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February 22, 2008
Hood hasn’t turned money over to clubs
The Sun Herald, 2/22/8 Rural Boys and Girls Clubs could be in dire straights unless Attorney General Jim Hood turns over money pledged from a settlement with State Farm insurance companies. The Boys and Girls Clubs Alliance of Mississippi is expecting $800,000 of a $5 million settlement State Farm paid Hood’s office in exchange for…
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February 22, 2008
Melton behind in paying $10K in property taxes
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/22/8 Mayor Frank Melton, who this week faced foreclosure proceedings on his northeast Jackson home, is late in paying almost $10,000 in property taxes. The taxes on his property at 2 Carter’s Grove and four nearby lots were due to the Hinds County taxcollector’s office by Feb. 1. Melton also owes about $9,000…
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February 22, 2008
Republicans pull plug on wiretap plan
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/21/8 Republican lawmakers on Wednesday defended their vote against extending wiretap authority to crimes other than drug offenses, saying it would turn Attorney General Jim Hood into a supercop at the expense of civil liberties. We just have to be really careful when you give that kind of authority for everyone,” said Rep.…
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February 22, 2008
Special election set for Wicker’s old seat
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/21/8 A special election to fill the unexpired term of former U.S. Rep. and current U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker in Mississippi’s First Congressional District has been set for April 22, according to a news release from Gov. Haley Barbour’s office. In a Writ of Election filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State, Barbour…
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February 22, 2008
The Scruggs trial cometh . . . or does it?
What could possibly be next?
by Alan Lange
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February 22, 2008
LNL – Forecast gloomy for rainmaker Scruggs
Forecast gloomy for rainmaker Scruggs With overcast skies outside, the prospects of legal superstar-turned-criminal-defendant Richard “Dickie” Scruggs did not appear too sunny either inside a federal courthouse Wednesday. U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi Senior Judge Neal Biggers heard motions tendered on behalf of Scruggs and his two remaining co-defendants, son Zach…
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February 22, 2008
Scruggs prosecutors want Lott testimony
Scruggs prosecutors want Lott testimony And U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran could be called as a defense witness. That’s because prosecutors want to use evidence of other alleged “bad acts” by Scruggs at his March 31 trial – specifically an alleged Hinds County bribery scheme in 2006 involving Scruggs, Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter and…
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February 22, 2008
Scruggs judge: Fair jury possible
Scruggs judge: Fair jury possible The trial site, Oxford, may be one of the few certainties for mega-litigator Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, his attorney-son Zach and their legal associate Sidney Backstrom – if they are tried as originally scheduled by Senior U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. Biggers said no Thursday to a defense motion to…
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February 22, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, February 22: home sour home
Scruggs Nation, February 22: home sour home There was a new motion filed in USA v. Scruggs (Northern Mississippi edition) yesterday — a motion by the government to empanel an anonymous jury and sequester jurors for the length of the trial. Let’s take a look at the factors a court ponders when considering whether the…
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February 22, 2008
YP – Landrum enables opponents higher limits via FEC ‘millionaire amendment’
By virtue of the fact that MS 3rd Republican candidate David Landrum has exceeded $350K worth of campaign contributions into his own campaign, he has tripled the per person FEC limits for his campaign opponents. According to his filing, Landrum has actually put $410K into his own campaign coffers. FEC election law has a ‘millionaire…
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February 22, 2008
Draft Haley for VP ad to run in Phoenix and Jackson
With Senator John McCain (R-Az.) as the predicted GOP front-runner, people are beginning to speculate on his running mate. Pundits and voters agree that if McCain secures the nomination, he will need a strong conservative in the Deep South. Draft Haley Barbour for Vice President, an Atlanta-based committee, believes Governor Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) is that…
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February 22, 2008
YP – Hood has no one to blame but Blackmon & McCoy on Wiretap Bill
Attorney General Jim Hood is incredulously blaming Republicans for a defeat of a HB 1148, a bill he pushed to help get wiretapping authority for white collar cases. Of course, he’s getting a little help from the non-media media. However, what Hood and the moonbats conveniently bury is that Republicans only have 38% of the…
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Daniel Tyson
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March 2, 2026
Watson not seeking re-election as Secretary of State but “will be on the ballot”
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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March 2, 2026
Trump expects his Fed pick and AI to deliver a replay of the ’90s boom. Economists have doubts
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Frank Corder
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March 2, 2026
Spring forward: Daylight Saving Time returns this Sunday
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Frank Corder
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February 25, 2026
Carpenter Pole and Piling expanding in Wiggins
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
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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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Frank Corder
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February 18, 2026
Firehawk Aerospace establishing manufacturing operations in Crawford
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Robert St. John
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March 2, 2026
Squirrel!
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Alistair Begg
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March 2, 2026
King of creation
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Frank Corder
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March 1, 2026
America is in trouble
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Roger Wicker
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February 27, 2026
America and Europe share a destiny
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David Ibsen
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February 26, 2026
Mississippi should look to President Trump and Congress to ensure fair access to banking
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Mike Chaney
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February 25, 2026
Insurance fraud effects everyone
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