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March 7, 2008

Barbour: $100M more for housing

The Sun Herald, 3/7/8 To help the state reach its goal of building 21,000 affordable-housing units across South Mississippi, Gov. Haley Barbour on Thursday announced plans to commit $100 million more for the Long-Term Workforce Housing Program. If the Department of Housing and Urban Development agrees with the request, Barbour said, it would increase the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 7, 2008

Resignation, investigation urged in Madison Co. after vote-roll purge

The Clarion-Ledger, 3/7/8 The names of almost 11,000 in Madison County removed from voting rolls have been restored, but the controversy over the purge has prompted a call for a federal investigation and the resignation of a county election commissioner. District 1 County Election Commissioner Sue Sautemeister had removed 10,942 names from the active voter…