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June 14, 2016

Protest planned outside US Capitol over #msflag

Protesters want to nix Confederate sign on Mississippi flag Protesters plan to gather outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to say the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is a vestige of slavery and Congress should erase it. Among the scheduled speakers for the Flag Day rally is Aunjanue Ellis, an actress who lives…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 14, 2016

Speaker ProTem Rep. Snowden says fiscal, economic challenges “not just a Mississippi problem”

Snowden: Fiscal health has long way to go State Rep. Greg Snowden does this every year for local leaders to re-cap how the legislature appropriated state money and where it originates. He noted that Mississippi’s economy typically follows the nation’s, which is in a precarious position right now with very slow growth. “It’s not just…