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December 30, 2008

Melton: Term ‘crack house’ unacceptable?

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/29/8 U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan has ruled that Mayor Frank Melton can’t use the term “crack house” during his upcoming federal civil rights trial in describing alleged illegal drug activity at the duplex on Ridgeway Street that has been the center of his legal woes for more than two years. That…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 30, 2008

Cigarette tax biggest battle in 2009 legislative session

The Hattiesburg American, 12/29/8 Senators Tom King, R-Petal, and Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, predicted an increase in the cigarette tax will cause the biggest battle in the 2009 legislative session during Monday’s Hattiesburg American editorial board meeting. Fillingane said since the governor’s tax study commission has already recommended an increase, it is understood that an increase…