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April 8, 2008
Legislature ’08: Personnel board bill should die
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/8/8 No one should lament the demise of the bill that would allow department heads at 25 state agencies to fire employees without the approval of the Personal Board. House Bill 870 – called the “job security” bill – has been the subject of intense spin by both sides in the debate.…
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April 8, 2008
Senate race: History wrapped in history as Obama, flag are factors
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/6/8 It has been 61 years since Mississippi was required to hold a special election for the purpose of filling the unexpired term of one of its United States Senate seats. It was in 1947 that a little known circuit judge from rural Kemper County named John C. Stennis emerged from a…
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April 8, 2008
Childers, Davis work to rebuild campaign war chests
Childers, Davis work to rebuild campaign war chests Childers may have outpolled Davis in the April 1 party runoffs – Childers at 20,729 to Davis’ 16,830, in separate primaries – but Davis still had a substantial lead in campaign money, federal reports show. Up to the runoff, Federal Election Commission financial reports showed: – Childers,…
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April 8, 2008
LNL – Scruggs’ actions cause disqualification of former business partners
Scruggs’ actions cause disqualification of former business partners Scruggs gave consulting jobs that carried $150,000 salaries to a pair of former Renfroe employees, Kerri Rigsby and Cori Rigsby Moran, the two sisters known for copying thousands of confidential documents and turning them over to Scruggs. “I have determined that disqualification is required because Scruggs, acting…
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April 8, 2008
FOLO – The Fifth Circuit reverses the punitive damages award in Broussard
The Fifth Circuit reverses the punitive damages award in Broussard The Fifth Circuit today entered an opinion reversing a punitive damages award in a State Farm case from Katrina, Broussard v. State Farm. The major issues turn on burden of proof and how that relates to Mississippi punitive damages law. I spent the evening writing…
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April 8, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Fifth Circuit reverses Broussard
Fifth Circuit reverses Broussard Here’s a pdf of the opinion, just out. Not much time right now to blog, but for now, this excerpt at the end of the case says it all: We REVERSE the judgment of the district court entering JMOL in favor of the Broussards. We REVERSE and VACATE the jury’s award…
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April 8, 2008
Saints sign cornerback Aaron Glenn
Saints sign cornerback Aaron Glenn The New Orleans Saints signed cornerback Aaron Glenn on Monday, hoping the 14-year veteran free agent can help shore up a shoddy pass defense. Glenn, a former first-round pick who started four games for Jacksonville in 2007, has 41 career interceptions, six of them for touchdowns. He ranks fifth among…
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April 7, 2008
FOLO – A Chronology of the Katrina and Scruggs cases from mid-2006 to January 2008
A Chronology of the Katrina and Scruggs cases from mid-2006 to January 2008 Yesterday, as I was trying to sort out why Judge Senter chose to disqualify the Katrina Group lawyers at this point, I started putting together a chronology of events related to disqualification, setting them in a timeline with events in various State…
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April 7, 2008
Hotel tax hike has slim chance, lawmaker says
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/7/8 A bill that would increase the hotel-motel occupancy tax from 75 cents to $4.25 per room per night has a slim chance of getting through the state Legislature. Rep. Credell Calhoun, D-Jackson, is cautiously optimistic about House Bill 1710, which is meant to raise the salaries of Jackson police officers. “There are…
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April 7, 2008
Salt dome hearings start this week
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/7/8 The U.S. Department of Energy begins a series of hearings this week into the government’s proposal to use water from the Pascagoula River to clear out salt domes in Perry County for storage of the nation’s oil reserves. The first public hearing is today at 6 p.m. in New Augusta at the…
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April 7, 2008
Damage mounts as cleanup continues
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/7/8 The damage estimate from Friday’s tornadoes kept growing Sunday as cleanup continued. Almost 20,000 residents statewide remained without power late Sunday night. About 6,000-7,000 homes in the metro area were damaged, and about 50 homes and eight mobile homes were destroyed, Hinds County Emergency Operations Center Director Larry Fisher said Sunday. The…
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April 7, 2008
House, Senate divided over Medicaid funding
The Commercial Dispatch, 4/5/8 The Mississippi House and Senate are divided on how to keep the state Medicaid program from running out of money, but lawmakers will be struggling this week to keep that from happening. The state’s $4 billion Medicaid program is projected to go bust by April 20 — prompting doomsday scenarios of…
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 22, 2025
Education freedom expected to play a major role in the 2026 midterm elections
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December 22, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: December 22, 2025
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 19, 2025
Additional funding sought to expand Miss. Dept. of Education’s coaching support program
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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December 22, 2025
Ole Miss embraces upcoming rematch with Georgia in a CFP quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl
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Robert St. John
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December 22, 2025
The meaning of Christmas
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Alistair Begg
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December 22, 2025
The heart that God accepts
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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Kelley Williams
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December 19, 2025
Cliff Notes for Corps speak
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Sid Salter
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December 17, 2025
PERS pension concerns remain volatile for state lawmakers in 2026 as markets rumble
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