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February 16, 2009

Wicker outspent Musgrove in U.S. Senate campaign

The Mississippi Press, 2/14/9 In last year’s bitter special election for a U.S. Senate seat, winner Roger Wicker, R-Tupelo, outspent former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, D-Jackson, by a better than 2-1 margin, according to recently compiled federal election data. Wicker, who had previously served in the House, spent some $6.4 million to hold the seat for…
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February 16, 2009

State monitors JPS board meetings

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/16/9 The state Department of Education is monitoring Jackson Public Schools’ board meetings in response to complaints from school district employees and the community. State Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds’ office received numerous phone calls from JPS employees, “parents and other citizens about the length of the board meetings and how the board…