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Education bills miss target
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,03/29/12-1:00PM , 105 Reads
MERIDIAN — House and Senate bills to implement Gov. Phil Bryant’s dual-enrollment drop-out-prevention program miss the target.
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Spring break to remember
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,03/22/12-3:34PM , 97 Reads
MERIDIAN — This is a spring break story. I’m not a fan.
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Hot air from the candidates
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,03/15/12-12:38AM , 80 Reads
MERIDIAN — Don’t you just love the irony and bombast in politics?

Rick Santorum, he of professed faith and pro-life advocacy, wants America to covertly kill civilian engineers and scientists who work in Iran’s nuclear program.
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Gas price politics belie the real causes
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,03/01/12-3:28PM , 150 Reads
MERIDIAN — Things are not always what they seem, particularly in political seasons.

Take “skyrocketing” gasoline prices, predicted by some to hit $5 per gallon by Labor Day. Popular politics blame the President’s energy and environmental policies for this trend, saying they stymie oil production and push gasoline prices higher.
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