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April has
been declared Child
Abuse Prevention Month
More than Four
Thousand Mississippi
children suffered from
the hands of abuse and
neglect last year. It’s
a problem state leaders
are uniting to prevent
during the month of
April. Teresa Collier
reports. (1:46)
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- Governor Haley
Barbour has declared April
as child abuse prevention
month
The Governor
signed the proclamation
yesterday on the steps
of the state capitol.
More than four thousand
Mississippi children were
abused or neglected last
year. It's a problem the
Governor says all Mississippians
need to do their part
to prevent. (0:23)
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Don Taylor is director
of the Department of
Human Services. He talks
about a six year national
study that looked at
the living arrangements
of children who were
abused. (0:31)
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Secretary of
State Clark encourages
Governor to sign election
bill
With time running
out today, the governor's
office says Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour
is still studying a
bill passed by the legislature
to help the state comply
with the federal Help
America Vote Act. Wayne
Sorge reports the Secretary
of State is encouraging
Barbour to sign the
measure. (1:23)
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Limited voter
ID promised by Clark
Mississippi
Secretary of State Eric
Clark says he'll use
his rule-making authority
to require a limited
form of voter identification
if Governor Haley Barbour
signs a comprehensive
election bill by sometime
today. Clark announced
his plans during a news
conference yesterday.
(0:52)
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Diversity Conference
Hosted By Alcorn State
Increasing diversity
on historically black
college campuses is
the focus of a 2-day
conference going on
at Alcorn State University.
MPB's Scott Phillips
has this report. (1:29)
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Increasing
diversity on historically
black college campuses
is the focus of a conference
being held at Alcorn
State University
The conference
is being conducted by
the National Leadership
Institute on Multi-culturalism
at historically black
colleges and universities.
Alcorn State President
Clinton Bristow says
diversity benefits students.
(0:15)
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Alcorn State Freshman
Kenneth Patterson says
he welcomes a more diverse
student body. (0:13)
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