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February 16, 2009

Audit: Phone law results mixed

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/15/9 A state law designed to curb cell-phone usage among state agencies has not cut costs as some had expected but may have increased efficiency, according to a recent state auditor’s report. Since 2004, agencies have added more than 1,000 wireless devices to the state’s tab, pushing service subscription costs up 25 percent…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 16, 2009

Hewes III sets sights on 2011

The Sun Herald, 2/14/9 Looks like South Mississippi’s own state Sen. Billy Hewes III, R-Gulfport, is planning a run at lieutenant governor. After briefly denying it last week, when the Sun Herald told him we had an e-mail from his brother saying as much, he admitted his ambitions. Hewes was, last I checked, “leading” a…