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August 10, 2007

Northrop gets $592M Coast Guard contract

The Sun Herald, 8/9/7 Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula has been awarded a $592 million contract to build a third Coast Guard National Security Cutter, U.S. Sens. Trent Lott and Thad Cochran said Thursday. “The NSCs will replace Coast Guard cutters that are almost 40 years old,” said Lott, R-Miss. “This new class of…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 10, 2007

Columbus lawmaker to fight McCoy for top job

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/10/7 A race for the speakership of the Mississippi House of Representatives is heating up, months before many lawmakers even know whether they’re returning to the Capitol. Rep. Jeff Smith, a conservative Democrat from Columbus, confirmed what he had been saying for months – that he will challenge Rep. Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, for…