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September 3, 2008

EPA vetoes controversial pumps

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/3/8 The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday all but killed a federal plan nearly seven decades in the making to build the world’s largest water pumps in the Mississippi Delta. Ben Grumbles, EPA assistant administrator for water, followed through on the agency’s threat to veto the $220 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 3, 2008

Parks official: Not enough money what’s next

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/3/8 The Jackson City Council raised questions Tuesday about whether the city should approve budget cuts proposed by Mayor Frank Melton. But council members did not offer any ways to avoid the cuts. The debate was part of a series of hearings the council’s budget committee is holding leading up to the passage…