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January 3, 2009
Lawmakers face budget uncertainty
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/2/9 When the Mississippi Legislature opens the 2009 session Tuesday, members will begin grappling with a state budget rife with pitfalls. While there is always uncertainty and disagreement over how to fund the state budget, this year uncertainty exists even where there is agreement. For instance, almost all agree that…
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January 3, 2009
Tobacco tax hike facing hurdle
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/1/9 Mississippi smokers and tobacco users may avoid a tax increase this year unless lawmakers reach a compromise when they return to work next week. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday a tobacco tax hike is “not a done deal.” He said he and other Republicans in the Senate want to offset the…
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January 3, 2009
2009: New year offers major challenges
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/1/9 Time is considered the great equalizer, and the new year provides many ironies and great challenges for our state. While the top local stories for 2008 were the state judicial scandal, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton’s legal troubles, devastating metro-area weather and layoffs, the big story of 2009 is shaping up to…
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January 3, 2009
Pickering recruited to lobby
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/2/9 Former Rep. Ronnie Shows hopes the man who took his job in Congress, Rep. Chip Pickering, will join forces with him in the lobbying business. Shows, a Democrat, was forced to run against Republican Pickering in 2002 when the state lost a congressional district to reapportionment. Shows lost that race by 29…
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January 3, 2009
Diaz makes compelling plea on death penalty
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 1/2/9 MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT Justice Oliver Diaz Jr. did not go out with a whisper. He ended his career on the bench with a dissent in the case of Doss vs. State, issued in mid-December, that was a plea to end the death penalty. Diaz’ argument was primarily a moral one:…
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January 3, 2009
Odds are long on landing job on Obama’s team
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/1/9 It’s 100-1 odds that an applicant will land a job with the new Obama administration, if you just look at the statistics. More than 330,000 people have applied for some 3,000-4,000 jobs likely to be filled as Barack Obama takes office Jan. 20. “We’re just telling people to use…
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January 2, 2009
Big Ten Football Fourth and Falling
Big Ten Football Fourth and Falling With the exception of an Iowa drubbing of South Carolina, the Big Ten has not looked so big in the 2008-2009 college football bowl season. If Ohio State can get untracked against Texas, the national press might back off a little bit, but the it’s almost beyond debate that…
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January 2, 2009
Mixing religion, football easy in the Big Easy
Mixing religion, football easy in the Big Easy NEW ORLEANS – On a second-floor wall, right above the Poydras Street entrance to the Superdome, site of tonight’s Sugar Bowl, there are two poster-sized photos side by side. They are candid black-and-white shots of the two greatest religious icons to have appeared at the Superdome: Pope…
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January 2, 2009
Saban, knowing he could lose some assistants from his all-star staff, says change brings opportunity
Saban, knowing he could lose some assistants from his all-star staff, says change brings opportunity Change is inevitable. Nick Saban didn’t invent that phrase, but he’s doing his best to bring it back in style. The Alabama football coach said it three different times during his final pre-Sugar Bowl press conference Thursday, the last time…
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January 2, 2009
Commentary: Clemens can reclaim good name
Commentary: Clemens can reclaim good name I’m not sure why Memorial Hermann felt the need to issue such a public rebuke of Roger Clemens. Is his name that poisonous? Why now? Did the suits just now get around to reading the Mitchell Report? Did someone mail them a copy of the New York Daily News?…
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January 2, 2009
UGA wins bowl game, just not one they wanted
UGA wins bowl game, just not one they wanted Orlando — It was a play befitting a postseason game in this state in the month of January. One Georgia star threw the ball and the other caught it for the clinching touchdown, and in that moment we were reminded how gifted Matthew Stafford and Knowshon…
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January 2, 2009
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier far from his old self in Outback Bowl loss to Iowa
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier far from his old self in Outback Bowl loss to Iowa TAMPA — Time was, his visor would have been airborne. Time was, his veins would have bulged as if golf club shafts were imbedded in his neck. Time was, Steve Spurrier would have chewed the face off anyone who…
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December 22, 2025
Carter won’t run for Secretary of State
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Frank Corder
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December 22, 2025
Amtrak touts strong demand for Coast passenger rail service
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 22, 2025
Education freedom expected to play a major role in the 2026 midterm elections
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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December 22, 2025
Ole Miss embraces upcoming rematch with Georgia in a CFP quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl
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Robert St. John
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December 22, 2025
The meaning of Christmas
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Alistair Begg
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December 22, 2025
The heart that God accepts
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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Kelley Williams
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December 19, 2025
Cliff Notes for Corps speak
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Sid Salter
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December 17, 2025
PERS pension concerns remain volatile for state lawmakers in 2026 as markets rumble
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