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Bryant shows way in cost-cutting
Mississippi is looking again this year at some belt-tightening in the state budget. Although revenues show signs of picking up, it’s a slow recovery. It’s doubtful the uptick will be strong enough ...
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Court fines not a suggestion
Since the beginning of the year, the Winona Police Department has been cracking down on those with outstanding court fines, and from my own observations in court, the effort has been extremely succ...
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Grant funding essential in small communities
I had the pleasure of meeting the USDA Rural Development state director Katrina George on Tuesday as she presented a $42,000 grant to Montgomery County Sheriff Bubba Nix to purchase two new police ...
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Pardons rebuffed from all sides
Haley Barbour probably would have liked his legacy as Mississippi governor to have stopped with everything he accomplished during his first 415 weeks in office. The state’s remarkable recovery fro...
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Tax break ends for ethanol
With little notice, the federal tax credit for fuel refiners who mixed ethanol into gasoline expired this past Dec. 31. For many reasons, the decision by Congress not to renew the tax break was the...
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Good to pass on Rotary spirit
The Winona Rotary Club is planning to display the Rotary's Four-Way Test, an ethical guideline for living, in every Montgomery County School. Regardless of the Four-Way Test's association with t...
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Branch gets life in prison
by Reggie Ross, Staff Writer
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A Carroll County man convicted of killing a Coila woman a decade ago has been sentenced to a life sentence a month after being taken off death row. The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered the ...
Former tax assessor/collector Neal served Carroll well
by Ken Strachan, Guest Columnist
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Wilton Neal recently completed his ninth term as Carroll County's Tax Assessor/Collector, bringing a 36 year career as a countywide official to an end. Neal, elected in the 1975 election at the age...
What is the purpose of Media Monitoring Initiative?
by Amanda Sexton Ferguson, Editor & Publisher
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Since 2010, the Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring the online activity of television journalists, news reporters, and bloggers who use "traditional and/or social media in real time...
Kalich: Pardons mar Governor Haley Barbour’s record
by Tim Kalich Greenwood Commonwealth
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Haley Barbour is receiving plenty of justified accolades as he leaves office this week after eight successful years as governor. But a late pardon of four murderers, as well as some others earlier...
Kalich: Charter schools may finally get a real shot
by Tim Kalich Greenwood Commonwealth
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One can argue whether Republican domination at the state Capitol is a good thing. But a group it could be good for is ironically one whose parents probably didn’t vote for many Republicans — minor...
Intersection improvements step in right direction
by Amanda Sexton Ferguson, Editor & Publisher
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The intersection of Highway 82 and Highway 17 will be getting some improvements in the coming weeks to improve safety at Carroll County's most dangerous intersection. This is definitely a step in ...
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    by Tim Kalich Greenwood Commonwealth
    12.22.11 - 10:28 am
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    by Chris Allen Baker, The Scott County Times
    12.22.11 - 10:27 am
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    by Amanda Sexton Ferguson, Editor & Publisher
    12.22.11 - 10:26 am
  • What’s the fix for Mississippi’s failing public schools?
    by Tim Kalich Greenwood Commonwealth
    12.15.11 - 10:06 am
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    by Amanda Sexton Ferguson, Editor & Publisher
    12.15.11 - 10:05 am
  • Clark's case for more money for Community Colleges
    by Jack Ryan Enterprise-Journal
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