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August 12, 2008
Cindy Sheehan qualifies to run for Pelosi’s seat
Cindy Sheehan, an icon of the anti-war movement, has qualified to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress. Sheehan, 51, says Pelosi failed to persuade her party to end funding for the Iraq war after Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2006 midterm elections. She also accused the speaker of failing…
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August 12, 2008
There are ducks at the beef plant? Really?
The good folks over at Y’all Politics post about it, and the commenters start in about walking and sounding like a duck. Recent attacks on job losses are unfounded. Attacks on his fiscal record are taken out of context. The fact that neither Minor nor Scruggs had been accused of jack squat when they donated…
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August 12, 2008
Inconsistencies Raise Concerns Edwards May Still Be Lying About Affair
John Edwards’ explanation of his affair with videographer Rielle Hunter includes several apparent inconsistencies, which grate against his assertion that he was telling “99 percent” of the truth before coming clean Friday in a confessional interview. Edwards admitted to the affair with Hunter, saying it began in 2006. He denied it for months it following…
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August 12, 2008
The Beef Plant Scandal and Ronnie Musgrove
There's definitely smoke . . . but is there fire? by Alan Lange 8/11/8
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August 12, 2008
CL – Musgrove has not been accused of any wrongdoing
A Georgia businessman charged in connection with the beef plant debacle that cost Mississippi taxpayers millions of dollars pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to corruptly influence a public official. Robert Moultrie, chairman and chief executive of the Facility Group of Smyrna, Ga., admitted that he gave $25,000 in campaign contributions to the…
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August 12, 2008
LLOYD GRAY:Wicker must win big in 1st District to beat Musgrove
The matchup between Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove is the first competitive U.S. Senate race in Mississippi in 20 years. This is a state that changes senators very rarely; we’d had only two transitions in the last 65 years before Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Wicker last Dec. 31 to replace Trent Lott. In spite of…
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August 12, 2008
UPDATE: Key Beef Plant defendant pleads guilty
UPDATE: Key Beef Plant defendant pleads guilty Robert Moultrie, chairman and chief executive officer of The Facility Group of Smyrna, Ga., entered a plea before Chief Judge Michael P. Mills, admitting he gave $25,000 to an elected “public official” for that person’s good will and future considerations connected to his company work on the beef…
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August 12, 2008
Obama fires back at McCain’s hardest hitting criticism
In a presidential campaign freighted with war, recession and energy woes, a jibe featuring Paris Hilton, of all things, seems to have struck a nerve in Democrat Barack Obama. For the second time in two weeks, he aired a TV ad Monday rebutting Republican John McCain’s claim that Obama is little more than a celebrity,…
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August 12, 2008
BREAKING – Moultrie Pleads Guilty in Beef Plant case
Robert Moultrie has withdrawn his plea of not guilty and has pleaded to a one-count information in the Beef Plant case. Moultrie has a max of 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Information Beef Plant Plea Fact Basis In August, 2003, to complete the amount contemplated in the July fund raiser, Moultrie caused the PAC…
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August 11, 2008
WSJ – Cigarette Tax Burnout
Cigarette Tax Burnout Maryland is only the latest state to prove the folly of trying to finance government with a tax on a shrinking pool of smokers. In New York City and State, tobacco taxes have been raised so many times that the retail cost can exceed $9 a pack — about double the national…
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August 11, 2008
Reports: Political clout swayed bio lab
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/11/8 The Homeland Security Department swept aside evaluations of government experts and named Mississippi – home to powerful U.S. lawmakers with sway over the agency – as a top location for a new $451 million, national laboratory to study some of the world’s most virulent biological threats, according to internal documents obtained by…
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August 11, 2008
Hospitals’ attorney says plan is illegal
The Sun Herald, 8/10/8 Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to pay for Medicaid violates state and federal laws, according to attorneys for nearly 40 hospitals. The hospitals have not legally challenged the proposal that would increase their taxes, cut Medicaid reimbursements and replace the cuts with federal money associated with the health care program. But they…
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May 1, 2026
Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown
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Daniel Tyson
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May 1, 2026
Federal judge temporarily blocks new Metro Jackson Water Authority
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May 1, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: May 1, 2026
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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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Frank Corder
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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
Culture
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Marilyn Tinnin
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May 1, 2026
The tragic history of Windsor
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Alistair Begg
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May 1, 2026
A disciple of Christ
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Susan Marquez
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April 30, 2026
Rediscover the original Solly’s Hot Tamales in Vicksburg
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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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Russ Latino
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April 29, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court’s voting rights decision carries big implications for Mississippi
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Sid Salter
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April 29, 2026
Reeves’ decision to preemptively call a special session for judicial redistricting is shrewd
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