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May 28, 2008
SEC schedule should be fair
SEC schedule should be fair The SEC spring meetings, which begin this week, always bring out the constructive critic in me. Today’s target: the SEC football schedule. The SEC could improve its method of determining division champions. That would mean putting an end to non-divisional rivalries on an annual basis. Translation: Tennessee and Alabama wouldn’t…
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May 28, 2008
Gov. pushes hospital tax
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/27/8 Backed by hospital officials who reiterated their support for a cigarette tax hike, Gov. Haley Barbour urged lawmakers today to approve a complicated hospital tax plan to solve Medicaid funding woes. But some Democrats voiced skepticism after listening to the plan during Barbour’s news conference. A key House leader said “extensive hearings”…
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May 28, 2008
Mayor Plans to Pull Plug on Farish Street Development
WLBT, 5/27/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton says he’s disappointed with the contractor in charge of developing Farish Street. And he plans to do something about it. Melton plans to ask the City Council to pull the contract for the redevelopment of Farish Street. He says the company hasn’t been performing. The mayor says he’s putting…
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May 28, 2008
Scruggs Nation, May 27
The Insurance Coverage Blog, 5/27/8 I know, I know, citizens of the Scruggs Nation, I know. You will see this post and be stricken with nostalgia for the days of the 20,000-word Scruggs Nation posts, the ones that took me five hours to write, the days when the feds were rattling, the Scruggs was battling…
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May 28, 2008
Fla. Kindergartener Voted Out By Students
Melissa Barton says Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo had her son’s classmates say what they didn’t like about 5-year-old Alex. She says the teacher then had the students vote, and voted Alex, who is being evaluated for Asperger’s syndrome — an autism spectrum disorder — out of the class by a 14-2 margin.
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May 28, 2008
Obama wrong about Auschwitz claim
RNC hits Obama over Auschwitz claim, Obama camp responds The Republican National Committee accused Barack Obama Tuesday of a lack of judgment after the Illinois senator mistakenly said that his uncle helped liberate the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz while serving in the American military during World War II. In fact, that concentration camp was liberated…
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May 28, 2008
Barbour adds Medicaid to special session agenda
Barbour adds Medicaid to special session agenda Barbour told lawmakers over the Memorial Day weekend that officials with Medicaid and the Mississippi Hospital Association have agreed on a plan to tax hospitals to fill a $90 million hole the health insurance program faces each year. Details of the plan have not been made public. Barbour…
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May 28, 2008
Q&A With Urban Meyer
Q&A With Urban Meyer Florida football coach Urban Meyer’s early summer was altered this year by the new NCAA rule that prohibits head coaches from going on the road to recruit. But Meyer is staying busy and keeping tabs on his players, mostly through strength and conditioning coordinator Mickey Marotti. Veteran Sun football beat writer…
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May 27, 2008
College Football – Plenty of questions as summer begins
College Football – Plenty of questions as summer begins We’re less than 100 days from the start of the college football season (thank goodness, though it is sort of sad to admit we’re keeping track). As we prepare to enter the dog days of summer, here are the 10 questions – in no particular order…
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May 27, 2008
Southern Miss RB Fletcher is a rising star
Southern Miss RB Fletcher is a rising star Even though he’s a year or two away from beginning his pro career, Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher admits he paid close attention to this year’s NFL Draft. Conference USA had a running back selected in each of the first three rounds. The Tennessee Titans took…
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May 27, 2008
Burden on Dean to bring harmony
Burden on Dean to bring harmony Dean’s strategy never looked better than it did earlier this month, when Democrat Travis Childers won a special congressional election in a conservative Mississippi district. Because of Dean, the Mississippi state party was prepared to help, including Terry Cassreino, a veteran Mississippi political columnist who became the state party’s…
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May 27, 2008
Overrated-underrated: Sayers, you say? Bush just overblown
Overrated-underrated: Sayers, you say? Bush just overblown Is two years in the NFL enough to earn somebody overrated honors? It is for Reggie Bush. Bush came into the league as a player many expected to be a Marshall Faulk-type of runner, a home-run threat every time he touched the ball, a star in the passing…
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May 7, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 7, 2025
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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May 6, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now
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Daniel Tyson
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May 6, 2025
Five human trafficking victims recovered in Southaven
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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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Richelle Putnam
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May 7, 2025
Mississippi Arts: The Jimmie Rodgers Festival and Museum
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 7, 2025
Our quiet dwelling place
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 6, 2025
Elvis Presley’s Roots: A journey to the heart of rock ‘n’ roll in Tupelo
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Kimberly Ross
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May 6, 2025
Abortion pills are dangerous. Amber Nicole Thurman’s death is proof
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Douglas Carswell
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May 6, 2025
Tariffs: Why you should fear them
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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