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February 3, 2009

Governor Barbour taps Jimmy Maxwell as Appeals Court Judge

Governor Haley Barbour today announced the appointment of Assistant United States Attorney James D. Maxwell II of Oxford to the Mississippi Court of Appeals effective March 1, 2009. Maxwell will serve through January 2, 2011. Maxwell, a federal prosecutor, will serve in the position formerly held by David A. Chandler of Ackerman, who was recently…
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February 3, 2009

State’s Katrina housing program is almost finished

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/3/9 As Mississippi’s federally funded Hurricane Katrina housing program nears an end, Gulf Coast advocates are planning a summit to spotlight people they say have been left out of the recovery plan. About 7,300 residents whose homes received wind damage didn’t qualify for the Housing Assistance Program, said Roberta Avila, executive director of…