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May 22, 2009
Should We Abolish Second Primaries?
Should We Abolish Second Primaries? The more I consider instant runoff voting (IRV), the more I like it. Simply put, it’s a way to guarantee that a candidate gets 50-plus percent in a party primary without requiring the voters to make a second trip to the polls. IRV can also be used in general elections.…
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May 22, 2009
Governor Haley Barbour will host the third annual Mississippi Grammys
Governor Haley Barbour will host the third annual Mississippi Grammys Governor Haley Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour will host the third annual Mississippi celebration of its GRAMMYR legacy at 7 p.m. May 28, 2009, at Bluesville, part of Harrah’s Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Tunica. The list of performers and honorees includes Joey Lauren…
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May 22, 2009
Barbour chastised over remarks about paying Medicaid share
Barbour chastised over remarks about paying Medicaid share While state lawmakers are wrangling over how to plug a $90 million gap in the Medicaid budget, the Mississippi Hospital Association says a proposed hospital tax is not the solution. MHA President Sam Cameron used a news conference Thursday to chastise Gov. Haley Barbour for statements that…
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May 22, 2009
Call for ballot reform renewed
Call for ballot reform renewed Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann renewed his call for ballot reform Thursday, citing unusually high numbers of absentee ballots cast in some Mississippi primary elections. Hosemann said 42 percent of the ballots cast in the Democratic primary in Macon were by absentee ballot, an amount much higher than in most…
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May 22, 2009
Strength coach weakened; Smith is placed under strict review by Kiffin
Strength coach weakened; Smith is placed under strict review by Kiffin Tennessee head football strength and conditioning coach Mark Smith is under strict review by coach Lane Kiffin and might not be with the Vols when summer workouts begin in June, a source told the News Sentinel. The specifics of the friction between Smith and…
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May 22, 2009
Four rising programs and four falling programs in college football
Four rising programs and four falling programs in college football How big is this season at Notre Dame? Even President Barack Obama has chimed in, punctuating one of those cheesy, pay-to-yuk-it-up political fundraisers in Indianapolis by stating Notre Dame football is an issue “we may not resolve within my four years.” Yeah, well, everyone knows…
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May 22, 2009
High-flying or well-grounded? What’s better in college football
High-flying or well-grounded? What’s better in college football When it comes to offensive football, the approaches taken by Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson and Texas Tech coach Mike Leach are as different as up and down. Johnson prefers the ground-oriented triple option; Leach uses a pass-oriented version of the spread. Yet despite their differences, Johnson…
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May 22, 2009
ROLLCALL – The Newcomers: Spiritual Bonding – Rep. Gregg Harper and COS Michael Cravens
The Newcomers: Spiritual Bonding – subscription required Michael Cravens didn’t want to get involved in Republican Rep. Gregg Harper’s Congressional race. Content with the work he had done on Mississippi state Sen. Giles Ward’s campaign, Cravens was set to return to work at Eagle Communications, the communications and marketing firm he had opened about 10…
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May 22, 2009
QUINN – Scruggs and others sued by Derak Wyatt … 123-PAGE COMPLAINT/ATTACHMENTS HERE
QUINN – Scruggs and others sued by Derak Wyatt … 123-PAGE COMPLAINT/ATTACHMENTS HERE Here is the complaint OXFORD — Dickie Scruggs and others are being sued in Lafayette County Circuit Court because his attempted bribery allegedly caused the disqualification of a Jackson lawyer from Hurricane Katrina lawsuits. The lawyer, Derek Wyatt, charges in the suit…
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May 22, 2009
Chevron faces shareholder rebuke on claims by Amazon rainforest Indians
Chevron faces shareholder rebuke on claims by Amazon rainforest Indians Calpers, the country’s largest public pension fund with $170 billion in assets, announced Thursday it will support a resolution calling on Chevron to examine whether it complies with environmental regulations in Ecuador. The move comes as the oil giant faces a potential $27 billion dollar…
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May 22, 2009
Billy Hewes cites three “poison pills” in why he rejected Voter ID Bill
Billy Hewes cites “poison pills” as to why he rejected Voter ID Bill Sen. Billy Hewes, R-Gulfport, told members of the Brookhaven Kiwanis Club Wednesday that he has long been a proponent of voter ID, with a government-issued photo identification card. However, the president pro tem of the Senate said he could not support the…
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May 22, 2009
Politics Daily profiles Barbour as 2012 candidate
Politics Daily profiles Barbour as 2012 candidate Haley Barbour is a man of iron discipline these days, with nothing unpleasant to say about any fellow Republican. He’d rather bury you with data about workforce training, unemployment benefits, Medicaid, energy and housing. He once worked in the White House as Ronald Reagan’s political director and he…
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June 8, 2026
With jumpsuits, wigs and dance moves, these young boys and teens keep Elvis’ legacy alive
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Frank Corder
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June 8, 2026
EVE Energy makes U.S. Dept. of War’s roster of “Chinese military companies”
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June 8, 2026
New report shows Mississippi made progress in education but challenges remain in other child well-being metrics
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Robert St. John
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June 8, 2026
The real work
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Alistair Begg
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June 8, 2026
Radical remorse
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Matt Friedeman
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June 7, 2026
Everyone is a disciple – the question is, “Whose?”
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Kelley Williams
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June 8, 2026
What the Corps understands but you don’t
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Roger Wicker
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June 5, 2026
Mississippi building 21st century blue economy
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Sid Salter
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June 3, 2026
It’s the third of June and the haunting mystery of Gentry’s ‘Ode to Billy Joe’ remains
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