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February 3, 2009
Governor Barbour taps Jimmy Maxwell as Appeals Court Judge
Governor Haley Barbour today announced the appointment of Assistant United States Attorney James D. Maxwell II of Oxford to the Mississippi Court of Appeals effective March 1, 2009. Maxwell will serve through January 2, 2011. Maxwell, a federal prosecutor, will serve in the position formerly held by David A. Chandler of Ackerman, who was recently…
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February 3, 2009
State’s Katrina housing program is almost finished
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/3/9 As Mississippi’s federally funded Hurricane Katrina housing program nears an end, Gulf Coast advocates are planning a summit to spotlight people they say have been left out of the recovery plan. About 7,300 residents whose homes received wind damage didn’t qualify for the Housing Assistance Program, said Roberta Avila, executive director of…
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February 3, 2009
$230M in upgrades to net 625 new jobs
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/2/9 A $230 million investment in an aerospace company will produce 625 new jobs over the next eight years in a northeast Mississippi county riddled by a rising unemployment rate, company and government officials announced Monday. Alliant Techsystems, commonly known as ATK, will spend $200 million to upgrade its 320,000-square-foot plant in the…
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February 3, 2009
Obama picks Gregg for Commerce
Politico, 2/2/9 Sen. Judd Gregg will be nominated as the new Commerce secretary Tuesday morning, giving President Obama a fresh independent voice in his Cabinet but at a huge cost to Republicans and the larger Senate. The run-up to the nomination has focused on backroom deals, from New Hampshire’s statehouse to Washington, to preserve the…
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February 3, 2009
Ignorance can put you at risk
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 2/3/9 The Centers for Disease Control has come out with its new state rankings for teen pregnancy. You know the rest of the story: we’re number one. In response, state lawmakers are debating a bill that would implement a test program to provide information about the value of abstinence and explain…
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February 3, 2009
Hosemann seeks revenue hike
The Hattiesburg American, 2/3/9 Mississippi needs to do a better job of managing its school-owned land, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said Monday. Hosemann told the Forrest-Lamar County Forestry Association he wants make bids and other financial information on 16th Section land more transparent. Land management and transparency need to be top priorities for school…
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February 3, 2009
ATK plans expansion of NeMiss operation
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/3/9 Alliant Techsystems will build composite structures for commercial aircraft at its plant at the Tri-State Industrial Park at Yellow Creek near Iuka, Barbour announced Monday. The plant, which currently employs 176 people at the Iuka location, is scheduled to increase its work force to 800 within the next eight…
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February 3, 2009
Melton attentive, relaxed in courtroom
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/3/9 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton held his chin high, rubbed his eyes, smiled when potential jurors described their hobbies to the judge, and frequently studied his fingernails. Melton, 59, appeared relaxed and attentive in federal court in downtown Jackson on Monday, often scrutinizing the faces of those who could decide whether he goes…
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February 3, 2009
Judges face unfilled promises
The Hattiesburg American, 2/2/9 A report in the November-December issue of The Mississippi Lawyer magazine, noted the National Center for State Courts’ July 2008 salary ranking – which also includes the District of Columbia – of Mississippi’s trial court judges’ salaries 50th out of 51. Mississippi circuit and chancery judges’ salaries are $104,170; Montana trails…
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February 3, 2009
Miss. tax collections down in Jan.
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/2/9 Mississippi revenues in January were better than the previous month, but most of the state’s tax collections remain sluggish. The state collected a total of $362 million for the general fund in January, according to the state Tax Commission. That’s $24 million, or 6.2 percent, below what was anticipated. Total tax collections…
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February 3, 2009
College athletics recruiting services declare winners, losers
College athletics recruiting services declare winners, losers If it’s the first week of February, that means it’s time for the recruiting services to declare winners and losers. Sometimes, the rankings look brilliant in hindsight. Other times, they are puzzling upon further review years later. Between 2004 and 2008, the University of Southern California easily produced…
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February 3, 2009
Keeping Busy: Vince Dooley isn’t coaching football anymore, but that doesn’t mean he has any idle ti
Keeping Busy: Vince Dooley isn’t coaching football anymore, but that doesn’t mean he has any idle time During Vince Dooley’s 25 years as Georgia’s head football coach, there were only two programs that ever tempted him into thinking about leaving Athens. One was Oklahoma in 1966, after his second year at Georgia. The other one…
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October 9, 2026
Hyde-Smith, Guest, Ezell among congressional members urging investigation into Planned Parenthood
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October 9, 2026
Americans 75 and older are wealthiest age group, Fed survey finds
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Jeremy Pittari
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October 9, 2026
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians receives $12 million in federal grants to expand economic development drivers
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October 7, 2026
Huntington Bank investing over $40 million to modernize Tupelo operations center, regional headquarters
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October 6, 2026
Westwin Elements investing $502 million to establish nickel refinery in Natchez
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October 2, 2026
Gasifier manufacturer Janus Organization bringing 13 jobs to Greenwood
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Matt Friedeman
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October 11, 2026
The athletes of God
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Susan Marquez
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October 9, 2026
Award-winning Nashville country singer-songwriter brings high-energy performance to Downtown Greenville
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October 9, 2026
Putting the pieces together
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Roger Wicker
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October 9, 2026
Permit reform act is a much-needed course correction
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Delbert Hosemann
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October 8, 2026
Hosemann: It is time for Mississippi to ban all kratom products
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Sid Salter
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October 7, 2026
Growing calls to suspend or eliminate federal and state gas taxes have consequences
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