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February 10, 2009

Lott gives $250K for Ole Miss scholarship

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/10/9 Former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott has donated $250,000 to the University of Mississippi to a scholarship endowment to honor his wife, Tricia. Recipients of the Patricia Thompson Lott Scholarship are Lott Leadership Institute students who are incoming freshmen from Mississippi with demonstrated leadership abilities. Lott scholars are required to pursue a major…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 10, 2009

Stimulus bills come with no guarantees, many questions

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 2/10/9 The rush in Washington for the new Congress to do something about the economy will have consequences in Mississippi. The rub is that no one can say for sure whether, on balance, adding debt will provide the spark that commerce is believed to need. Thad Cochran and Roger…