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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 16, 2020

MCPP: Who received Mississippi’s Census marketing contract?

The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration has given a contract to a firm owned by a Coast businessman who was recently found by a federal jury of defrauding Medicare. The Focus Group received a $400,000 marketing and advertising contract on February 10 to encourage state residents, especially those in “hard-to-count” populations, to participate in…
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
March 16, 2020

Guest, Thompson vote for Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Mississippi Congressmen Michael Guest (R) and Bennie Thompson (D) voted in favor of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act last week as the nation continues to grapple with how to handle the pandemic. The Act passed on a bipartisan vote of 363-40. Mississippi’s other two Congressmen – Republicans Steven Palazzo and Trent Kelly – did…