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August 9, 2005

Hinds Jail Overcrowding

Hinds Jail Overcrowding The Hinds County Board of Supervisors has voted to meet with the new Mayor Frank Melton administration in Jackson to try to work out a solution to jail overcrowding. Hinds county supervisor Doug Anderson says he is ready to vote for a tax increase to fund the cost of new facilities at…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 9, 2005

State high court says Barbour can seek relief in court over tobacco suit

State high court says Barbour can seek relief in court over tobacco suit The state Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Haley Barbour deserves his day in court now, not next year, in his attempt to strip the $20 million a year a private anti-smoking group receives from the state’s tobacco settlement. Barbour, the Division of…