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December 3, 2008
Budget’s first draft cuts deep
The Sun Herald, 12/3/8 Lawmakers say their first draft of a Mississippi budget is more austere than one offered by Gov. Haley Barbour. But they also say the proposals to divvy up taxpayers’ dollars could change significantly before legislators merge their ideas with the governor’s and approve a final spending plan. Like their counterparts across…
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December 3, 2008
Freezing raises, jobs part of state budget proposals
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/3/8 Thousands of vacant jobs in state government will be frozen. State employees won’t get raises. But public education’s major funding source will be spared. These are a few of the recommendations of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who agreed Tuesday on budget proposals for Mississippi’s next fiscal year. Their suggestions will be…
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December 3, 2008
Chambliss wins US Senate runoff in Georgia
The Associated Press, 12/3/8 Relieved Republicans celebrated a resounding win in Georgia’s hard-fought U.S. Senate runoff, a victory that denied Democrats a filibuster-proof majority and cemented the state’s reputation as a GOP bastion. Sen. Saxby Chambliss trounced Democrat Jim Martin Tuesday night, winning his second term by a margin of more than 10 percentage points.…
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December 3, 2008
Bryant: Too early to set political plans for 2011
The Sun Herald, 12/2/8 Mississippi Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant says it’s too early for him to say whether he’ll run for governor in 2011. Bryant has told news organizations in south Mississippi recently that he might consider running for the state’s highest elected position. But on Tuesday, Bryant told reporters in Jackson that he hasn’t…
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December 3, 2008
Breaking news: McCorvey deal falls through
Breaking news: McCorvey deal falls through Woody McCorvey will not be returning to South Carolina after all. thestate.com 12/3/08
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December 3, 2008
Tim Tebow’s chances of repeating as the Heisman Trophy winner rest with Saturday’s game
Tim Tebow’s chances of repeating as the Heisman Trophy winner rest with Saturday’s game GAINESVILLE — This week is about Archie Griffin. It’s about Herschel Walker, Dick Butkus, Sammy Baugh. It’s about Vince Young. And don’t forget Barry Sanders, O.J. Simpson and Doak Walker. It’s about (insert your best college football player of all time…
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December 3, 2008
Miles not talking about LSU staff changes
Miles not talking about LSU staff changes There has been no apparent move to replace LSU’s defensive co-coordinators, but LSU head coach Les Miles on Tuesday failed to offer much in the way of a vote of confidence for Doug Mallory and Bradley Dale Peveto. Asked how he felt about the co-coordinator situation, “I don’t…
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December 3, 2008
NMC – Paul Quinn wants to read the Langston sentencing letters
Paul Quinn wants to read the Langston sentencing letters Paul Quinn of the Daliy Mississippian has filed a motion to be allowed to see the sentencing letters in the Langston case, noting that this writer and others (including Paul) were allowed to see the letters in the Scruggs case. Judge Mills immediately responded with an…
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December 3, 2008
Ray Mabus mentioned for Energy and Education cabinet slots
THE OBAMA CABINET SPECULATION LIST — Education: Joel Klein (NYC), Linda Darling-Hammond, Kathleen Sebelius, Colin Powell, Jim Hunt, Arne Duncan, Inez Tenenbaum, Michael Bennett, George Miller, Gaston Caperton (fmr WV gov), Bambi Cardenas (pres, U TX-Pan Am, Susan Castillo (OR supt), Michael Cohen (pres, Achieve), Christopher Edley (dean, UC-Berkeley), Michael Johnston (dir, Mapleton Expeditionary Schl…
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December 3, 2008
Entergy Press Release on Jim Hood’s changing legal tactics
Entergy Mississippi, Inc. is encouraged that the office of the attorney general withdrew its demand for 30 years’ worth of information from the company today, but stated that a lawsuit filed against the utility instead does nothing to change the company’s stance that the proper forum for resolving the issues raised is through the Mississippi…
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December 3, 2008
Sid Salter hammers PSC & Jim Hood over Entergy matter
Pursuing Entergy, Hood exposes PSC’s inability to regulate Regardless of Hood’s motivation for pursuing Entergy on allegations that the utility buys fuel and power from other Entergy subsidiaries at a higher price than it could on the open market and then passes those costs along to customers, his investigation has raised an issue that is…
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December 3, 2008
Jackson City Council approves bond worth $27 million for street and bridges
The Jackson City Council approved a bond worth about $27 million for street renovations and bridge repairs at a meeting today. The bond is the largest infusion of money into the city’s streets program in years. From 1997 until 2008, the city spent $12.3 million on street resurfacing. Thelman Boyd, the public works director, said…
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December 23, 2025
Coast Guard returning full operations to its Pascagoula station
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 23, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education launches AI pilot program in 15 school districts
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December 23, 2025
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
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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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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Marilyn Tinnin
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December 24, 2025
The Nutcracker: An enduring Christmas tradition
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Alistair Begg
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December 24, 2025
Prophecy fulfilled
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 23, 2025
The Singing Christmas Tree: A Belhaven tradition and a Mississippi legacy
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Sid Salter
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December 24, 2025
Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s
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Donna Akers
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December 23, 2025
The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back
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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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