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May 18, 2011

Commission delays selection of new MDOT director

Commission delays selection of new MDOT director JACKSON, Miss. — The three-member Mississippi Transportation Commission will wait to hire a new executive director for the Department of Transportation until after the November election. In a statement Tuesday, the commission says the decision came because it has a new member – Mike Tagert – elected in…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 18, 2011

As if on cue, Clarion Ledger disagrees with 3 judge panel over Redistricting

Redistricting: Status quo of inequity There was absolutely no legitimate reason for the Legislature not to complete redistricting. And, there was no reason for a federal court panel to allow this procrastination – solely for political purposes – to continue. That basically throws one-person, one-vote standards out the window and raises a whole new set…