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March 2, 2009

Legislature opposes traffic light cameras

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/2/9 The Legislature’s collective populism is manifesting itself through its opposition to cameras that would monitor traffic-light violations. Earlier this session, the state House, led in large part by Reps. Mark DuVall, D-Mantachie, and Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, passed legislation that would, at the least, ban any additional governments from placing…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 2, 2009

Miss. would get billions if spending bill OK’d

The Clarion-Ledger, 3/2/9 Mississippi would receive hundreds of millions of dollars from a massive spending bill the House approved last week. The $410 billion omnibus spending bill would pay for government operations through September. It became necessary after Congress failed to finish work last year on most spending bills that fund federal agencies. The Senate…