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February 4, 2008
Hood: State Farm lawsuit based on ‘lies, speculation and innuendo’
Hood: State Farm lawsuit based on ‘lies, speculation and innuendo’ The court battle heated up when State Farm began urging a judge to allow the company to question Scruggs under oath. Hood has called Scruggs his “confidential informant” and has said Scruggs provided allegedly incriminating information about State Farm. “General Hood is clearly concerned that…
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February 4, 2008
CL – Grisham: ‘Got to get away from elected judges’
Grisham: ‘Got to get away from elected judges’ “I know Dickie,” Grisham said. “It’s hard for me to believe he would get involved in a bribery scam like this. And until a jury finds him guilty or he pleads guilty, I’m not going to believe it.” He cited the Duke lacrosse case, where all of…
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February 4, 2008
FOLO – The Legal Process (or not) in the Scruggs Cases: A Brief Editorial Comment
The Legal Process (or not) in the Scruggs Cases: A Brief Editorial Comment FOLO 2/3/8
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February 4, 2008
Consider Judge Lackey: How Mississippians choose the judiciary
Consider Judge Lackey: How Mississippians choose the judiciary Thank God for men like Judge Henry Lackey! Lackey has served as a circuit judge in the 3rd Judicial District of Mississippi for years. He has stood for election numerous times and has never been defeated. Lackey is as unpretentious as he is intellectual, and as honest…
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February 4, 2008
SALTER – Bloggers seriously candid, but anonymous
Bloggers seriously candid, but anonymous I blog under my real name. The readers “comment” under such pseudonyms as “bellesouth” or “statedawg” or “koolaid” and are seriously candid in their reviews. “Bellesouth” takes several whacks at me a day. They know who they’re talking to and I haven’t a clue who they are. One thing I’ve…
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February 4, 2008
CL – Bribery scandal impact historic
Bribery scandal impact historic Wiseman said the repercussions of this scandal have delivered a “very damaging blow to the Democratic Party.” Campaign contributions from trial lawyers to the party have largely dried up, he said. On another level, Wiseman said, the charges against Scruggs could have played a role in keeping former Attorney General Mike…
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February 3, 2008
LOA – A Different Kind Of Super Bowl Party: Scruggs Ordered To Submit To Questioning In Civil Depo
A Different Kind Of Super Bowl Party: Scruggs Ordered To Submit To Questioning In Civil Deposition The problem Scruggs faces is not uncommon among white-collar criminal defendants, targets, and subjects. He has a right to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination becasue of his potential criminal exposure and this invocation cannot be used against him in…
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February 3, 2008
YP – Fallout from 2/1 in Oxford – Scruggs Depo Notice and Transcript of Court Session
State Farm scored a pretty clear victory in an Oxford Federal Courthouse yesterday against Jim Hood and Dickie Scruggs. The result of the proceedings was that Dickie Scruggs will stand for deposition on Monday morning February 4 at 8:00 a.m. in his offices in Oxford. State Farm also filed this morning a transcript of the…
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February 2, 2008
WHITCOLLAR – The Many Battles of Dickie Scruggs
The Many Battles of Dickie Scruggs Recently, a third front has opened up for Scruggs, this time a civil suit filed by State Farm accusing Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood of conspiring with Scruggs to threaten the insurer with criminal charges if it did not settle Hurricane Katrina litigation brought by — you guessed it…
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February 2, 2008
SNS – Scruggs and Co: A recent giving history – $400K to DAGA in 2007!
Scruggs and Co: A recent giving history “Super” trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs apparently loves to give to political causes. So does “not quite as super, but still really generous” trial lawyer Joey Langston. In recent reports just made public it’s been revealed that Mr. Scruggs’s law firm, The Scruggs Law Firm, gave a grand total…
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February 2, 2008
Feds not intervening in insurance case
Feds not intervening in insurance case A federal magistrate in Gulfport, Miss., set a deadline Thursday for the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene in the case, which attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Scruggs and other lawyers filed more than a year before he was charged in November with trying to bribe a Mississippi judge. On Thursday,…
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February 2, 2008
Judge Mills’ Order to Compel Scruggs – A Slam Dunk for State Farm
Judge Mills’ order to compel Scruggs to be deposed by Monday, February 4, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. can be found here. A quick read yields a pretty clear understanding that this was a slam dunk for State Farm and a major blow to Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. The court would initially note that it…
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February 2, 2026
Campaign finance reports give voters a glimpse into who’s jockeying for higher office in 2027
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Jeremy Pittari
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February 2, 2026
Bills focused on student mental health head to House floor
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Jeremy Pittari
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January 30, 2026
All elected school board bill moves forward in Mississippi House
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Frank Corder
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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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Frank Corder
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January 13, 2026
Higgins contracted to lead Tate County economic development
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Robert St. John
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February 2, 2026
Taproots
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February 2, 2026
Eternal peace
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Matt Friedeman
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February 1, 2026
Making disciples in Lagos, Nigeria
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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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Restoring Mississippi’s ballot initiative in 2026: Long road, real stakes, narrow chances
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