Feds purchase prison
Obama bypasses Congress; committee chairman protests
THOMSON – In a surprise move, President Barack Obama on Tuesday authorized the long-awaited federal purchase of the state-built Thomson prison.
The prison is expected to bring 1,100 jobs.
For more than a year, the maximum-security prison has been a political football.
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