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March 10, 2009

Cigarette safety measure weighed

The Clarion-Ledger, 3/10/9 Mississippi might join three dozen other states in requiring that cigarettes extinguish themselves if left unattended. The so-called “fire-safe cigarettes” are made with two or three bands of less-porous paper. The Coalition for Fire Safe Cigarettes is a national group that’s pushing states to require the safety feature. The coalition says the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 10, 2009

Keeping his promise is keeping Hosemann busy

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 3/10/9 Remember Gilbert Hosemann, the soft-spoken man that sweet lady on TV wanted us to elect as Mississippi’s secretary of state? After much coaching, she learned his name wasn’t Gilbert or Wilbert or Engbert or Philbert. It was Delbert. And he did win. But Delbert Hosemann might wish to…