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May 17, 2008
Childers likely will be sworn in next week
Childers likely will be sworn in next week Democrat Travis Childers hopes to be sworn in to Congress early next week. Before then, though, he says he’ll have a staff member working in Washington to reopen the Capitol Hill office that had been occupied by the north Mississippi’s former representative, Republican Roger Wicker. Clarion Ledger…
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May 17, 2008
Energy, ed bills prove divisive
Energy, ed bills prove divisive Senate Bill 2793 gives public service commissioners the authority to grant rate hikes to utility companies during the planning and building of additional plants. Previously, rate increases could be granted only after plants are operating. Entergy is considering building another nuclear plant next to Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant at Port…
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May 17, 2008
Barbour asked to OK takeover of school district
Barbour asked to OK takeover of school district Clarion Ledger 5/17/8
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May 17, 2008
Governor calls special session on Medicaid, MDES and Metal Theft
Governor Haley Barbour said Friday he will call Mississippi lawmakers to the State Capitol for a Special Session beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, to consider re-authorizing the Mississippi Department of Employment Security and other subjects. “It is critical that the Mississippi Department of Employment Security be reauthorized,” Governor Barbour said. MDES…
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May 17, 2008
Chicago Tribune – Scruggs ordered to turn over some records to State Farm
Scruggs ordered to turn over some records to State Farm A federal judge has ordered attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs to turn over policyholder records to State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. within 15 days. The judge said Scruggs must turn over: — All communications between Scruggs and the first engineer who found wind damage, Brian…
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May 17, 2008
Appeals court to weigh execution
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/16/8 Attorneys for condemned killer Earl Wesley Berry moved one of his appeals to a higher court Thursday, renewing an argument that has saved mentally retarded inmates from execution. Their request of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay of execution came hours after the Mississippi Supreme Court rejected arguments…
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May 17, 2008
State to take over schools
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/16/8 The Mississippi Board of Education is expected to clear the way today for the takeover of the embattled Hazlehurst Municipal School District, a measure used only in emergencies. Critical academic and financial problems prompted the state to expedite the takeover process, officials say. The education department’s Commission on School Accreditation -which makes…
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May 17, 2008
Insurance chief’s remark ridiculed
The Sun Herald, 5/15/8 Coast readers of the Sun Herald want to know who Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney thinks he’s fooling when he says that state wind pool premiums will approach pre-Katrina levels in June. “They are closer to pre-Katrina levels except that they are 75 percent more expensive,” one reader commented at sunherald.com. “C’mon.…
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May 17, 2008
County will resubmit siren-grant application
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/16/8 Hinds County has been instructed to resubmit its federal grant application seeking $1.6 million to replace 62 warning sirens. Some of the sirens didn’t work when tornadoes swept through the area on April 4. At least 16 sirens are not working now. County Emergency Operations Director Larry Fisher said he will resubmit…
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May 17, 2008
Miss. senators defy White House, vote for farm bill
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/16/8 Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker joined most of their GOP colleagues on Thursday in voting for a massive farm bill that has drawn a veto threat from President Bush. The bill would safeguard the federal cotton program, which was under attack by groups that wanted to cut subsidies. But it would…
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May 17, 2008
$1.7 Billion In Katrina Grants Remain Unspent
WAPT, 5/16/8 The Mississippi Gulf Coast was devastated by Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2005. Now, two years and nine months later, state officials said that it will take just as long to dispense the billions of dollars in Katrina aid promised by the federal government. “To a certain extent we’re breaking new ground, but…
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May 17, 2008
Special session: Agency a pawn in ad dispute
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/16/8 The House Ways and Means Committee is within its rights to consider how much the state spends each year on advertising, and lawmakers are within their rights to scrutinize the state’s employment agency. But combining both is counterproductive. The committee met Wednesday to discuss the state Department of Employment Security, and…
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April 27, 2026
Thompson endorsed by SPLC Action Fund
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Daniel Tyson
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April 27, 2026
City officials envision smaller, more cost-effective Jackson Zoo
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Frank Corder
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April 27, 2026
Mississippi Democrats decry governor’s special session call for state Supreme Court redistricting
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Robert St. John
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April 27, 2026
Between the Arctic and Africa
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Alistair Begg
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April 27, 2026
God rested
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Matt Friedeman
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April 26, 2026
Combatting ‘Ghost Christianity’
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Roger Wicker
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April 24, 2026
Finish the job In Iran, but don’t forget China
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Lesley Davis
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April 23, 2026
He Didn’t Even Hesitate: Mississippi’s Jake Mangum, America’s pastime, and the culture that still unites us
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Kelley Williams
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April 23, 2026
An ounce of prevention
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