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December 8, 2016

Depsite lack of funding, MDOT releases Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan

MDOT plan has little money for new projects The Mississippi Department of Transportation recently released its Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan for 2017-20. Noticeably absent from the STIP is new four-lane highway construction. Officials with the agency have been saying for some time they barely have enough money to maintain the current transportation system – much…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 8, 2016

Tupelo City Council abandons resolution calling for new #msflag

Council drops resolution supporting new state flag After weeks of on-again-off-again debate involving the Mississippi state flag, the City Council has abandoned a plan to urge the adoption of a new flag. Tupelo City Council President Lynn Bryan has said since early November that the council would consider a formal resolution asking the state legislature…