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April 4, 2008
Immigration: Legislature should reconsider bill
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/4/8 An old saying goes: “Legislate in haste, repent at leisure.” And Mississippi lawmakers are beginning to have second thoughts about an immigration bill they hastily approved this session and Gov. Haley Barbour imprudently signed into law. Lawmakers composed of a two-thirds majority of both chambers would be required to consider changing…
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April 4, 2008
Wicker, Cochran Gain Passage of Provision to Extend GO Zone Benefits
Wicker, Cochran Gain Passage of Provision to Extend GO Zone Benefits The approval of a provision to extend tax incentives included in the 2005 GO Zone legislation represents a huge victory for Gulf Coast residents wanting to rebuild, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran said today. The provision, initially offered as an amendment by…
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April 4, 2008
This is what the Left really thinks . . .
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April 4, 2008
WSJ – Small Victories for Tort Reform
Small Victories for Tort Reform Onerous as the legal fees are, the nastier cost is the loss of so many good things. Weiss’s former firm got companies to pay $45 billion in damages. That’s $45 billion that will not create new jobs or life-saving drugs. The fear also reduces options. After Dickie Scruggs filed his…
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April 4, 2008
RSLC – MS: Taxpayers or Class Action Lawyers: Hood Must Decide
MS: Taxpayers or Class Action Lawyers: Hood Must Decide Read the entire article…than ask yourself: If I were Mississippi’s Democrat A.G. Jim Hood – which hurts more in this situation – the rock, or the hard place? NEW YORK CITY – U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez chased criminal lawyers Joey Langston and Tim Balducci of…
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April 4, 2008
Governor vetoes House attempt to undermine tort reform
GOVERNOR VETOES HOUSE BILL 1240 Bill would undermine state’s efforts to end lawsuit abuse through Tort Reform Act of 2004 Governor Haley Barbour today vetoed House Bill 1240, saying the bill would undermine the comprehensive tort reform law he proposed and the Legislature passed in 2004. “I am vetoing House Bill 1240, whose enactment will…
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April 4, 2008
SH – Zach Scruggs appeals disbarment
Zach Scruggs appeals disbarment Attorney Zach Scruggs has followed the lead of his father, Dickie Scruggs, in asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to dismiss a formal complaint that seeks his disbarment. The Mississippi Bar has asked the court to disbar both attorneys because they recently pleaded guilty to felonies in a judicial bribery case, but…
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April 4, 2008
YP – Opinion in Langston v. Pickering in favor of Pickering
The opinion in Langston vs. Pickering in favor of the people of Mississippi represented by State Auditor Stacey Pickering. This decision moves the lawsuit back into Hinds County Circuit Court and presumably through the Mississippi apellate system, which will be a much friendlier venue for the taxpayers as represented by the Auditor.
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April 4, 2008
Scruggs’ former business partner fights sexual harassment suit
Scruggs’ former business partner fights sexual harassment suit Tuesday, Nutt and the firm Liston/Lancaster of Winona apparently reached a settlement with Houston firm Matthews & Associates. The three had teamed to bring complaints against prescription drug maker Pfizer over its diabetes drug Rezulin. The firms entered into an oral agreement then disagreed over how to…
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April 3, 2008
Harper Calls for Party Unity, Sets Sights on Democrats
Harper Calls for Party Unity, Sets Sights on Democrats “You don’t hear much from Democrat’s on Iraq right now,” said Harper, “because the surge has worked.” Harper congratulated the other Republican candidates for their well run campaigns and thanked his many supporters for their hard work. He congratulated them for the effort in helping transform…
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April 3, 2008
Now is not the time for legislature to give themselves a pay raise
Now is not the time for legislature to give themselves a pay raise A legislator should be motivated by policy interests, not career goals or financial reward. Allowing a pay raise at this time would move us in the wrong direction – toward a professional class of politicians. As of today, all provisions relating to…
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April 3, 2008
LNL – Scruggs’ former business partner fights sexual harassment suit
Scruggs’ former business partner fights sexual harassment suit The firm providing the financial support of the former Scruggs Katrina Group is trying to turn the tables on a former employee who filed a sexual harassment suit against it. Defendants led by trial lawyer David Nutt last week filed with a federal court a series of…
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September 19, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: September 19, 2025
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Frank Corder
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September 18, 2025
Autopsy findings show Delta State student’s manner of death was suicide
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 18, 2025
Change in U.S. Department of Education funding will mean more one-time funds for HBCUs
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September 17, 2025
Ridgeland-based HORNE to join BDO USA
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Lynne Jeter
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September 16, 2025
Port Pascagoula drives $18.3 billion in economic impact for Mississippi
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September 15, 2025
A framework deal on TikTok has been reached between the US and China
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 19, 2025
Discover treasures at Relics in Tupelo
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Alistair Begg
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September 19, 2025
Theology for life
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Susan Marquez
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September 18, 2025
Robert St. John roasted by Mississippi Press Foundation
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Russ Latino
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September 18, 2025
Kimmel’s “the FCC won’t let me be” moment
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Russ Latino
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September 18, 2025
Sticks and stones: Navigating ‘free speech’ after Charlie Kirk’s murder
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Sid Salter
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September 17, 2025
Nash’s book chronicles a new take on the realities of ‘Reconstruction in Mississippi’
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