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September 30, 2009

Steve Holland takes on In-patient care

Steve Holland takes on In-patient care “We, by design, created a heavy institutional mental health system in the state of Mississippi starting some twenty-five to thirty years ago,” State Representative Steve Holland explains. “You can go back as far as to 1886 when the state hospital at Whitfield was first created.” While others were changing…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 30, 2009

Defense Bill Loaded with Earmarks

Defense Bill Loaded with Earmarks A defense spending bill that contains several key provisions favored by the White House and Defense Secretary Robert Gates — killing the F-22 fighter jet, for example — is expected to reach the Senate floor sometime Tuesday. But attached to the $636 billion bill is $2.65 billion in earmarks, ranging…