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February 14, 2008
MS Democrats Oppose Any Voter Identification
The chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party said today that a voter identification proposal before a state House committee could intimidate some people and prevent them from voting. Wayne Dowdy also said enacting voter ID in Mississippi is not an effective way to eliminate or combat voter fraud. “This issue is wrong for Mississippi,” Dowdy…
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February 14, 2008
MPB Interview with Don Mason re: Scruggs’ Defense “Entrapment” Allegations
MPB’s Sandra Knispel spoke to Don Mason, associate director of the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at the University of Mississippi, about the motion to dismiss the Scruggs criminal bribery case.
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February 13, 2008
YP FLASHBACK – Scruggs: These are not just legal wars. They are public relations and political wars.
Lawyer Like A Hurricane Mr. Scruggs, 60, slim, often folksy and smooth as molasses in court, is using techniques that he honed in his earlier legal fights. He is arguing now, as he did before to such good effect, that he is fighting for the little guy who cannot stand up alone to big anonymous…
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February 13, 2008
FOLO – Thoughts on Scruggs’s quasi-entrapment argument
Thoughts on Scruggs’s quasi-entrapment argument Most lawyers reading that pleading think it has echoes of an entrapment defense without coming out and saying it; I think this has come up in comments. I had not given too much thought to why they don’t come out and say it, other than it’s procedurally not going to…
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February 13, 2008
FORTUNE – Scruggs may use stealth entrapment defense to bribery charge
Scruggs may use stealth entrapment defense to bribery charge In their papers, Scruggs and his two co-defendants – law partners Sidney A. Backstrom and David Zachary Scruggs (Scruggs’s son) – specifically ask a federal judge in Oxford, Mississippi to dismiss the indictment against them due to “outrageous government misconduct.” The motion alleges that government “agents,”…
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February 13, 2008
McMillin open on public records – or is he?
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/8 In a meeting with reporters in December, new Jackson Police Chief Malcolm McMillin made clear his policy toward providing information to media. “We’re not going to have any bull- over here about what you are entitled to,” he said. “I’ve had good media relations for 16 years, and I’m not going to…
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February 13, 2008
Policyholder Bill of Rights will get hearing
The Sun Herald, 2/13/8 The House Insurance Committee is expected to vote today on a bill that would expand the rights of residential insurance policyholders. A Policyholder Bill of Rights has been championed by Coast legislators and Long Beach homeowner Kevin Buckel, who was initially denied coverage for Hurricane Katrina damage. The Policyholder Bill of…
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February 13, 2008
Ethics bill clears Miss. Senate committee
The Sun Herald, 2/12/8 A comprehensive ethics and open-government bill could come up for Senate debate Thursday, and Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant says he hopes it will get unanimous approval. “To me, it is the most important bill that I have been a part of. It was the top of my agenda,” said Bryant, a…
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February 13, 2008
Sources of candidates’ war chests often prove hard to track
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/8 Republican Mike Chaney said he spent around $1 million to win the Mississippi insurance commissioner’s race in 2007. “It’s obscene to spend that much money on an election for a job that pays less than $100,000 a year,” Chaney said, “and you try to be impartial and you know much of the…
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February 13, 2008
Cigarette tax: Don’t hide behind the tax study
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/13/8 There are at least five legislative bills still alive this session that would raise Mississippi’s laughably low 18-cents-a-pack excise tax on cigarettes to a more realistic rate. During the long 2007 gubernatorial campaign, Gov. Haley Barbour promised to consider a cigarette tax increase during the 2008 legislative session if that hike…
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February 13, 2008
Anti-illegal immigration rally attracts 100-plus to Miss. Capitol
WDAM, 2/12/8 Civil-rights advocates and illegal-immigration opponents crossed paths at the Mississippi Capitol today (Tuesday) attempting to get their diverse messages before lawmakers. More than 100 people attended an anti-immigration rally organized by conservative radio hosts J.T. and Dave from Supertalk Mississippi. Dozens attending the rally wore big yellow lapel stickers with the slogan “Stop…
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February 13, 2008
Council approves $50K for Farish Street study
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/8 The Jackson City Council approved funding a $50,000 housing study for the Farish Street Historic District today. The City Council unanimously approved an order authorizing the mayor to execute a professional services agreement with Asset Property Disposition, Inc. to provide consulting services on the Farish Street Historic District housing development plan. Louis…
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February 3, 2026
Incumbents far outpacing challengers in fundraising ahead of March 10 Midterm Primary Election
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February 3, 2026
Football, politics and protest: This year’s Super Bowl comes at a tinderbox moment in the US
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February 3, 2026
Senate looks to create new state Department of Cybersecurity, Chief Information Officer
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Frank Corder
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February 3, 2026
Siemens Energy investing up to $300 million in new high-voltage switchgear facility in Mississippi
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January 27, 2026
Nike announces layoffs in Mississippi, Tennessee
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Frank Corder
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January 20, 2026
SouthWorth acquires Mississippi-based American Furniture Manufacturing
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Meredith Biesinger
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February 3, 2026
The Shop Around the Corner, Vicksburg Style: A love letter to Lorelei Books
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Alistair Begg
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February 3, 2026
Confidence in God’s promise
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Robert St. John
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February 2, 2026
Taproots
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Starla Brown
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February 2, 2026
Judges and lawmakers move to remove restrictions on health care in Mississippi
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Barrett Donahoe
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February 2, 2026
A historic opportunity for Mississippi families
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Nathan Sanders
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February 1, 2026
Why Mississippi’s workforce future depends on school choice
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