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By PhIl West, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
House members overwhelmingly approved legislation Monday that bars nitrous oxide, which one legislator called "like a vehicle on steroids," in memory of a state trooper killed last May while chasing a Pontiac Trans Am equipped with the gas.
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By Billy Watkins, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
TUCKER, Miss. — They came by the hundreds Monday to tiny Holy Rosary Catholic Church in this community of Neshoba County, about five miles southeast of Philadelphia, to pay their final respects to Phillip Martin, former tribal chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
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Climate stance criticized
By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Eight state environmental groups sent a letter to Gov. Bobby Jindal last week asking the state stop acting "in an obstructionist manner on climate change."
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Community colleges go high tech
By Ed Kemp, Hattiesburg American
Community college classrooms are getting "smarter," sometimes in unexpected ways. Very soon, students will be able to answer lecture questions using that indispensable accoutrement of 21st century life - their cell phones.
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Legislative highlights
By Staff Reports, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
Mandatory school start date: Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, all public schools in Mississippi would start on Sept. 1, based on an amendment approved Monday in the House.
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Delta women sentenced in SNAP fraud
By Staff Reports, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
Two Delta women are facing probation and restitution payments for fraudulently receiving benefits from the state's former food stamp program.
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States look to the bottle
By David Kesmodel and William Spain, The Wall Street Journal
States suffering through tough times are reaching for a tonic. Lawmakers in several states with tight control of liquor sales are considering legislation that would shift the job to private industry, saving money and raising revenue.
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The seventh annual Hal Hovey Award was presented Feb. 3 to Marc Perrusquia, an enterprise and investigative reporter for The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis Tenn. The award is made jointly by Stateline.org, which is part of the Pew Center on the States, and Governing Magazine for outstanding coverage of state and local government. | |
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