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August 5, 2008

Officials don’t fix health lab woes

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/5/8 Lawmakers failed Monday during a special legislative session to bail out the state Public Health Lab, causing health officials to scramble for solutions. The lab processes more than 600,000 specimens a year, and unless health officials appeal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is set to revoke the lab’s license Aug.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 5, 2008

Rankin supervisors OK tobacco ban

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/5/8 Along with cigarettes, the spit cups that rest atop many desks in Rankin County government are going the way of the spittoon or the lobby ashtray. They’re gone – banned Monday – after the county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to prohibit the use of all tobacco in county-owned buildings and vehicles.…