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June 20, 2011

CL – Some 17-year-olds get early start on voting

Some 17-year-olds get early start on voting Burks Rives doesn’t turn 18 until September, but he gets to vote in his first election on Aug. 2 A little-known state law allows 17-year-olds, who turn the legal voting age of 18 on or before the date of the general election, to cast a ballot in the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 20, 2011

CL – FEMA funds critical to region, US

CL – FEMA funds critical to region, US While the budget stalemate between House Republicans and the Obama administration has focused on spending matters, congressional lawmakers from Mississippi and other states are worried disaster relief funding may run short by early next year. As reported Sunday in The Clarion-Ledger, Congress may have to approve extra…