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September 30, 2008

JPD to repay $242,000 in federal grants; delay in paperwork cited

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/30/8 The mismanagement of grants has cost the Jackson Police Department $242,000. The City Council on Monday approved the transfer of money from JPD vacancies to pay for the $242,000 in grants “confiscated” earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Justice. “We have to file federal financial statements to show the federal…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 30, 2008

Thompson: More work needed on bailout plan

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/29/8 While many agree the government needs to intervene in the country’s financial market, some are saying the bill the House rejected today wasn’t the right answer. “The legislation in its current form fails to put the people first,” U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, said in a release distributed after the House rejected…