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December 7, 2010

DeSoto writes legislative wish list

DeSoto writes legislative wish list With no visions of sugar plums dancing — but maybe a tax drain plugged and a road project or two opened on Miss. 305 — DeSoto’s Board of Supervisors delivered a pared-down, recession-wary wish list Monday to the county’s legislative delegation. “This is probably one-tenth the size we got before,”…
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December 7, 2010

One News Now – Failure to freeze earmarks doesn’t change Wicker’s stance

Failure to freeze earmarks doesn’t change Wicker’s stance Despite the fact that his colleagues rejected a motion to impose a two-year moratorium on earmarks, a Mississippi senator says he will follow through on his pledge to reject them. Last week, the U.S. Senate shot down an amendment sponsored by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) that would…