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February 10, 2009

House OKs crackdown on low-performing school districts

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/10/9 The state Board of Education would be able to remove superintendents, school board members, administrators and teachers under legislation that passed the Mississippi House on Monday. The legislation, called the Children’s First Act, has broad-based support from business groups, such as the Mississippi Economic Council, and education advocacy groups.…
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February 10, 2009

Scruggs to face judge in Aberdeen today over bribery scheme

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/10/9 Richard “Dickie” Scruggs spent the past four nights in his adopted hometown of Oxford, but it wasn’t a social call. Once perhaps America’s most famous trial lawyer, the 62-year-old will stand before U.S. District Senior Judge Glen H. Davidson at 1 p.m. today in Aberdeen to learn his fate…