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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 7, 2008

Bryant may face ghosts of bad decision

The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 7/7/8 Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, who like former tobacco lobbyist Gov. Haley Barbour, prefers to tax hospitals to raise the money that’s needed to cover the $90 million-plus Medicaid shortfall, has ruled against a much needed tax increase on cigarettes to accomplish the purpose. “I can’t look at the polls or…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 7, 2008

Judge: Drug court works

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/6/8 While The Clarion-Ledger editors would frown on my leaving a large open space on their editorial pages, I believe that this statement does, in fact, succinctly sum up the case for drug courts. For those unfamiliar with drug courts, they are special courts given the responsibility to handle cases involving drug-using…

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