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April 28, 2008

Controversy emerges over contracts

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/27/8 A Louisiana company is on the payroll for debris removal, but the agreement didn’t come without controversy between Jackson’s mayor and the City Council. Nungesser Industries LCC of Pearl River had been picking up the debris in north Jackson left by the April 4 tornadoes with only the approval of Mayor Frank…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 28, 2008

Legislature ’08: Partisan progress

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/27/8 The 2008 Legislature convened in January amid the high political drama of the most contentious partisan battle over control of the leadership of the House of Representatives since Reconstruction. From that fracas emerged the survival of the Democratic leadership regime of House Speaker Billy McCoy, but only by the narrowest of…