good or ill, state legislatures…