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May 9, 2008
State Lawmakers to discuss ad contracts
Lawmakers to discuss ad contracts Members of the House Ways and Means committee will meet Wednesday to talk about topics that will probably be included in an upcoming special session. The hearing begins at 9 a.m. in Room 201 at the Capitol. Partisan bickering over the contracts has stalled the reauthorization of a state agency…
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May 9, 2008
Lawmakers finish farm bill as White House repeats opposition
Lawmakers finish farm bill as White House repeats opposition Married couples with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million from their farm operation could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture Department’s food and farm programs. In some cases, farm couples with incomes totaling…
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May 9, 2008
Barbour to sign ethics reform bill
Barbour to sign ethics reform bill Gov. Haley Barbour will sign off on a bill that strengthens the state’s ethics regulations on Monday. Senate Bill 2983 passed the Senate on a 46-0 vote. Among reform efforts included in the bill: it will double the fine for ethics violations and require public officials — from senators…
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May 9, 2008
Justice Chuck Easley on Justice Ann Lamar
Justice Chuck Easley on Justice Ann Lamar News is now that Easley will drop out of the race for his own seat, and will instead only challenge his colleague, Justice Lamar. Strange doings all that, for sure. Even stranger, that Easley is running against a colleague on the Court of whom he said the following…
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May 9, 2008
Governor wraps up Gaming Summit with word on casino legislation
The Sun Herald, 5/9/8 Gov. Haley Barbour said today he will call up the bill to place a moratorium on casinos during the upcoming Special Session, but will only call the tax incentive bill for casinos to invest in non-gambling tourism projects if it has the needed support. “If it looks like we can get…
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May 9, 2008
House Dems hold hearing into Barbour’s use of storm grants
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/9/8 House Democrats on Thursday questioned Gov. Haley Barbour’s use of billions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina recovery grants, saying too little was done to rebuild low-income rental housing and help low-income homeowners. “Frankly, I’m not convinced that the state has met all of its housing needs,” said Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., chairwoman…
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May 9, 2008
$600M port plan taken to task
The Sun Herald, 5/9/8 Mississippi’s plans to transfer $600 million from post-Katrina housing assistance to restore the Port of Gulfport came under scrutiny in a congressional hearing Thursday as three lawmakers said the diversion hurts efforts to provide desperately needed housing for the state’s poor. Jack Norris, who heads Gov. Haley Barbour’s office for hurricane…
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May 9, 2008
Hood rejects offer to give up hospice case
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/9/8 Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday he will stay with the Sanctuary Hospice House case despite an offer by Lee County Prosecuting Attorney James D. Moore to handle the prosecution. Hood did acknowledge that turning over the case would have been an easy exit from one of the stickiest…
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May 9, 2008
Barbour, McCoy Tussle Over Ad Contracts, Employment Agency
WLOX, 5/7/8 Gov. Haley Barbour says some lawmakers are being “foolish and wrongheaded” to tie the fate of an employment agency to a dispute over state advertising. But House Speaker Billy McCoy says the governor should support a plan to bring more public scrutiny to how public dollars are spent. McCoy, D-Rienzi, said he wonders…
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May 9, 2008
FOLO – Judge Senter to State Farm: Brevity is the soul of wit.
Judge Senter to State Farm: Brevity is the soul of wit. Folks who have been following the Katrina cases have noticed that Judge Senter’s orders tend to say what they need to say and not add any unnecessary verbiage, to an unusual degree. Well, Judge Senter seems to follow a kind of golden rule. If…
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May 9, 2008
FOLO – Easley’s switcheroo confirmed
Easley’s switcheroo confirmed Lotus on FOLO received the following email: Chuck Easley has dropped out of the Supreme Court race for the post he currently holds and will only run for the post held by Justice Ann Lamar, thus making history. If no one qualifies for Easley’s current post, David Chandler will go in unopposed.…
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May 9, 2008
Jimmy Carter settles a big problem for Dems
Jimmy Carter settles a big problem for Dems Former president Jimmy Carter told Leno last night that the Democratic delegations from Florida and Michigan should not be seated at their national convention this year because they “disqualified themselves” by holding their primaries too early. I’m glad that is settled; it’s had the Democratic leadership all…
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May 14, 2025
House Republicans pull an all-nighter on Trump’s tax bill. There’s more work to do
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May 14, 2025
Democrats are deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, an AP-NORC poll finds
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May 14, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 14, 2025
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2025
Nissan says Canton factory strategically important as company announces workforce reductions
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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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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 15, 2025
Be sure
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M.C. Reid
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May 14, 2025
Pascagoula sailor Nelson Walker sets out for solo circumnavigation aboard Persimmon
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Richelle Putnam
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May 14, 2025
It all begins with a song: The heart of the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance
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Sid Salter
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May 14, 2025
MS Gaming: Legislative standoff over off-premises online sports betting continues
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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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