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April 9, 2007

Open primaries: Partisanship run amok

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/9/7 Mississippi law authorizes “open” primaries – meaning that state voters don’t register by party. Without party registration, enforcing “closed” primaries becomes difficult if not impossible. A federal lawsuit has been filed in Greenville with U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper presiding that seeks to change that status. The case is set…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 9, 2007

Biologist: Deer baiting has good, bad points

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/8/7 Hunting deer over feed has divided the state’s hunters and – more importantly – the Legislature for years, but a bill awaiting Gov. Haley Barbour’s decision could settle the issue. In November, MDWFP biologists had proposed a third state zone for deer hunting and a change in how legal…