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June 27, 2007

Bryant, Franks, Ross comment on ethics

The Sun Herald, 6/27/7 The three candidates for lieutenant governor, all longtime veterans of state government, say they want ethics reform in the Legislature and government records and meetings more open to the public and media. “I do think, generally, that sunshine is an antiseptic,” said state Sen. Charlie Ross, a Republican candidate for the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 27, 2007

Cochran, Lott split on immigration vote

The Clarion-Ledger, 6/26/7 Mississippi’s senators split today on the Senate’s 64-35 vote to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to grant legal status of millions of unlawful immigrants. U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., voted to resume Senate debate on the bill. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., voted against reconsidering the bill.