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December 11, 2008
Thompson/Taylor vote for UAW Bailout . . . Pickering & Childers vote NO
Auto Bailout Vote Democratic 205 20 11 Republican 32 150 1 15 Independent TOTALS 237 170 1 26 Thomas 12/10/8
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December 11, 2008
GOP suit alleges poll problems
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/8 Mississippi Republicans filed suit Tuesday against the Leflore County Election Commission and a Greenwood poll manager, alleging inappropriate and illegal activities on Election Day. Brad White, chairman of the state Republican Party, said poll watchers were not allowed to observe the Nov. 4 election there. The lawsuit also alleges voters in Leflore…
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December 11, 2008
U.S. District Court gets nearly 340 pleas for leniency for Joey Langston
U.S. District Court gets nearly 340 pleas for leniency for Joey Langston Four reporters, who asked to do so, got a look Wednesday at the nearly 340 letters to Chief Judge Michael P. Mills at the U.S. District Courthouse in Oxford. Childers, a Langston friend and business partner for many years, wrote that he was…
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December 11, 2008
Underperforming schools law discussed
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/8 State education officials and lawmakers are continuing to talk about potentially controversial legislation affecting the state’s underperforming schools – particularly removing school board members and superintendents. The discussion is aimed at educating legislators about the proposed Children First Act of 2009 before they come back in session in January, said House Education…
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December 11, 2008
Jackson wants $560M
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has submitted dozens of “ready to go” projects that could be funded by a new stimulus package promoted by Democratic leaders in Congress and President-elect Barack Obama. About 170 projects for sewer, road and other public works proposals range from improvements to Jackson’s airport to renovations to Murrah…
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December 11, 2008
Judge says Melton, ex-bodyguard will be tried together
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/9/8 In an order filed today, U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan has again denied a request for a separate trial for Mayor Frank Melton’s former bodyguard. Jackson Police Detective Michael Recio, one of two long-time security guards for the mayor, last month renewed his request to be tried separately from the mayor…
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December 11, 2008
U.S. District Court gets nearly 340 pleas for leniency for Joey Langston
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/10/8 U.S. Rep. Travis Childers, doctors, Prentiss County officials and hundreds of others have written letters to the U.S. District Court, urging mercy for their friend and colleague, former Booneville attorney Joey Langston. Langston faces up to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to influence a…
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December 11, 2008
Miss. giving away one free year of college tuition
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/10/8 The cost of a college degree could be lower for a lucky Mississippi family. The state’s prepaid college tuition program is giving away one free year of senior college tuition, State Treasurer Tate Reeves said today. A drawing to determine the winner will be held on on Dec. 18. The winner will…
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December 11, 2008
Lane Kiffin: You Make the Call (Kiffin is taken to the woodshed)
Lane Kiffin: You Make the Call (Kiffin is taken to the woodshed) So former Oakland Raiders head coach and Southern Cal offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin was announced as the University of Tennessee’s new head football coach on Nov. 30, to the great surprise of many and the expectation of none save perhaps a few insiders…
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December 11, 2008
NAACP, MS Center for Justice, others sue HUD over MS port recovery money
HUD sued over Katrina fund diversion A group of public interest lawyers sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday, seeking to stop the state of Mississippi from diverting $600 million in federal hurricane-relief funds intended for housing to a massive expansion of the state’s port facilities. Separately, msnbc.com has obtained a…
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December 11, 2008
CL – Letters for lawyer facing sentencing call him ‘generous’
Letters for lawyer facing sentencing call him ‘generous’ Childers is among those praising Langston’s generosity. “No one in my forty nine years in Prentiss County has had greater impact on so many people that I personally know than Joey Langston,” Childers wrote. “He has been a friend to all and an enemy to none. His…
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December 11, 2008
Letter blip from US Representative Travis Childers (D) in support of convicted felon Joey Langston
This was provided to YP from one of the sources who viewed the letters directly, and confirmed by another who viewed it as well. From a letter dated 1/22/08 to Judge Mills in support of Joey Langston from now US Representative Travis Childers (D – MS01) . . . . “This is not a man…
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May 6, 2026
Speaker White names House Select Committees to tackle property taxes, school consolidation, redistricting, more
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Daniel Tyson
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May 6, 2026
Job training life-affirming for inmates in MAGCOR programs
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 6, 2026
State agencies team up to promote maternal mental health care
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Susan Marquez
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May 6, 2026
Canton Flea Market returns for 62nd year
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Alistair Begg
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May 6, 2026
A word to children
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 5, 2026
Where the Wild Things Grow: Inside Maypop Art’s garage studio
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Christy Hovanetz
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May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
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Russ Latino
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May 5, 2026
Mississippi faces pressure to redistrict before congressional midterms, but also real world constraints
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Susan Crabtree
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May 1, 2026
U.S. Secret Service Chief says Hilton site was ‘set up perfectly,’ critics disagree
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