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April 27, 2015

Cochran aide arrested on drug charge

Long-time aide to veteran Mississippi senator arrested on drug charges Sen. Thad Cochran’s office manager has been arrested and charged with possession and intent to sell drugs, according to USA Today. Fred W. Pagan, 49, was arrested after Department of Homeland Security agents detected the drug “GBL,” an ingredient of the “date rape drug,” in…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 27, 2015

PENDER notes state budget deficit appropriations

PENDER: Miss.’s ‘balanced’ budget not so balanced So, the balanced budget for the coming year could easily have a $30 million to $40 million hole in it even as the ink dries. For the last several years, lawmakers as they set the budget have pretended the state doesn’t have to pay more than $6 million…