Skip to content
News
Business
Culture
Opinion
Issues
About
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Sponsorship
Y’all Archive
Search
Donate
News
Opinion
Business
Culture
About Us
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Magnolia Tribune
This article was produced by Magnolia Tribune staff.
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
Contentious vote avoided over abortion, underage sex legislation
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/17/8 The Mississippi House and Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, avoided what could have been a contentious rules fight Wednesday over a wide-ranging bill dealing with abortion and underage sexual activity. McCoy, who was elected speaker earlier this year by a narrow 63-61 vote, agreed to establish a special committee to…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
Medicaid compromise may have been found
The Sun Herald, 4/17/8 Some lawmakers say they might cobble together a Medicaid budget, but it could have a built-in deficit that will have to be plugged a year from now. “It’s just a small hole, and we’ve got the money to back it up with,” said House Appropriations Committee Chair Johnny Stringer, D-Montrose. Stringer…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
Consequences
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 4/17/8 Legislative passage and pending gubernatorial enactment of a law that would empower the state to remove school superintendents whose districts underperform under law for two consecutive years advances the cause of accountability and school adequacy. The bill that passed differs substantially from the abolition of elected superintendents, sought…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
Mud flies in race for U.S. House
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/17/8 Some political mud sticks and some doesn’t in the white-hot 1st Congressional District race. The accusations are flying between Travis Childers of Booneville and Greg Davis of Southaven, who are on the ballot Tuesday with two other candidates. Childers and Davis were their party nominees in the April 1…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
NRSC takes shot at Ronnie Musgrove (D) – Will he support Obama?
RSCC 4/17/8
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
Barbour gets superintendent bill
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/16/8 The state could remove school superintendents in low-performing districts under legislation that passed the House and Senate Tuesday and is heading to Gov. Haley Barbour. The legislation has strong backing from the state Board of Education and the Mississippi Economic Council as possibly part of the puzzle to improving…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
Both Parties Invest in Tuesday’s Mississippi House Special
CQ Politics, 4/17/8 National attention is flowing into Mississippi’s usually Republican-friendly 1st Congressional District in advance of next Tuesday’s House special election. The blitz of spending by the parties’ House campaign committees is a signal that Republicans, defending the seat that GOP Rep. Roger Wicker vacated when he was appointed to the Senate, view local…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
Todd Graves “categorically” denies meeting while US Attorney
Todd Graves “categorically” denies meeting while US Attorney “I can’t more categorically or unequivocally say that’s…absolutely ridiculous,” Graves told Prime Buzz. “Someone pieced together three things that don’t go together,” he said. “March 11 (the day of the alleged meeting) was a Saturday. I was at Disney World,” Graves said. The meeting, referred to in…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
Corrections to story about Lackey, Moore, Stallings
Corrections to story about Lackey, Moore, Stallings On the stand, Lackey said he had heard that because Hood didn’t want to settle a claims dispute with State Farm Insurance, Moore and Scruggs got mad, with Scruggs’ threatening to find a campaign opponent for Hood in the 2007 statewide election, just like he had done to…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
FOLO – Oxford reporters scoop like fiends!
Guys, [Stallings’ boss, District Attorney] Ben Creekmore told me Stallings never texted Moore and does not have text message capability. Creekmore was not sure why Patsy ran a one-side story without contacting his office. Why would Stallings say Lackey was lying, he has to appear before Lackey regularly why would he accuse Lackey of lying…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – April 17: Trailer Lawyer identity crisis, more on Moore
Who is Trailer Todd? Question: can someone make me some bumper stickers that say “Who Is Trailer Todd?” I’ll hand them out as prizes to people who renew a two-year subscription to my blog. Who is Trailer Todd — inquiring minds want to know. Let’s step back just a bit to recall that Graves and…
Posts pagination
Prev
1
…
3,682
3,683
3,684
3,685
3,686
…
4,317
Next
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
April 17, 2008
LNL – Former business partners bear the sins of Scruggs
Former business partners bear the sins of Scruggs Jones’ attorneys said initially that they would call all the major players to testify in the state court case sanctions hearing, including Scruggs, as witnesses to determine who knew what, when. Scruggs invoked the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination more than 19 times, a fact that Jones’…
News
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
December 19, 2025
Additional funding sought to expand Miss. Dept. of Education’s coaching support program
News
|
Daniel Tyson
•
December 19, 2025
Lawmakers consider ways to assist with Mississippi military service members’ mental health struggles
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
December 19, 2025
Mississippi sees rise in K-12 teacher vacancies
Business
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
Culture
Culture
|
Matt Friedeman
•
December 21, 2025
The conspiracy of the insignificant
Culture
|
Brett Martel, Associated Press
•
December 19, 2025
Ole Miss bracing for a better Tulane team in College Football Playoff opener
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
December 19, 2025
His hands raised high
Opinion
Opinion
|
Kelley Williams
•
December 19, 2025
Cliff Notes for Corps speak
Opinion
|
Sid Salter
•
December 17, 2025
PERS pension concerns remain volatile for state lawmakers in 2026 as markets rumble
Opinion
|
Kimberly Ross
•
December 16, 2025
Lessons from Luigi: Quit lionizing cold-blooded murderers
All the latest delivered to your inbox!
Comments
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Email
(Required)
By joining our newsletter, you are confirming that you agree with the
Privacy Policy
Cat Title
|
Author
•
Date
Title Placeholder
