Skip to content

Opinion

Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 27, 2012

Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker celebrate Obama administration about face on ‘farm chores’

U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today praised the Obama administration’s decision to abandon its effort to impose new federal regulations on youth farm labor. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday evening informed congressional lawmakers that it would withdraw its proposed rule limiting children from working on farms and ranches. Cochran…
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 27, 2012

Former House Education Chair Cecil Brown (D) talks about how charter schools should work

April 26, 2012 It appears that all of the charter school proposals are dead for this legislative session. These bills were defeated by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans in the House with the support of hundreds of school board members, administrators, teachers, parents, and civic leaders across the state. The public is entitled to…