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September 9, 2010

Tennessee attorney gets 26-month sentence for defrauding MS biofuels subsidy program

Tennessee attorney gets 26-month sentence for defrauding biofuels subsidy program The crime: both Speight and Tacker were partners at Biodiesel of Mississippi Inc., a company that refined soybeans to produce biodiesel. The company declared bankruptcy in 2006 and Speight and Tacker parted ways. Last year, the duo was indicted on ten counts of filing false…
Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 8, 2010

Govenor Haley Barbour announces participation in Natl. Disaster Recovery Fund

GOV. BARBOUR ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL DISASTER RECOVERY FUND JACKSON – Gov. Haley Barbour and the nonprofit Volunteer USA Foundation announced today the establishment of the National Disaster Recovery Fund to benefit states and communities who suffer long-term losses from a natural disaster such as a hurricane, flood or tornado. Governors from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana…