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March 5, 2013
Legal News Line – Scruggs asks Court to Toss Guilty Plea
Legal News Line – Scruggs asks Court to Toss Guilty Plea Lawyers for disgraced attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs on Monday asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to toss out his 2009 guilty plea to charges of bribing a judge. During Monday’s arguments, Edward “Chip” Robertson Jr. and former Mississippi attorney general Michael Moore said…
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March 5, 2013
Senator Longwitz Authors Bill to Curb Public Corruption
Senator Longwitz Authors Bill to Curb Public Corruption Help curb public corruption in Mississippi. Pass SB2625. Right now, public officials can get convicted of stealing from the public, receive a slap on the wrist, and be hired again to do the same thing. A bill I authored in the Mississippi Legislature would put an end…
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March 5, 2013
Cottonmouth – Gov. Bryant “the most Obama-hatin’ Republican governor in America”
Cottonmouth – Gov. Bryant “the most Obama-hatin’ Republican governor in America” That’s the position most anti-expansion Republicans have taken in the state, but none as forcefully as Gov. Bryant, whose opposition seems to be just part of a thinly-veiled effort to be the most Obama-hatin’ Republican governor in America. That’s all part of a calculated…
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March 5, 2013
Bill revived to stiffen penalty for public theft
Bill revived to stiffen penalty for public theft A House committee on Monday revived a bill to provide tougher penalties for government officials caught stealing. Senate Bill 2625 would prevent such officials from having their records wiped clean from a “non-adjudicated” sentence. But the Senate had stripped most of the teeth from the measure, and…
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March 5, 2013
Carnival-barker turned Rep. Steve Holland pens letter to Gov. Bryant calling him a ‘fool’
Holland pens missive to Gov. Bryant “Phil, You are a fool to turn your back on the working poor. Plus, you’re a hypocrite to promote medical economic development and not have the means to pay for it. This is simple minded on your part. Get a life, Holland” Geoff Pender Clarion Ledger 3/5/13
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March 5, 2013
University of Mississippi Medical School Cures Baby with HIV
University of Mississippi Medical School Cures Baby with HIV Doctors announced on Sunday that a baby had been cured of an H.I.V. infection for the first time, a startling development that could change how infected newborns are treated and sharply reduce the number of children living with the virus that causes AIDS. The baby, born…
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March 5, 2013
SAM HALL – MS Hospital Assn’s Medicaid strategy is ‘tremendous miscalculation’
Hospital group’s focus winning, not making nice Of course, the reason that MSHA has supported Democratic lawmakers in recent years is because Republican lawmakers – under then Gov. Haley Barbour and while Bryant was lieutenant governor – increased financial obligations from hospitals and made what hospital leaders saw as devastating changes to Medicaid. Republican lawmakers…
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March 5, 2013
MS Governor Phil Bryant signs two gun owner protection laws
From the Governor’s Press Release Gov. Phil Bryant today signed into law two measures to protect gun owner rights. House Bill 485, which takes effect immediately, protects personal information collected from applicants for concealed carry permits. House Bill 2, effective July 1, clarifies the legal definition of carrying a concealed weapon. “In January, I called…
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March 5, 2013
BPF – Should Miss. raise the bar on teacher requirements?
Should Miss. raise the bar on teacher requirements? Gov. Bryant wants to raise requirements for students entering Mississippi public universities to become teachers. Opponents are worried the change would make make fewer people want to become teachers. Should it be more difficult to become a teacher in Mississippi? Bigger Pie Forum 3/4/12
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March 4, 2013
Dickie Scruggs takes case to 5th Circuit today
Dickie Scruggs takes case to 5th Circuit today A three-judge panel will hear on Monday former Oxford attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs’ appeal on his 2008 guilty plea that he improperly influenced Judge Bobby DeLaughter. Attorneys for Scruggs, 66, will seek to convince the judges his offer to help DeLaughter’s pursuit of a federal judgeship was…
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March 4, 2013
Geoff Pender: Corrupt officials still get off easy
Geoff Pender: Corrupt officials still get off easy Yet another corrupt Mississippi government official has just gotten off with a slap on the wrist, as a bill that would prevent such languishes in the Legislature, facing a likely death. The state auditor busted Indianola Deputy Municipal Court Clerk Tina Parker for stealing $51,244.33 from taxpayers,…
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March 4, 2013
Mississippi could end up buying Cat Island
Mississippi could end up buying Cat Island Mississippi could soon own Cat Island. Bills are moving through the Legislature to give the state the authority to use money from a fund to buy a roughly five-mile section of the island in the Gulf of Mexico off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Cat Island is part of…
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Jeremy Pittari
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January 30, 2026
All elected school board bill moves forward in Mississippi House
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Frank Corder
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January 30, 2026
Hyde-Smith opponents use committee vote as fodder on campaign trail
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January 30, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: January 30, 2026
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Frank Corder
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January 27, 2026
Nike announces layoffs in Mississippi, Tennessee
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Frank Corder
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January 20, 2026
SouthWorth acquires Mississippi-based American Furniture Manufacturing
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Frank Corder
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January 13, 2026
Higgins contracted to lead Tate County economic development
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Matt Friedeman
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February 1, 2026
Making disciples in Lagos, Nigeria
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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January 30, 2026
O’Connor wanted the challenge of coaching baseball in SEC, and he’ll get one at Mississippi State
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Susan Marquez
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January 30, 2026
March of the Mayors to benefit Mississippians through Extra Table
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Nathan Sanders
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February 1, 2026
Why Mississippi’s workforce future depends on school choice
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Sid Salter
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January 28, 2026
Restoring Mississippi’s ballot initiative in 2026: Long road, real stakes, narrow chances
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Hunter Estes
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January 21, 2026
Mississippi Legislators: Be bold this session
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