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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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August 1, 2008
EDITORIAL:Medicaid ax
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 8/1/8 The sudden change in direction by the Barbour administration on plans to cut Medicaid spending by $375 million is only the latest twist in a complex situation involving power politics, strategy, and the urgent need to fully fund the health care insurance program for Mississippi’s poorest residents. The…
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August 1, 2008
Coast heckler interrupts Barbour
The Sun Herald, 8/1/8 A Coast Democratic leader was escorted from the crowd watching Gov. Haley Barbour speak at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday after she repeatedly yelled the name of the victim of a murderer Barbour recently freed from prison after the convict was a trusty at the Governor’s Mansion. As Barbour began…
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August 1, 2008
LSU ranked No. 6 in first coaches’ poll
http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/26173539.html LSU opens the season ranked No. 6 in the USA Today coaches’ poll. The Tigers received three first-place votes. LSU is ranked behind two of its SEC foes – No. 1 Georgia and No. 5 Florida. The Bulldogs received 22 of 61 first-place votes. The Gators received five No. 1 tallies. Southern California (14…
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August 1, 2008
Southern Miss Football Team Reports as the Larry Fedora Era Begins
http://www.fox40now.com/sports/26165469.html Football players reported on campus at the University of Southern Mississippi Thursday afternoon in preparation for the beginning of fall camp. The players checked in, got fitted for equipment and newcomers went through physical examinations, before going through a series of meetings late in the afternoon and evening – one of which included an…
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August 1, 2008
Murphy flies to Mississippi to talk with Favre
http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2008/07/31/murphy_flies_to_mississippi_to_talk_with_favre/ Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy traveled to Mississippi to meet with quarterback Brett Favre and his agent, James “Bus” Cook, yesterday in an apparent attempt to talk Favre out of reporting to camp later this week. Meanwhile, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell took no action on Favre’s request for reinstatement – giving the sides…
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August 1, 2008
Gallo Notes-“It Should Be A Sin”
Gallo Notes-August 1st, 2008 For Liberals to wrongly use the line, “It’s a tax on sick people” should be a sin. Sooner or later the people of Northeast Mississippi will see through Speaker McCoy for what he really is-a ruthless Yellow-Dog liberal. How else can you explain any politician who stands before the cameras and…
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August 1, 2008
Gallo Notes-“It Should Be A Sin”
Gallo Notes- August 1, 2008 For Liberals to wrongly use the line, “It’s a tax on sick people” should be a sin. Sooner or later the people of Northeast Mississippi will see through Speaker McCoy for what he really is-a ruthless Yellow-Dog liberal. How else can you explain any politician who stands before the cameras…
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August 1, 2008
Hood, Pickering speak at Fair
Auditor touts his office’s efforts at accountability Stacey Pickering came to the Neshoba County Fair with a report card on his first seven months as state auditor, chiefly pointing to success with a college intern program and training for public officials. He also came to endorse Tupelo’s Roger Wicker for U.S Senate, saying Mississippi needs…
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August 1, 2008
Medicaid — A Mystery of Shakespearean Proportion
In the lighthearted movie “Shakespeare in Love”, a hapless producer named Henslowe is trying to keep his theatre in business. He is accosted by two henchmen and his loan shark, who threaten grave injury to Henslowe unless he pays up. When asked how he intends to work things out despite his theatre being closed down…
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August 1, 2008
Scruggs and Rigsby update: dynamite depositions
What other illegalities has Richard (“Dickie”) Scruggs committed besides the one that’s sending him to prison? According to the AP’s Holbrook Mohr (via), in Scruggs’s deposition in the ongoing McIntosh v. State Farm lawsuit, the insurer’s attorneys “‘alleged activity of a criminal nature against both of the Scruggses,’ according to a motion filed Friday by…
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August 1, 2008
Governor Barbour’s Neshoba County Fair Speech
It is great to be back at the Fair. And I’m grateful for this cold snap – only 93 in the shade! As a lot of you have already noticed, this is my first time at the Fair in more than 25 years without my trophy wife, Marsha. On Monday, Marsha underwent surgery to remove…
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September 11, 2025
Ole Miss executive staff member shared a post suggesting Charlie Kirk had it coming. She’s no longer employed
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Daniel Tyson
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September 11, 2025
Domtar shuttering Grenada paper mill, impacting more than 150 employees
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September 11, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: September 11, 2025
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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September 11, 2025
US inflation worsened last month as the cost of gas, food and airfares jumped
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September 10, 2025
U.S. supply chain prices unexpectedly fell 0.1% in August
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September 5, 2025
Hiring stalls with US companies reluctant to expand in an uncertain economic landscape
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Laura Lee Leathers
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September 11, 2025
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: The Handpie Guy
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Alistair Begg
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September 11, 2025
The subtle influence of error
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 10, 2025
Twists, Turns, and Masterpieces: Exploring the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum
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Kimberly Ross
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September 11, 2025
Misapplied rage permeates throughout modern society
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Russ Latino
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September 10, 2025
The assassination of Charlie Kirk presents a turning point opportunity
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Sid Salter
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September 10, 2025
‘Walking Tall?’: Sordid allegations against legendary Tennessee sheriff are shocking
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