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Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2011

SALTER – More could help hiring a medical examiner

More could help hiring a medical examiner (Steve) Simpson has tried to hire qualified forensic pathologists, only to have the last one he hired resign shortly after being hired for health reasons. Mississippi’s reputation for political volatility between the state’s elected coroners and the prior state medical examiners has made Mississippi a difficult state to…
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…