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February 2, 2008

Thompson presents ambitious agenda

The Hattiesburg American, 1/31/8 DR. ED THOMPSON, Mississippi’s state health officer, has an ambitious agenda. He has to. The Health Department was left in disarray under the reign of Dr. Brian Amy, and infant mortality, syphilis and tuberculosis rates began to climb again. Thompson is alarmed by this, as all Mississippians should be. But the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 2, 2008

House approves education bill

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/31/8 House lawmakers today agreed on a bill that will fund education, the first such legislation to address what is expected to be a contentious issue in the 2008 session. House Bill 513 was debated on the floor of that chamber today, with 95 legislators supporting it and 26 opposing it. Mostly Republicans…