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January 24, 2008

I-220 barrier to be finished by year’s end

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/24/8 Mississippi Department of Transportation officials expect to have a cable barrier installed on I-220 by the end of the year to keep motorists from crossing the median into oncoming traffic. The $1 million federal safety project will use this type of barrier system for the first time in metro Jackson. And though…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 24, 2008

Chief Justice: Judges Should Be Appointed

WLBT, 1/23/8 If the chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court has his way, appellate court judges will be appointed and not elected to office. Jim Smith wants the change in light of a bribery scandal involving high-profile attorneys and judges. Federal indictments were handed down in November against multimillionaire trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs and…