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January 27, 2009

Mental health bill to revamp board

The Hattiesburg American, 1/27/9 Another mental health-related bill pending in the Legislature would reconstitute the board and revise the qualifications of the executive director of the state Department of Mental Health. The nine-member state Board of Mental Health would add a nurse and two consumers, under a bill now before the House Public Health Committee.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 27, 2009

Mayor wants to double city workers’ raises

The Sun Herald, 1/27/9 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has proposed a new plan to double the raises that city employees received this fiscal year. But the $1.2 million plan faces a battle from the city council. Melton wants to give nonsworn employees an additional $600 a year and sworn employees, such as police officers, an…