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June 18, 2007

Tobacco: Children’s health must be protected

The Clarion-Ledger, 6/18/7 Now that Gov. Haley Barbour and state Treasurer Tate Reeves have been successful in halting funding to the anti-smoking Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi, it is important that an effective new effort take its place. The last nail was hammered into the Partnership’s coffin on Thursday when the Mississippi Supreme Court sided…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 18, 2007

‘Thank God for Miss.’ still common exclamation

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/17/7 “Thank God for Mississippi.” You’ve heard your fellow Southerners say it, and when they do, you know they’re not paying the Magnolia State a compliment. They’re saying that as bad as things may be in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, they’re even worse in Mississippi. Guess what? People are still saying…