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March 6, 2009
Mississippi lauded in GAO report on Katrina Recovery
A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) gives Mississippi high marks in tracking and administering nearly $3 billion received through FEMA’s Public Assistance recovery program after Hurricane Katrina. The report released this month, “Disaster Recovery: Past Experiences Offer Recovery Lessons for Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Future Disasters,” holds Mississippi up as…
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March 6, 2009
Governor Barbour announces progress in fighting fraud in Medicaid and SCHIP
Governor Haley Barbour announced today the Division of Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance program were among the best in the nation at keeping fraudulent payments low. In Fiscal Year 2008, the statewide Medicaid Eligibility Error Rate was 0.0095 percent and the SCHIP Error Rate was 0.0333 percent, according to the U.S. Centers for…
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March 6, 2009
CL – Dems to Decide New Director, Ike Brown’s Possible Return
CL – Dems to Decide New Director, Ike Brown’s Possible Return Mississippi Democrats meet this weekend to consider hiring a new executive director and restoring power to Ike Brown, a former executive committee member with legal troubles over the way he’s handled elections in Noxubee County. Fireworks are expected over his possible return. Also, members…
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March 5, 2009
Henderson agrees to four-year deal
Henderson agrees to four-year deal While the Saints have yet to sign a free agent from another team this offseason, they brought back another of their own as wide receiver Devery Henderson agreed to a four-year contract Wednesday afternoon. sunherald.com 3/4/09
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March 5, 2009
New federal trial date set for Jackson Mayor Frank Melton
New federal trial date set for Jackson mayor Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former bodyguard Michael Recio will be retried May 11 for damage caused to a Ridgeway Street duplex in August 2006. Melton and Recio’s federal civil rights trial ended last week in a mistrial when jurors were unable to reach a verdict…
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March 5, 2009
PERRY – Ike Brown’s election shenanigans
US 5th Circuit upholds ruling against Noxubee party boss Imagine a majority white county in Mississippi where the local party boss flagrantly suppresses black voter activity. He issues statements listing the names of local black activists who he will challenge if they attempt to vote. When blacks vote by absentee, he flags their ballots the…
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March 5, 2009
NCAA bracket expert says forget Auburn, UAB
NCAA bracket expert says forget Auburn, UAB The Southeastern Conference basketball season finally got here, on Tuesday night when the second-largest crowd of the season showed up in Tuscaloosa to watch Alabama and Auburn. Of course, the cynic would argue that the majority of the 13,265 on hand were there for the presentation of the…
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March 5, 2009
MSU athlete suspended after arrest
MSU athlete suspended after arrest Maurice Langston, a junior college transfer defensive back from East Central Community College, has been suspended indefinitely from Mississippi State’s football team following his Saturday arrest. Langston, 20, was arrested in Hattiesburg Saturday night and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Forrest County Jail records…
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March 5, 2009
Senate rebuffs funding on Till; Holder vows to find way
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The U.S. Senate on Wednesday defeated an amendment to appropriate funding for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act in the omnibus spending bill. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., proposed a $10 million amendment to help bring justice to unsolved civil rights cases. He said the funding would come from the…
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March 5, 2009
State’s jobless rate climbs as economy slumps
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The state’s unemployment rate jumped to 9.2 percent in January, rising from 7.6 percent in December as laid-off holiday workers returned to the state’s jobless list. The national unemployment rate was 8.5 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release state-by-state data next week that will reflect how Mississippi stacks up among…
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March 5, 2009
Nissan moves ahead with Canton expansion
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Despite the failing national economy, Nissan on Wednesday affirmed plans to move forward with a $118 million plant expansion to prepare its Canton factory to build light commercial vehicles next year. The company originally announced the initiative last year, but auto sales have dipped dramatically for Nissan and other auto manufacturers in…
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March 5, 2009
Bill has $80 million in Miss. earmarks
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/5/9 While congressional earmarks have sizzled as a political issue recently, Mississippi’s two Republican U.S. senators continue to be ardent participants and defenders of the process. A probable Senate vote Friday on a $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill could determine the fate of nearly $80 million in funds earmarked by…
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May 9, 2025
Mississippi Supreme Court allows Favre’s defamation lawsuit against Auditor White to continue
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Frank Corder
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May 9, 2025
Hyde-Smith draws GOP challenger as Democrats target her Mississippi U.S. Senate seat
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May 9, 2025
Thompson calls on Trump to “put politics aside,” nominate a qualified FEMA Administrator
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Ben Smith
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May 9, 2025
William Carey’s Bobby Halford passes Ron Polk
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Hunter Estes
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May 9, 2025
The American Pope: Leo XIV emerges from Conclave
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Susan Marquez
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May 9, 2025
Fireflies to light up the night at Waller Craft Center in Ridgeland
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Roger Wicker
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May 9, 2025
Trump-Zelensky agreement could be pivotal moment toward ending Putin’s war
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Bishop Vincent Mathews
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May 9, 2025
The Church’s next mission field: Universal school choice
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Sid Salter
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May 8, 2025
Four decades later, a cold case arrest may fill in the blank on Shondra May’s tombstone
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