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March 21, 2008

Benefits, jail topics for Taylor

The Hattiesburg American, 3/21/8 Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., held a town meeting in Hattiesburg Thursday that consisted of answering questions from constituents for about 90 minutes. About 25 people came to Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center. Five members of Taylor’s staff were on hand to answer questions about Social Security, veterans benefits or Hurricane Katrina-related…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 21, 2008

Sunshine: Opening incident reports right step

The Clarion-Ledger, 3/21/8 This is “Sunshine Week,” a time set aside every year to bring attention to the importance of openness in government and freedom of information. Fittingly, Mississippi just got a little sunshine. The Mississippi Legislature has approved a bill that would open law enforcement incident reports to the public. The bill, approved overwhelmingly…