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April 17, 2007

Education does well in legislative session

The Hattiesburg American, 4/17/7 State Rep. Harvey Fillingane provided highlights of the 2007 legislative session Monday, noting that public education did well during the session. “Almost two-thirds of the state budget went to education,” Fillingane told about 25 members of the Area Development Partnership. “We were able to approve a 3 percent raise for teachers…
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April 17, 2007

Assistant fire chief takes pay cut, still running dept.

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/17/7 Former interim Jackson Fire Chief Todd Chandler took a $31,000 pay cut and was demoted to assistant chief after the City Council rejected him as chief last week. Mayor Frank Melton told the council on Monday that he would stick to the 90-day recruitment plan for a new fire chief that he…