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June 6, 2010
Childers – Nunnelee poses no unique challenges
Childers – Nunnelee poses no unique challenges U.S. Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., says he’s not on the campaign trail yet, but he was on the move in Columbus Thursday. Childers, Mississippi’s First Congressional District representative, was at Microtek manufacturing Thursday at the invitation of Microtek Manager Beth Jolly, Ecolab Manager Jim Stroupe and corporate members…
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June 6, 2010
SH – MDOT charges $1 per page for records – used to charge a quarter
MDOT charges $1 per page for records The Mississippi Department of Transportation recently charged the Sun Herald nearly $1 a page for travel-expense reports for four state highway officials, compared with 25 cents a page for the same kind of records in 2008. On March 12, the Sun Herald requested travel records for MDOT Executive…
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June 6, 2010
SH – Instead of private biz paying for trips, taxpayers picking up the bill
SH – Instead of private biz paying for trips, taxpayers picking up the bill Top highway officials said they stopped letting the road-building industry pay for their trips to meetings at luxury hotels in tourist hot spots — a change lawmakers and the state’s top ethics official applaud. Taxpayers now pick up the tab for…
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June 6, 2010
SH – Transportation officials spending more on … travel
MDOT officials’ travel expenses up Even as many other government agencies and businesses are cutting back on travel in the weak economy, records show Mississippi’s top four transportation officials are spending more to go to conferences and other shindigs. Mississippi Department of Transportation Director Larry L. “Butch” Brown, Southern District Transportation Commissioner Wayne Brown (no…
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June 6, 2010
BILL MINOR: Texas text book plays down the civil rights struggle
BILL MINOR: Texas texts play down the civil rights struggle JACKSON – Last week’s episode where the Texas Board of Education approved conservative changes to social studies textbooks reminds me of Mississippi’s Ross Barnett and his hilarious “book-burning” binge in the 1960s to root out some textbooks he (or his advisers) considered subversive. The Texas…
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June 6, 2010
MIM – Mississippi Democrat Party changes its stance on abortion
Mississippi Democratic Party’s Position On Abortion The keys words “sanctity of life” have been removed for some reason. We have seen the Democrats do great work on social media outreach, updating there website, and keeping an active blog. But at what costs has that occurred? Majority in MS 6/6/10
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June 5, 2010
Eyes of Big 12 – and other conferences – are on Texas
Eyes of Big 12 – and other conferences – are on Texas If the Big 12 commissioner learned nothing else this week, it’s not to expect a loyalty oath from members locked in the embrace of other suitors. Not only is the Pac-10 considering all but Baylor from the Big 12 South, the Big Ten’s…
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June 5, 2010
Is Nebraska on the clock?
Is Nebraska on the clock? DeLoss Dodds stood in a Kansas City hotel hallway this week and told the truth about conference realignment as only a straight-talking Texan can tell it. “We didn’t start this,” said the Texas athletic director. “But if we need to finish it, we’ll finish it.” I think Texas is ready…
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June 5, 2010
Wooden as a Teacher: The First Lesson Was Shoelaces
Wooden as a Teacher: The First Lesson Was Shoelaces Start at the bottom. Since that is the way John Wooden initiated his basketball players, it is also a good way to study the life of this early 20th-century man who died Friday at age 99. Coach Wooden did not start with layups or defense. That…
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June 5, 2010
Inside gentle giant’s exterior beat the heart of a warrior
Inside gentle giant’s exterior beat the heart of a warrior From elementary school through my first decade or so as a sportswriter, I watched John Wooden and his UCLA Bruins for 27 seasons. And I always marveled at how the gentle, professorial husband, father and grandfather could also be a competitor so fierce that a…
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June 5, 2010
John Wooden: Untouchable record, incomparable man
John Wooden: Untouchable record, incomparable man Through the years, there have always been milestones in sports thought to be untouchable. Once, Lou Gehrig’s string of playing in 2,130 consecutive baseball games was on that list. Then Cal Ripken Jr. came along. Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 professional major golf championships was thought to be completely…
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June 5, 2010
John Wooden’s life was a love letter
John Wooden’s life was a love letter Basketball, coaching and teaching were important to John Wooden, who stayed sharp and lively until the end, but nothing meant more to him than Nellie. To say it is a sad day would be to risk meeting him again, and getting that look from John Wooden. To say…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 15, 2025
Twelve states are restricting junk food purchases from SNAP. Mississippi could be next
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Daniel Tyson
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August 15, 2025
Grant funding in 5 Mississippi counties aimed at reducing financial strain in Youth Courts
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Frank Corder
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August 15, 2025
MSU Ag report: Row crop producers in Mississippi facing a very tough road ahead
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
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Matt Friedeman
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August 17, 2025
Remember your first Bible?
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Alistair Begg
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August 15, 2025
The weight of glory
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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August 14, 2025
A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this season
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Dr. Kendall Conger
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August 15, 2025
I challenged Duke’s DEI dogma – and paid with my job
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Kimberly Ross
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August 13, 2025
Americans aren’t having enough babies
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Sid Salter
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August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
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