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September 9, 2008

Voters to find Wicker-Musgrove race at bottom of ballots

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann recommended to Gov. Haley Barbour today during a meeting of the state Election Commission that the special election between Musgrove, a Democrat, and Wicker, a Republican, be placed at the end of the ballot. Barbour approved the recommendation. Barbour, Hood and Hosemann make up the state Election Commission, but by…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 9, 2008

Emergency order issued for Ike

The Commercial Appeal, 9/9/8 Gov. Haley Barbour issued a declaration of emergency Monday in advance of a possible landfall by Hurricane Ike. Meanwhile, more than 14,000 workers with Entergy remained at work restoring power in Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. The utility claimed it had re-connected 99 percent of its customers in New…