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April 23, 2008

Barbour could seek recovery aid this week

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/23/8 Bolstered by his eyewitness inspection, Gov. Haley Barbour could request federal assistance for recovery in the state’s flood-ravaged areas as early as this week. Barbour is awaiting reports of damage assessments before making a formal request, his spokesman Pete Smith said Tuesday. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with state…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 23, 2008

Mississippi special election headed to runoff

The Hill, 4/22/8 Voters in Mississippi’s 1st district will apparently have to endure a fourth congressional election in just over two months after neither Southaven Mayor Greg Davis (R) nor Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers (D) received 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election, sending the race to a runoff. A six-candidate…