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August 2, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour’s Medicaid Plan – verbatim
Governor Haley Barbour today announced a federal agency has given the green light to an administrative solution for funding the Mississippi Medicaid program that is consistent with current state and federal law and can be implemented without legislative action. The new solution means funds cut from reimbursement payments to hospitals will be replaced in like…
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August 2, 2008
REDBLUE – Obama — Vote shopping with OPM
Obama — Vote shopping with OPM Barack Obama announced today his so-called “Emergency Economic Plan”. It might better be called “Redistribution for the 21st Century”. Obama’s plan, released just three months before the election, is to give every taxpaying family in America (drumroll here) $1,000 of free money! He will get that money by taking…
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August 2, 2008
Dems go home, but Republicans stay and protest adjournment with no gas fix
The microphones were off, the House had stopped TV feeds to C-Span and the lights dimmed after the pre-noon vote to adjourn for the August recess. That didn’t deter Republicans, who one after another rose to demand that Congress stay in session until it does something about high gas prices. Unlike a normal session where…
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August 2, 2008
BREAKING – Scruggs may have supplied all of the ammo needed to dismiss Qui Tam suit
There has been a lot of movement on the civil side of the Dickie Scruggs et. al. juggernaut this week. We have had the leaks of sealed documents by Dickie Scruggs to ABC/CBS/AP/NYT in the Qui Tam case revealed in the McIntosh case earlier in the week. In the Qui Tam case, the depositions of…
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August 2, 2008
Governor Barbour begins to execute an end-run ’round the Legislature on Medicaid
Barbour unveils new Medicaid funding plan Gov. Haley Barbour unveiled a new plan late Friday to fill a hole in the state Medicaid budget by shuffling existing assessments on hospitals. The new plan allows him to bypass the state Legislature. Barbour and House leaders had been unable to reach an agreement for nearly two months…
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August 1, 2008
Obama wants Oil Co. profits to subsidize his emergency economic plan
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Friday announced an “Emergency Economic Plan” that would give families a stimulus check of $1,000 each, funded in part by what his presidential campaign calls “windfall profits from Big Oil.” Separately, Obama’s plan includes a $50 billion stimulus package that his campaign claims would save more than 1 million jobs.…
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August 1, 2008
Thad Cochran To Take Over Powerful Defense Subcommittee For Stevens
Thad Cochran To Take Over Powerful Defense Subcommittee For Stevens Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will take over from indicted Sen. Ted Stevens on powerful Defense subcommittee on the Senate Appropriations Committee, according to Republican aides. “Sen. Cochran will assume the position of Ranking Member of the Defense subcommittee through the end of this Congress or…
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August 1, 2008
Thoughts on Neshoba 2008
Even in an "off" year, it's pretty interesting by Alan Lange
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August 1, 2008
Gov. blasts Dems, touts McCain run
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/1/8 Gov. Haley Barbour blasted Democrats and urged fair-goers to support Sen. John McCain and other Republicans this fall in a speech interrupted by a heckler Thursday. Some political analysts said Barbour’s comments likely resonated with his audience at the Neshoba County Fair since those who visit the annual event usually vote with…
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August 1, 2008
Feds: Bribery appeal invalid
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/1/8 Attorney Paul Minor’s allegations he was the target of a politicized U.S. Justice Department that railroaded him into a bribery conviction are based on “wild speculation and innuendo,” federal prosecutors argue in court papers. Minor, 62, built a national reputation and amassed a fortune by suing tobacco, asbestos and other companies. He…
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August 1, 2008
Planned Medicaid cuts to be revised
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/1/8 House Democrats reiterated their objection to Medicaid cuts after Gov. Haley Barbour said Thursday he soon will announce a revised plan to slash the health-care program that serves almost 600,000 Mississippians. Barbour provided few details during a speech at the Neshoba County Fair and interviews with reporters afterward. He told fair-goers Medicaid,…
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August 1, 2008
Medicaid: Why not hike tobacco tax anyway?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/1/8 While Gov. Haley Barbour fine tunes his surprise plan to avoid cuts in Medicaid – which he sprang at the Neshoba County Fair Thursday – perhaps lawmakers can find a way to avoid wasting any more of the taxpayers’ money in a stalemated special session. Barbour told the Fair crowd that…
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May 13, 2025
House Republicans launch marathon hearings to push ahead with Trump’s big bill
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Frank Corder
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May 13, 2025
Keating, Williams-Barnes vying to be next Mayor of Gulfport
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May 13, 2025
Trump says he will ease sanctions on Syria, moves to restore relations with new leader
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 13, 2025
Discover Mississippi: Gulf Coast Gator Ranch and Tours
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Ben Smith
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May 13, 2025
Cotton Grove Road
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 13, 2025
The benefit of trials
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Kelley Williams
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May 12, 2025
Bad energy policy represents risk to ratepayers
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Bill Crawford
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May 11, 2025
State still hugs bottom as education advances
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Roger Wicker
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May 9, 2025
Trump-Zelensky agreement could be pivotal moment toward ending Putin’s war
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