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Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2011

USM brass gnashes teeth over federal earmarks

USM may be left looking for funds “Part of our commitment to being good stewards of taxpayer dollars was to impose a moratorium on earmarks for at least the next two years. We’re serious about cutting waste,” said Rep. Steven Palazzo, Mississippi’s newly-elected 4th District congressional representative. Earmarks, loosely defined, are provisions in congressional spending…
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 22, 2011

MAJORITY reports that Arnie Hederman will be new MS GOP Chairman

Majority in MS is reporting that Arnie Hederman will succeed Brad White as MS GOP Chairman. Majority also gives some background on Hederman. Hederman directed grassroots and “nuts and bolts” projects for former Mississippi Republican Chairman and former Republican National Committee co-chairman, the late Evelyn McPhail. While at the RNC, he lasted through Haley Barbour’s…