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January 24, 2012
Attorneys react to pardon injunction hearing
Attorneys react to pardon injunction hearing The national spotlight continues to shine on Mississippi and the Hinds County Courthouse where pardoned convicts were ordered to appear and prove that they met constitutional requirements. Attorney Tom Fortner had no comment as he headed to court with two of four clients pardoned by former Governor Haley Barbour.…
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January 24, 2012
Daily Journal commends Gunn
Daily Journal commends Gunn Gunn dispelled any notions that he would use the new Republican majority in the House to completely shut out Democrats from committee chairmanships. Democratic Speaker Billy McCoy had done that to Republicans after a near-successful revolt against his leadership in the House in 2008 in which not a single Republican voted…
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January 24, 2012
YP – Former Governor Haley Barbour files amicus brief in pardon dispute
States that AG Jim Hood's office "gave legal advice and expressly agreed to undertake publication" of pardons
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January 23, 2012
Judge to rule on Haley Barbour’s pardons
Judge to rule on Haley Barbour’s pardons Just weeks after former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour touched off an uproar by granting clemency to hundreds of convicts in his final days of office, including to a handful convicted for murder, a judge could reverse some of the controversial pardons on Monday. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood,…
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January 23, 2012
Cultural change needed to improve education in Mississippi
Cultural change needed to improve education in Mississippi Philosophical reflection is a foundation from which enterprising solutions often sprout. But, notwithstanding the inviting nature and relative safety of abstract thought, it is often necessary to concede weaknesses from an objective standpoint, understanding that brutal honesty can produce positive results. Last Tuesday evening, while enjoying dinner,…
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January 23, 2012
SH – From babies to beer, new bills in hopper
From babies to beer, new bills in hopper State Rep. Richard Bennett is drafting a bill that would eliminate conjugal visits for state prison inmates, a practice more or less invented at the State Penitentiary at Parchman back in the early 1900s. “We are, I understand, about to build new rooms and buildings for this,”…
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January 23, 2012
Vague advice threatens dozens of Barbour’s pardons
Vague advice threatens dozens of Barbour’s pardons In the legal showdown over the convicted killers pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, dozens of people who served time years ago for lesser crimes could lose the chance to clear their records because the state Parole Board and local newspapers provided vague advice about how to…
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January 23, 2012
Majority – Democrats sound-off about committee assignments
Majority – Democrats sound-off about committee assignments … That’s better than some other Yellow Dogs, who were closest to McCoy and made the backbone of the old Democratic majority. The following longtime Democrats received neither a chair or vice chair: Cecil Brown, Bennett Malone, Bobby Moak, Tommy Reynolds, and Johnny Stringer. Holland also didn’t seem…
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January 23, 2012
Coast’s lawmakers named to powerful positions
Coast’s lawmakers named to powerful positions South Mississippi fared well when new House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, named his leadership team on Friday, snaring eight committee chairmanships including the powerful Appropriations post. The 19-member delegation for the six South Mississippi counties had held five chairmanships for the last four years under former Speaker Billy McCoy,…
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January 23, 2012
Steve Holland “disappointed” he’s not a chairman
Steve Holland “disappointed” he’s not a chairman … But at least some of the more vocal Democrats of the past appeared to be slighted in the process. Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, served on the Public Health or Medicaid committees for nearly three decades. He was appointed to neither this term. “That’s 28 years of public…
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January 23, 2012
Wicker to EPA – Fracking study deserves more rigorous standards
Wicker to EPA – Fracking study deserves more rigorous standards Ten Republican senators have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to subject a draft report that theorizes a link between hydraulic fracturing and groundwater pollution in a Wyoming gas field to a more rigorous level of scientific review than currently planned. The senators include James…
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January 23, 2012
Gov. Phil Bryant cutting costs in office
Bryant cutting costs in office All other staffers will make between $40,000 and $80,000. The governor is paid $122,160 a year, under state law. Bullock said Bryant’s team decided that no one in his office would make more than the governor. Hattiesburg American 1/22/11
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 19, 2025
Additional funding sought to expand Miss. Dept. of Education’s coaching support program
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Daniel Tyson
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December 19, 2025
Lawmakers consider ways to assist with Mississippi military service members’ mental health struggles
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 19, 2025
Mississippi sees rise in K-12 teacher vacancies
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Brett Martel, Associated Press
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December 19, 2025
Ole Miss bracing for a better Tulane team in College Football Playoff opener
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December 19, 2025
His hands raised high
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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December 18, 2025
College Football Playoff picks: Sooners, Aggies, Rebels and Ducks should advance to quarterfinals
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Kelley Williams
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December 19, 2025
Cliff Notes for Corps speak
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Sid Salter
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December 17, 2025
PERS pension concerns remain volatile for state lawmakers in 2026 as markets rumble
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Kimberly Ross
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December 16, 2025
Lessons from Luigi: Quit lionizing cold-blooded murderers
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