Skip to content
News
Business
Culture
Opinion
Issues
About
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Sponsorship
Y’all Archive
Search
Donate
News
Opinion
Business
Culture
About Us
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Magnolia Tribune
This article was produced by Magnolia Tribune staff.
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 24, 2009
YP – More info on PSC/Entergy fight
I found a couple of new tidbits of data. First, I found some of the Drabinski data. It is not “Entergy” specific, but it does show the complexity of the transactions. Hopefully, if the PSC has the meat of the testimony in hand, they’ll release it online. I know of at least one person that…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 24, 2009
YP – HB 1383 – Wasn’t the tobacco tax supposed to support Medicaid/public health and not education?
Forgive me if my compass is a bit off, but (courtesy of the YallPolitics Memory Division) wasn’t the whole rationale of raising tobacco taxes because tobacco costs the public health system so much money and therefore the tobacco tax would offset Medicaid expenditures? Now we hear that the House is plotting to use the tobacco…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 24, 2009
McLemore won’t seek reelection
McLemore won’t seek reelection Jackson City Council President Leslie Burl McLemore announced this morning that he will not seek reelection to represent Ward 2. McLemore, 68, has served on the council since April 1999. “Working with the city council over the last 10 years has been one of the highlights of my life,” McLemore said…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 24, 2009
YP – Informers! Informers? That’s how they describe Patterson/Balducci? Are they kidding?
Amazingly, some brain surgeon editor at the AP attached the following headline announcing the sentencing date for Steve “Jabba the Hut” Patterson and Timothy Balducci . . .
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 23, 2009
House votes to restore education funds
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/23/9 By an overwhelming 82-37 vote Thursday, the state House restored a large portion of the education funds that were cut last week by Gov. Haley Barbour. The bill provides $68 million to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which provides the basics of operating local school districts. Last week the…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 23, 2009
Judge: Melton trial still set to be held on Feb. 2
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/23/9 Five months and three delays later, the federal civil rights trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton appears back on track. “There are no pending motions for a continuance,” U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan said in an order posted Thursday, “and absent such a motion from Defendant Melton, the case will proceed as…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 23, 2009
Diaz ordered to Simpson job
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/23/9 Former state Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz Jr. has been appointed as a Simpson County Youth Court public defender, though the county doesn’t have enough money set aside to pay him. A chancery judge ordered that Diaz, who lost a re-election bid last year, be given the job. Diaz, a former appeals…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 23, 2009
Funds run out but 2 special judges stay
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/23/9 Although the original funding has run out, two of the four part-time special Hinds County Circuit judges appointed to help clear the county’s voluminous criminal docket will remain on the bench. One judge has even agreed to donate time to help clear cases. At the end of 2008, 2,283 felony criminal cases…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 23, 2009
House bill to put elected PSC members over staff
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/23/9 Mississippi consumers will be better served by a reorganization of the state agency in charge of utility issues, according to supporters of legislation that cleared the House on Thursday. But opponents said revamping the Public Utilities Staff is unnecessary and will rob the agency of its ability to independently evaluate issues such…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 23, 2009
School budgets: It’s state support or taxes
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/23/9 The national recession has impacted everyone, requiring cutbacks and sacrifices. When budget cuts are required of all state government functions, it seems fair and equitable. But state budget cuts have a way of trickling down, and in the case of local schools, it becomes more than just inconvenience. All state government…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 23, 2009
Balducci, Patterson sentence date set
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/23/9 Admitted judicial bribery conspirators Timothy Balducci and Steven A. Patterson will know Feb. 13 if federal prison time is in their futures. The date for the sentencing by U.S. District Senior Judge Neal Biggers Jr. was announced Thursday. It’s the culmination of the judicial bribery drama now known as…
Posts pagination
Prev
1
…
3,155
3,156
3,157
3,158
3,159
…
4,317
Next
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 23, 2009
‘Acupuncture Day’ today at Miss. Capitol
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/22/9 Seeking support for licensed acupuncturists to practice in the state, members of the Mississippi Oriental Medicine Association will hold “Acupuncture Day at the Capitol” today until 5 p.m. Mississippi is one of five states that does not allow licensed acupuncturists to practice, according to Dennis Holmes of MOMA. Laws in Alabama and…
News
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
December 19, 2025
Additional funding sought to expand Miss. Dept. of Education’s coaching support program
News
|
Daniel Tyson
•
December 19, 2025
Lawmakers consider ways to assist with Mississippi military service members’ mental health struggles
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
December 19, 2025
Mississippi sees rise in K-12 teacher vacancies
Business
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
Culture
Culture
|
Matt Friedeman
•
December 21, 2025
The conspiracy of the insignificant
Culture
|
Brett Martel, Associated Press
•
December 19, 2025
Ole Miss bracing for a better Tulane team in College Football Playoff opener
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
December 19, 2025
His hands raised high
Opinion
Opinion
|
Kelley Williams
•
December 19, 2025
Cliff Notes for Corps speak
Opinion
|
Sid Salter
•
December 17, 2025
PERS pension concerns remain volatile for state lawmakers in 2026 as markets rumble
Opinion
|
Kimberly Ross
•
December 16, 2025
Lessons from Luigi: Quit lionizing cold-blooded murderers
All the latest delivered to your inbox!
Email
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Email
(Required)
By joining our newsletter, you are confirming that you agree with the
Privacy Policy
Cat Title
|
Author
•
Date
Title Placeholder
