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October 9, 2008

Speaker confident of better IHL funding

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 10/9/8 House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, said Wednesday he is confident that a special committee he named will provide solid recommendations on ways to provide more consistent, enhanced funding for Mississippi’s eight public universities. “I think we can make a difference in funding the Institutions of Higher Learning,” McCoy said.…
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October 9, 2008

Childers says bailout plan didn’t seem right

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 10/8/8 U.S. Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., defended his vote against the country’s costly economic bailout plan and admonished his Republican opponent during an hour-long meeting Tuesday with members of the Daily Journal editorial board. Childers, who faces Greg Davis in the Nov. 4 general election for the 1st District congressional…