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June 14, 2007

The public’s ‘ambivalence’ on immigration blocks a solution

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/14/7 Reports that Hispanics have increased 35 percent while other races have increased slightly or not at all feeds a fear that people who don’t speak English are taking jobs, getting a free ride for education and health care and committing criminal acts. But hyperbole aside, the reality is that as a…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 14, 2007

Lt. Gov. candidates agree on full funding for schools

The Mississippi Press, 6/14/7 The three candidates for the lieutenant governor’s race all agree that the Mississippi Adequate Education Program should be fully funded every year, not just election years. State Auditor Phil Bryant, State Sen. Charlie Ross and State Rep. Jamie Franks discussed that program and other educational topics at a two-hour debate held…