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August 23, 2009
Auction to settle Melton tax debt
Auction to settle Melton tax debt The northeast Jackson home of the late Mayor Frank Melton is heading toward the auction block for unpaid taxes, according to records from the Hinds County tax collector’s office. Melton’s estate owes $15,310.38 in property taxes and penalties on the Carter’s Grove home and some surrounding vacant lots. Melton…
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August 23, 2009
CL – Earmarks: The debate continues
CL – Earmarks: The debate continues Alaska’s “bridge to nowhere” was wasteful federal spending. But federal funds directed to Mississippi for university research or to fund the defense industry is a good investment of tax dollars. It’s the other state’s earmarks that represent waste. Not ours. Right? In the Fiscal Year 2008 federal budget, Mississippi…
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August 23, 2009
Mississippi Coast may have gubernatorial candidate
Mississippi Coast may have gubernatorial candidate Populous South Mississippi is always fertile ground for votes and hopefuls for 2011 gubernatorial elections have started popping up in Biloxi, Wiggins and points south of Hattiesburg. One even lives on the Coast, the first serious gubernatorial contender from this region in recent history. Since the Neshoba County Fair…
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August 23, 2009
LTE – Claudia Limbert insults male graduates of the ‘W’
LTE – Claudia Limbert insults male graduates of the ‘W’ To the editor: As a male graduate of Mississippi University for Women, I am insulted and incensed by the actions W President Claudia Limbert has taken against the interests of her employer and my alma mater. Her insistence in recent months that men are embarrassed…
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August 23, 2009
Constructive Trust oxymoron in Wilson v Scruggs as Eastland dismantles RICO claim
Constructive Trust oxymoron in Wilson v Scruggs as Eastland dismantles RICO claim oxymoron [oksee maw ron] expression with contradictory words; a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect First, there was the vision of Roberts Wilson and his attorney Charles Merkel sitting ringside when Dick Scruggs is in…
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August 22, 2009
2009 NCAA Football Rankings – Preseason
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex 1. Florida (58) 0-0 1,498 2. Texas (2) 0-0 1,424 3. Oklahoma 0-0 1,370 4. USC 0-0 1,313 5. Alabama 0-0 1,156 6. Ohio State 0-0 1,113 7. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,054 8. Mississippi 0-0 1,047 9. Oklahoma State 0-0 989 9. Penn State 0-0 989 11. LSU 0-0 914 12. California 0-0 746…
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August 22, 2009
Franklin’s ‘O’ should fit right in with Stockstill at MTSU
Franklin’s ‘O’ should fit right in with Stockstill at MTSU Despite getting run out of town halfway through his first season as Auburn’s offensive coordinator, Tony Franklin still has at least one believer. Franklin will take over the offense for local product Rick Stockstill’s Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders in 2009. This time, however, he…
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August 22, 2009
Florida Coach Urban Meyer takes on Ron Zook
Florida Coach Urban Meyer takes on Ron Zook After University of Miami defensive end Adewale Ojomo underwent surgery this week for a broken jaw suffered in what Hurricanes Coach Randy Shannon described as “horsing around” in the locker room, Florida Coach Urban Meyer was asked Friday how he treats team fighting or horseplay on the…
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August 22, 2009
Meyer claims he didn’t intend to criticize Zook
Meyer claims he didn’t intend to criticize Zook Florida head coach Urban Meyer issued the following statement Saturday morning, saying his previous comments about the team’s locker room setup were not meant to attack his Gators predecessor, Ron Zook. “I was asked about fights in locker rooms,” Meyer said. “I made a comment about the…
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August 22, 2009
Smooth sailing for Florida in SEC East
Smooth sailing for Florida in SEC East Should the SEC East even bother playing games this season? Shouldn’t SEC commissioner Michael Slive just hand the SEC East trophy to defending national champion Florida on Sept. 5? That would be more compelling than the Gators’ season opener against FCS opponent Charleston Southern, a 73-point underdog, according…
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August 22, 2009
DC Vote reaching nationwide for lobbying help
DC Vote reaching nationwide for lobbying help WASHINGTON — Advocates for a Washington, D.C., congressional seat are ramping up their lobbying efforts, seeking leverage on members of Congress by enlisting the help of their constituents far from the nation’s capital. DC Vote is reaching out to people like 62-year-old Henry Perry of Tennessee. Not until…
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August 22, 2009
Despite the veto, troopers will still get overtime pay
Despite the veto, troopers will still get overtime pay Mississippi’s 550 troopers apparently will receive a pay boost even through Gov. Haley Barbour vetoed a section of a bill that set aside additional money to provide them overtime pay. Public Safety Commissioner Steve Simpson, a Barbour appointee, announced Friday that he was asking the state…
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September 5, 2025
Reeves responds to critics over sending Mississippi National Guard to D.C.
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Daniel Tyson
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September 5, 2025
Mississippi PSC takes action against Holly Springs Public Utility
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September 5, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: September 5, 2025
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September 5, 2025
Hiring stalls with US companies reluctant to expand in an uncertain economic landscape
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Lynne Jeter
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September 3, 2025
Hood Industries invests $245 million in Waynesboro expansion
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Lynne Jeter
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August 29, 2025
Tri-state partnership boosts South’s automaker bid
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Susan Marquez
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September 5, 2025
September in Mississippi brings football, books and chicken wings
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Susan Marquez
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September 5, 2025
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service connects Gulf Coast cities
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September 5, 2025
Striving after the wind
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Roger Wicker
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September 5, 2025
Taiwan has resolved to live free
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Sid Salter
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September 3, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Rollins praised MSU’s ag tech, research during campus visit
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September 1, 2025
Mississippi shouldn’t subsidize bad decisions, Green New Deal in other states
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