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May 10, 2008
Can anyone crash the SEC big six’s party?
Can anyone crash the SEC big six’s party? Georgia is certain to be the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference football championship in 2008. Florida, LSU and Auburn will probably get lots of love. Some believe Alabama and/or Tennessee could make a run. Being picked to win the championship at SEC Media Days has…
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May 10, 2008
College sports get academic wake-up call
College sports get academic wake-up call IN TRADING JOHN Deere caps for dunce caps, the Washington State football program suffered more than a fashion gaffe. The Cougars became some of the first of many refugees after the earthquake that just hit big-time college sports. Worse, they have a Husky to blame. Well, ex-Husky. Former Washington…
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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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Jeremy Pittari
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September 30, 2026
Narcotics unit investigating Ole Miss deaths urges Mississippi lawmakers to act on state’s controlled substance laws
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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September 30, 2026
Inflation cooled slightly last month even as consumers stepped up spending
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Cass Rutledge
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September 30, 2026
Mississippi 12th in U.S. for doing business in 2026
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Cass Rutledge
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September 25, 2026
A&W Custom Furniture expanding in Okolona, adding 20 jobs
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Frank Corder
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September 24, 2026
England-based SubSea Craft expanding operations, locating U.S. facility on Mississippi Coast
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Cass Rutledge
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September 23, 2026
Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area
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Susan Marquez
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September 30, 2026
Jackson’s own Cassandra Wilson, one of the most successful female jazz singers in modern history
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Alistair Begg
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September 30, 2026
Will He find fruit?
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Frank Corder
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September 29, 2026
Mississippi Senators Wicker, Hyde-Smith back Protect College Sport Act
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Roger Wicker
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September 28, 2026
Putin must be defeated
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Sid Salter
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September 23, 2026
Midterm elections in Mississippi shaping up as a familiar exercise in black-and-white
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Bill Cork
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September 22, 2026
The states winning investment are the states ready to deliver
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