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February 23, 2009

State senator wants to put voter ID issue to a vote

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/22/9 At least one Mississippi senator is ready to place the voter identification issue on a statewide ballot if it isn’t approved during the 2009 session of the Legislature. Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, is trying to gather enough signatures to get a constitutional amendment for photo ID on the ballot.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 23, 2009

Stimulus may help insure the Coast

The Sun Herald, 2/21/9 A measure Coast leaders want to prop up the wind pool insurance program with an extra $20 million became a little more likely when President Barack Obama signed a large federal stimulus bill this week, as it may have eased some apprehensions in the fiscally-conservative Mississippi Senate about spending the money.…