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May 12, 2008

Subplots in advertising issue to be on display during special session

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/12/8 Numerous subplots lurk beneath the issue of the Legislature regulating the expenditure of taxpayer money on advertising. For instance, all sides generally agree that talk shows owned by one of the primary beneficiaries of state advertising contracts, TeleSouth Communications, adamantly opposed the re-election of Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, as speaker…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 12, 2008

Ethics: Reforms are good government steps

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/12/8 The Legislature passed significant ethics reform this session that is scheduled to be signed into law by Gov. Haley Barbour in ceremonies today. Barbour will be joined by a host of legislators, and officials to sign Senate Bill 2983, recognizing those who helped usher it into law. But two officials deserve…