Friday, May 09, 2008

$600M port plan taken to taskBarbour's office defends it in hearing on the Hill

Author: By DAVE MONTGOMERY
Publisher: McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
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WASHINGTON -- Mississippi's plans to transfer $600 million from post-Katrina housing assistance to restore the Port of Gulfport came under scrutiny in a congressional hearing Thursday as three lawmakers said the diversion hurts efforts to provide desperately needed housing for the state's poor.

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