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March 5, 2009

Miss. House votes to bypass governor on stimulus

Forbes, 3/4/9 After a three-hour debate that stretched from Pharisees to fried bologna, the Democratic-controlled Mississippi House voted Wednesday to bypass Republican Gov. Haley Barbour so the state can get its full share of federal stimulus money. Only a relatively small portion of the state’s $2.8 billion from the stimulus package is in question. Barbour…
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March 5, 2009

Judicial probe puts $1B Hinds case on hold

The Clarion-Ledger, 3/4/9 A $1 billion lawsuit in a theft of trade secret case has been put on hold because of the involvement of a Hinds County Circuit judge now under indictment and a former county district attorney. Eaton Corp. alleges in the lawsuit that former employees, all engineers, stole trade secrets for military contracts…