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March 31, 2008

Legislators confident ethics reforms will pass

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/30/8 Efforts to strengthen the state’s ethics laws soon enter a key phase in the 2008 legislative session. The legislation would require public officials to provide more details about their assets and sources of income and place greater penalties on them for violating state ethics laws. Probably this week House…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 31, 2008

Underdog draws fervid support despite hurdles

The Clarion-Ledger, 3/31/8 Jim Nix hadn’t heard of Republican candidate Gregg Harper before the race for the 3rd Congressional District cranked up in January. But in a small Mississippi town such as Meadville, where the honor system is still used to pay for a weekly newspaper, word of mouth is a powerful way to score…