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January 26, 2009

PSC: Knee-jerk effort won’t solve problems

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/26/9 How quickly they forget . . . By a slim, highly partisan 64-to-53 margin, the state House of Representatives voted Thursday to revamp the operation of the Public Service Commission. House Bill 1090 would put the Public Utilities Staff under the supervision of the three elected officials who comprise the Public…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 26, 2009

Lawmakers debate teaching sex ed in Bible Belt

The Sun Herald, 1/25/9 Legislators are debating whether teachers should talk about sex, in a comprehensive way, in Mississippi classrooms. Sex education has emerged as a topic during the first weeks of the legislative session after a recent federal report said Mississippi has the nation’s highest teen birth rate. Mississippi’s rate was more than 60…