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January 13, 2009

Electing judges under scrutiny

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/13/9 More than $1 million was spent last year on a Mississippi judicial campaign, renewing calls for changing the way the state selects it judges. But with the 2009 Legislature under way, don’t expect any serious consideration of legislation to change the process, according to the powerful judiciary committee chairmen in both chambers.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 13, 2009

Ideas abound for spending cigarette tax hike as debate appoaches

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 1/13/9 Legislators are tripping over each other trying to spend revenue from an anticipated increase in the cigarette tax. With state tax collections declining because of the slumping economy, revenue from a cigarette tax increase might be the only new money legislators have to spend during the 2009 session.…