FDA in Desperate Need of More Funding:
Most Americans’ main issues in the 2008 election include the Iraq war and health care. While these are highly significant issues, more attention should be directed to the feeble state of the Food and Drug Administration...
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House Concurrent Resolution 68:
Mississippi House Bill 1013, also known as the Medicaid Technical Amendment bill, died in the Senate because Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee Chairman Hob Bryan, D-Amory, failed to bring it up for consideration by the March 18 deadline. The bill had passed in the House of Representatives by a 75-41 margin...
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Cheap Gas and Other Tall Tales:
With daily reports of oil futures hitting the roof, its makes one wonder, just how high are the ceilings? A year ago, Oxford gas prices were $2.42, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report. Today in Oxford, gas prices are the highest they’ve ever been at $3.54 regular. In the agriculture business, every tier of industry is affected. Farmers rely on gas for transportation of their product, irrigation and fertilization for their crops, diesel for their tractors, and the list continues...
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