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November 25, 2014

YP – Former Senator Irb Benjamin (D) from Rienzi abruptly cuts ties with Alcorn/Grenada county jails

Former state legislator Irb Benjamin from Rienzi has abruptly cut ties with two prisons. WTVA reports that he resigned as Alcorn County Warden this past week. Emily Pettus had a more expansive piece on Benjamin who has run prisons through a private company. Alcorn County Board of Supervisors president Lowell Hinton told The Associated Press…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 25, 2014

Wicker not conceding any states in 2016, wants NRSC active in all 24 up for election

Roger Wicker Looks for Fast Start at NRSC Wicker beat out Nevada Sen. Dean Heller for the chairmanship in a closed-door Nov. 13 GOP conference meeting. Six days later, seated behind his desk on the fifth floor of Dirksen, Wicker was confident in the party’s ability to hold a potential 54-seat majority, despite a map…