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September 17, 2007

School funding often fodder for voting-year vows

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/16/7 Every four years, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program sparks support promises on the campaign trail. Candidate for Mississippi’s top posts of governor and lieutenant governor each promise that the $2.2 billion school funding formula will not lack support in the future. However, they differ on other education initiatives starved for dollars.
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 17, 2007

Debate: Gubernatorial contenders should spar

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 9/17/7 Barbour and Eaves will engage in their first one-on-one debate on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Saenger Theater in Biloxi in an event sponsored by the University of Southern Mississippi and The Sun Herald newspaper. In a campaign that has been dominated by scripted TV commercials and orchestrated political speeches…