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August 5, 2008

Rankin supervisors OK tobacco ban

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/5/8 Along with cigarettes, the spit cups that rest atop many desks in Rankin County government are going the way of the spittoon or the lobby ashtray. They’re gone – banned Monday – after the county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to prohibit the use of all tobacco in county-owned buildings and vehicles.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 5, 2008

Ethics: Barbour, as others, must obey the law

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/5/8 Gov. Haley Barbour signed into law a bill that included regulations for blind trusts, so it shouldn’t even be an issue that his trust remain confidential. He knew full well the stipulations he was signing into law, so why should he question – or seek to evade – it now? Until…