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January 14, 2009
Holland introduces vaccine waiver bill into state House
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/14/9 Legislation promised last month by Rep. Steve Holland was introduced this week, offering hope to autism advocates that Mississippi will change its law dealing with vaccine waivers. “I am very hopeful, and very grateful,” said Judy Brasher of Holcomb, president of the National Autism Association of Mississippi. Holland, D-Plantersville,…
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January 14, 2009
State of the State: Budget cuts on horizon
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/14/9 Mississippi’s public schools, sheltered from earlier budget reductions, now face cuts of less than 5 percent as they join a second round of budget-trimming forced by a shaky economy. State revenues will fall between $175 million and $310 million below estimates for the current fiscal year, prompting deeper budget cuts, Gov. Haley…
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January 14, 2009
Barbour: Economic times tough, but will get better
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/14/9 Budget woes consumed a large portion of the 45-minute State of the State speech delivered Tuesday evening by Gov. Haley Barbour to a joint session of the Mississippi Legislature. The Republican Barbour, delivering his sixth such speech, sounded a somber tone as he told lawmakers, other state elected officials…
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January 14, 2009
Jackson council drops its saggy-pants ordinance
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/14/9 For now, Jackson residents can wear their pants any way they want to. The City Council voted 4-2 against a plan Tuesday that would have made it unlawful for people to wear pants below the waistline exposing their underwear. The council members who voted against the saggy-pants ban said it likely was…
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January 14, 2009
Disputed Entergy purchase untallied
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/13/9 It could take several months for Entergy Mississippi to determine if ratepayers are owed any money for purchases of fuel from a disputed contract in Louisiana. Entergy officials said the company purchased “a small amount” of energy from the contract through a systemwide energy pool. What’s not clear is whether that fuel…
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January 14, 2009
Delta Democrat Luckett might make 2011 gubernatorial bid
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/14/9 Perhaps the best way to sum up Clarksdale entrepreneur William O. “Bill” Luckett Jr. is to say he’s not your average Mississippi Democrat – not, at least, viewed through the prism of modern day “gotcha” political ads. Luckett confirmed this week that he is “considering making a run for governor in…
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January 14, 2009
Lott included in civil lawsuit
The Sun Herald, 1/14/9 Former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott is an unnamed co-conspirator in a civil lawsuit filed in federal court against his brother-in-law, imprisoned ex-attorney Dickie Scruggs, said Vicki Slater, an attorney for the plaintiff. The suit has been brought by attorney Roberts Wilson. “Anybody who acts to further the conspiracy is a co-conspirator,”…
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January 14, 2009
Look out MS! Pelosi & Co. may beat Legislature and Padnuship crowd on cig tax increase – then what?
Obama’s recession remedy: Tax the poor! Yesterday evening after I filed my syndicated column (printed below) on Obama and the Democrats’ first massive tax increase of 2009, the 285-page text of the proposed S-CHIP expansion went online. It’s H.R. 2 and you can read the PDF in its entirety here — something a significant number…
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January 14, 2009
Security at Jackson City Hall stirs debate
Security at Jackson City Hall stirs debate The Jackson City Council agreed last year to stop paying security guards to work weekends at City Hall. But on Mayor Frank Melton’s orders, the guards have continued to work Saturdays and Sundays. The council called for the change during the 2008 budget hearings. By removing armed security…
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January 14, 2009
GC – Give charter schools a broader test says Mike Chaney
Give charter schools a broader test Mike Chaney, the former chairman of the Senate Education Committee who is now the state’s insurance commissioner, gives a candid and credible evaluation of the current charter school law compared to similar laws in other states. Mississippi’s, he told the Jackson Clarion-Ledger newspaper, is “the sorriest, and I wrote…
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January 14, 2009
Bob Bennett praises Haley Barbour as former RNC Chair
Blackwell’s Ohio problem Dear RNC Member, As the longest serving state chairman on the Republican National Committee, I have personally witnessed many of our successes and our failures. I have seen what works and what doesn’t, and I have recognized those chairmen whose leadership has been effective and who know how to win elections. With…
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January 14, 2009
State Rep. Brandon Jones gives Democratic Party response to Barbour’s State of State
State Rep. Brandon Jones gives Democratic Party response to Barbour’s State of State Rep. Brandon Jones: Good evening. I’m Rep. Brandon Jones of Jackson County, vice chairman of the Mississippi House of Representative’s Insurance Committee. It is my honor and privilege to speak to you tonight. Nearly four years ago, my home and my hometown…
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February 24, 2026
DiBiase trial resumes in federal court
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February 24, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: February 24, 2026
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Jeremy Pittari
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February 23, 2026
IHL approves new degree programs, Center on Collegiate Gambling at Ole Miss
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February 23, 2026
Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
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Frank Corder
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February 18, 2026
Firehawk Aerospace establishing manufacturing operations in Crawford
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Daniel Tyson
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February 13, 2026
Billions in new economic development projects in the works for Mississippi in 2026
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Meredith Biesinger
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February 24, 2026
The Painted Lady: A Victorian Mississippi beauty made for memories
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Alistair Begg
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February 24, 2026
Show no partiality
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Robert St. John
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February 23, 2026
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Philip Wegmann
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February 23, 2026
Trump lashes out at Supreme Court as under “foreign influence”
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February 23, 2026
Mississippi’s independent workers deserve better. House Bill 1072 is the answer
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Laurie Cox
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February 23, 2026
Why I am for all students, not just those in my public schools
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