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August 24, 2007

Bloomberg story on Barbour more than ‘election-year politics’

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/24/7 As expected, Gov. Haley Barbour shrugged off as “election-year politics” the detailed expose’ by Bloomberg News Service on how his relatives and his campaign have profited off Katrina recovery money. He even conflated Bloomberg with the “liberal New York media,” ignoring that Bloomberg has long been respected as a leading business…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 24, 2007

Pick up the education pace, the state’s economist urges

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 8/23/7 The state makes dramatic improvements in education to offest the loss of low-skilled, low-wage jobs to foreign countries, the state economist said Wednesday. Those changes, said Phil Pepper, won’t be easy politically.