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September 17, 2007

Brown to investigate leak of governor’s finances

The Natchez Democrat, 9/15/7 Former Natchez City Attorney Walter Brown will investigate how Gov. Haley Barbour’s personal financial information was leaked, the state ethics commission announced Friday. Under state law, it is a misdemeanor to release a public official’s financial information without the individual’s permission. Barbour set up a blind trust before he took office,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 17, 2007

School funding often fodder for voting-year vows

The Clarion-Ledger, 9/16/7 Every four years, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program sparks support promises on the campaign trail. Candidate for Mississippi’s top posts of governor and lieutenant governor each promise that the $2.2 billion school funding formula will not lack support in the future. However, they differ on other education initiatives starved for dollars.