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March 25, 2008
Group begins work on state’s tax structure
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/24/8 A group of more than 35 business leaders and state officials met today to begin the process of studying Mississippi’s tax structure. The members, appointed by Gov. Haley Barbour in January, were briefed this morning on the state’s revenue sources. Meetings will be held once every three to four weeks, said the…
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March 25, 2008
State colleges top earmark list
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/25/8 Mississippi State University is poised to pull in $43 million in federal pork-barrel funding, more than any other university in the country. The University of Mississippi – which will get $37.6 million this year – sits in second place in a report compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Released Monday, the…
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March 25, 2008
Storm Brews Over Adding Wind Coverage to Federal Flood Program
The Washington Post, 3/25/8 Industries fight government all the time, but not usually over which of them can run an actual business. But that’s all changed when it comes to, of all things, wind. Congress is seriously considering taking insurance coverage for wind damage away from private insurers. Lobbyists for the industry are battling to…
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March 25, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, March 25: the breather
Scruggs Nation, March 25: the breather Except that in this deposition from November 20 Kerri Rigsby herself agreed she had stolen the documents — or at least, neither she nor her lawyer quarreled with that description. The Keker comments and the Law Blog post are also discussed on this blog sponsored by the Carnegie Legal…
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March 25, 2008
FOLO – folo’s dozen questions about Scruggsiana
folo’s dozen questions about Scruggsiana 4. [lotus] How did P.L. Blake, raised beside the Tallahatchie River in a shack made from an abandoned schoolbus, go from Miss. State and Canadian League football-player to Fifty Million Dollar Man? I’ve heard that he hooked up with Senator Eastland and went from there. But went where and to…
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March 25, 2008
FOLO – In the dead of night, the sign gets edited…
In the dead of night, the sign gets edited… So DMWriter tells us (in comments) that tonight at 10:00 the sign on the music building on the Ole Miss campus got erased. Thanks to Willow Nero for the (after) photo, and for the photo of the sign (note the name of the auditorium). FOLO 3/25/8
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March 25, 2008
Thad Cochran Supports Glenn McCullough in MS 1st
Senator Thad Cochran has weighed in on the open congressional race in Mississippi’s First District, and he is supporting Glenn McCullough. Cochran, the father of the modern day Republican Party in the Magnolia State, is supporting McCullough through a $5,000 contribution made today from the Senator’s Leadership PAC, the Senate Victory Fund. The contribution will…
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March 24, 2008
LNL – Fight over Langston’s and Balducci’s millions appears headed for state court
Fight over Langston’s and Balducci’s millions appears headed for state court Two former attorneys at the center of Mississippi’s judicial bribery scandal want a federal bankruptcy judge’s rulings before their fight to preserve fees earned performing state work is transferred to a state court. Joey Langston and Timothy Balducci made $14 million in a 2005…
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March 24, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – He’s Innocent! Or Not. When Defense Lawyers Talk to the Press
He’s Innocent! Or Not. When Defense Lawyers Talk to the Press Here’s one for the criminal defense bar, and nearly anyone who’s ever watched a lawyer defend his client on the TV-talk circuit: Is it kosher to be insisting on your client’s innocence, if they go on to plead guilty? The question arises in the…
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March 24, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, March 24: ten unanswered questions
Scruggs Nation, March 24: ten unanswered questions 3. It seems evident that the government will seek an indictment against Scruggs for his alleged role in the Wilson case. Why did they wait until the conclusion of the Lackey bribery case rather than going after a superseding indictment and rolling all the charges into one? 4.…
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March 24, 2008
FCDBLOG – Reflections on the Dickie Scruggs Saga
Reflections on the Dickie Scruggs Saga One of the things that has struck me about the defendants’ plea colloquy is that several of them have wanted to weigh in and lessen their culpability (see here, Zach’s plea transcript, p.15-16, and here, Dickie’s plea transcript and his famous earwig comment, p. 15). Generally, statements by defendants…
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March 24, 2008
FOLO – Words from and to John Grisham
Words from and to John Grisham Actually, I know of another couple of tales you can expect as soon as some office technology again smiles on folo. But for the moment all I’ve got is this one-liner from John Grisham in the Daily Journal: “This is just not the way it is done, it is…
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March 4, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: March 4, 2026
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Jeremy Pittari
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March 3, 2026
Senate keeps college workforce development, financial literacy bills alive
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Daniel Tyson
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March 3, 2026
Legislators consider tweaks to hazardous waste management law
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Frank Corder
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March 3, 2026
General Atomics expanding in Shannon
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Frank Corder
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February 25, 2026
Carpenter Pole and Piling expanding in Wiggins
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February 23, 2026
Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
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Susan Marquez
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March 4, 2026
“Mississippi Made” exhibit traces the impact of the Magnolia State as part of America 250 celebration
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Alistair Begg
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March 4, 2026
Every promise fulfilled
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Meredith Biesinger
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March 3, 2026
A century across the water: Ship Island Excursions turns 100
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Sid Salter
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March 4, 2026
Celebrating Scouting’s summit with the latest group of youth to soar with the Eagle rank
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Tyler McCaughn
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March 3, 2026
Keep sports betting where it belongs – with the states
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Kelley Williams
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March 3, 2026
JXN Water troubles
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