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July 24, 2014

Senator Wicker pushes back on EPA’s new power requirements

Your Power Bill Could Be Affected by Federal Government Ruling WASHINGTON, D.C.–Every power plant in Mississippi that uses coal to generate power could be forced to shut down under new rules by the Environmental Protection Agency, said Sen. Roger Wicker in Washington in a Senate hearing Wednesday. If that did happen, that would, of course,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 24, 2014

Shouldn’t this be happening already? Ed Dept. requests $1 million to fund cheating investigations

More money needed for cheating investigation JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Department of Education will request $1 million in its fiscal 2016 budget to fund cheating investigations like the one it launched in May of the Clarksdale Municipal School District. The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/1nDVxkH ) the state Board of Education members approved the new…