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September 26, 2007

Pickering has 5-point plan for auditor’s office

The Sun Herald, 9/26/7 Pickering, a Republican elected to the state Senate in 2003, sees the auditor’s office as one of the most critical to good government. As auditor, he believes he can foster an environment of accountability that will attract business to Mississippi. He faces Democrat Mike Sumrall, who’s worked more than 20 years…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 26, 2007

Kids’ health care on the bubble

The Sun Herald, 9/26/7 A popular children’s insurance plan for lower-income families survived another day on its run through the gauntlet, as the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to infuse $35 billion into the jeopardized program. The State Children’s Health Insurance Plan, also called SCHIP, covers 63,000 Mississippi children whose working parents cannot afford…