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June 20, 2008
Melton and Council Still at Odds over Summer Jobs
WLBT, 6/19/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton says his summer jobs program is back on track, though the city council would disagree. The City of Ridgeland has paid Jackson $1.2 million in arrears for service from the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, and the mayor wants to use some of that cash to employ 300 teenagers.…
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June 20, 2008
Council rejects Melton’s jobs plan
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/18/8 In an emotionally charged atmosphere Tuesday night, Mayor Frank Melton accused City Council members of callous indifference to the plight of young people, and council members bickered over the financial strength of the city. But after more than an hour of debate and political grandstanding, the mayor’s plan to spend up to…
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June 20, 2008
Legislative pay: Should not be politically hot
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/20/8 The required annual report on legislative pay is out, which usually brings on criticism of how much public officials are paid. For the record, state taxpayers were paid about $19 million to operate the Legislature last year, which includes pay and travel for the 174 members of the Legislature, legislative staff,…
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June 20, 2008
Medicaid: Tensions rising, solutions still elusive
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/20/8 After closed-door meetings Thursday between Gov. Haley Barbour, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, House Speaker Billy McCoy and Senate and House leaders in the trenches of the ongoing battle to fund a $90 million Medicaid deficit, leaders emerged using words like “progress” and “optimism.” But it is obvious that as the June…
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June 20, 2008
To drill or not to drill?
The Hattiesburg American, 6/20/8 Some say it is exactly the clarion call that the country needs to heed in the age of $4-a-gallon gasoline. Others place it in the category of brazen politics, a lead straw thrown to a nation drowning in the higher energy costs. President George W. Bush’s request of Congress this week…
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June 20, 2008
Legislative tab tops $19M for year’s time
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/19/8 Mississippi taxpayers are footing the bill for more than $19 million in legislative expenses, including salaries and travel expenses, over a one-year period that ended in April, according to the state auditor’s annual report. Last year, it cost more than $18 million in total expenses for state lawmakers, legislative pages, assistants and…
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June 20, 2008
House bill breaks logjam on rebuilding public housing
The Sun Herald, 6/19/8 Just two weeks after a critical joint House committee hearing, the House on Wednesday approved a bill to break a federal impasse on rebuilding public housing after a disaster. The bill, which was done on a bipartisan basis and passed on a voice vote, removes a conflict between FEMA and the…
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June 20, 2008
Amicable Medicaid pact eludes lawmakers
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/19/8 A long-term funding solution for Medicaid remained unresolved today after a meeting between Gov. Haley Barbour and legislative leaders failed to produce results. A long-term funding solution for Medicaid remained unresolved today after a meeting between Gov. Haley Barbour and legislative leaders failed to produce results. Their meeting convened a week before…
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June 20, 2008
GREGG ELLIS:SEC has its skeptics … and lots of hardware, too
GREGG ELLIS:SEC has its skeptics … and lots of hardware, too TUPELO – OK, Green Bay owns first rights on the “Titletown” moniker. No arguing that point. But if there’s a conference that’s just as worthy of such a description, it’s the SEC. Down here in the South, y’all have been sayin’ all along that…
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June 20, 2008
College Football: Coaches of the Future—Sun Belt, FCS, and NFL
College Football: Coaches of the Future—Sun Belt, FCS, and NFL One of the most interesting things for diehard college coaching fans to discuss is who is next in line for a BCS job. For the next couple of weeks, CGB will be discussing some future BCS head coaching candidates who have yet to receive a…
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June 20, 2008
U.S. lawmakers try to stop Katrina funds from going to port
U.S. lawmakers try to stop Katrina funds from going to port Rep. Bennie Thompson and other lawmakers have asked a key House committee to block Gov. Haley Barbour’s move to redirect $600 million in hurricane housing money toward enlarging the Port of Gulfport. “This transfer is unreasonable in light of the fact that the state…
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June 20, 2008
Sanctuary Hospice case gets even more weird
North Miss. doctor charged with cyber stalking Dr. Paul White, the medical director of Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, was arrested Thursday on two counts of cyber stalking, according Attorney General Jim Hood’s office. White, 51, had been charged in a 33-count indictment in April that accused him of neglecting patients and aiding and abetting…
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February 6, 2026
House passes two medical cannabis-related bills onto Senate
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February 6, 2026
U.S. births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived
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February 6, 2026
Mississippi Senators want FEMA to halt implementation of Biden-era NFIP Risk Rating system
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February 6, 2026
Karman Space and Defense acquires Gulfport’s Seemann Composites, Material Sciences
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Frank Corder
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February 3, 2026
Siemens Energy investing up to $300 million in new high-voltage switchgear facility in Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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January 27, 2026
Nike announces layoffs in Mississippi, Tennessee
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Robert St. John
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February 9, 2026
28 degrees and warm all day
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Alistair Begg
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February 9, 2026
What’s the point of suffering?
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Matt Friedeman
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February 8, 2026
The definition of “Real Talent”
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Grace Breazeale
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February 4, 2026
The Weight They Carry: Life as a teacher in Mississippi
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Corey DeAngelis
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February 4, 2026
Mississippi Senate betrays families
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Sid Salter
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February 4, 2026
Talented Guy Hovis orchestrated a memorable Neshoba County Fair day in 2000
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