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April 22, 2008

Legislature ’08: Special session is wasteful

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/21/8 At a time when the state budget is tight and getting tighter, Mississippi lawmakers will have to come back to the Capitol to finish legislative business in a special session. What a waste. When the 2008 regular session of the Legislature began, the legislative leadership was praised by this newspaper and…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 22, 2008

Gov approves state takeover of North Panola schools

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/21/8 Gov. Haley Barbour will allow the Mississippi Department of Education to take over the faltering North Panola School District, his office announced this afternoon. On Friday, the Mississippi Board of Education requested that the governor declare a state of emergency in the district. North Panola, which has more than 1,800 students, has…