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April 28, 2008

Openness gets boost from new Legislature

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/27/8 Open government advocates have had some rough years in the Legislature. After Watergate and a series of legislative scandals in the 1970s, the public focused on government ethics. Mississippi got the Open Meetings Act in 1975, the creation of the Ethics Commission in 1979 and the Public Records Act in 1983.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 27, 2008

KALICH – The ‘myth’ of ethanol could hit Delta hard

The ‘myth’ of ethanol could hit Delta hard If this shifting of crops were just one of the unavoidable consequences of moving toward a superior form of energy production, that would be one thing. But the evidence is mounting that biofuels – at least those made from anything planted in the ground – are more…