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January 28, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, January 28
Scruggs Nation, January 28 Just some brief items today. I’ve got some good Scruggs-related documents, but I’ll see if I can get them posted tomorrow. Monday morning is a wicked time to post, and Monday in January in Portland is even worse. T.S. Eliot said April is the cruellest month, but I’ll put my money…
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January 28, 2008
Sen. Cochran endorses Romney’s presidential bid
Picayune Item, 1/24/8 Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., has endorsed Mitt Romney’s bid for the White House and says he would welcome an opportunity to help the Republican “implement his conservative vision” if elected. “It is an honor to join Governor Romney and his campaign for our nation’s highest office,” Cochran said in a statement released…
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January 28, 2008
Evangelicals divided on best choice in the presidential race
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 1/27/8 If you enjoy following politics like I do, this presidential campaign season is just becoming a whole lot of fun. To use a college basketball analogy, it’s like we have reached the Sweet 16 and after Super Tuesday on Feb. 5, the field will be set for the…
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January 28, 2008
Barbour budget: Legislature faces prioritizing
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/28/8 As he telegraphed in both his inaugural address and in his “State of the State” address earlier this month, Gov. Haley Barbour recommended an austere state budget totaling $5.6 billion. Simply put, Barbour’s budget says “no” to most state agency requests for additional funding. “This is a tight budget because this…
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January 28, 2008
UPDATE: Chip Pickering says ‘no thanks’ to Senate consideration
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/28/8 Mississippi Congressman Chip Pickering on Friday asked Gov. Haley Barbour to remove his name from the list of possible appointees as the state’s next U.S. senator. In a statement, Pickering said: “It has been a privilege to serve Mississippi in Congress for these past 11 years. I am extremely…
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January 28, 2008
Auditor: City not responding to suggestions
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/28/8 An employee hired by Mayor Frank Melton to assess Jackson’s fiscal situation says she is fed up with Melton and his department heads for not responding to her recommendations to fix the city’s bookkeeping problems. Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Valerie Nevels, a former Internal Revenue Service criminal investigator, said the mayor has…
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January 28, 2008
Senate: Bryant brings different style
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/27/8 While the political infighting in the Mississippi House of Representatives has drawn most of the attention during the opening weeks of the 2008 session of the Legislature, the state Senate has been quietly but effectively getting the people’s business done. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant has brought to the leadership of the Senate…
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January 28, 2008
Higher ed: Stable funding an issue
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/27/8 When former secretary of state Eric Clark was chosen to head the state’s two-year college board, he brought a very public – and popular – face to administering higher education. The state’s two-year and four-year colleges and universities can use all the help they can get, as the 2008 Legislature faces a…
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January 28, 2008
FOLO – The Redneck Sopranos
The Redneck Sopranos I have it on good authority that there’s a moment in some of the government’s surveillance tapes where a voice (I gather it’s Tim Balducci) says: “He needs another basket of sweet potatoes.” I gather this is a reference to that last $10,000 Balducci got on November 1st to pay Judge Lackey.…
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January 28, 2008
CL – Feds expand bribery investigation
Feds expand bribery investigation Agents are examining the relationship between DeLaughter and Peters, whom authorities have described as a “close friend” of the judge. Booneville lawyer Joey Langston has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a 2006 scheme to get DeLaughter to rule for Mississippi lawyer Dickie Scruggs in a Hinds County lawsuit in which…
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January 27, 2008
HA EDITORIAL – Hood should welcome change in law
Hood should welcome change in law The state Senate on Friday passed a bill that would require the attorney general to go through a public review process before hiring private attorneys. The measure still faces scrutiny in the House, which has defeated similar bills in the past. The private attorney issue surfaced when Hood hired…
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January 27, 2008
DJ EDITORIAL: Legal reform
EDITORIAL: Legal reform Several levels of response are needed: – An explanation for the lack of investigative initiative by the office of the Mississippi attorney general and local district attorneys in the Scruggs-related cases and previous criminal prosecution of judicial corruption on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, also initiated and moved forward by federal prosecutors. –…
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March 20, 2026
DiBiase found not guilty on all 13 counts for his alleged role in Mississippi’s largest-ever public welfare scandal
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Seung Min Kim, Associated Press
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March 20, 2026
White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint
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Frank Corder
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March 20, 2026
International Paper to build new $225 million facility in Rankin County
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Mississippi Ag Commissioner pushes back on California’s corporate climate reporting mandate
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Salad Days Hydroponic Farm cuts ribbon on new Flora greenhouse facility
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Frank Corder
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March 12, 2026
Unions ratify largest single wage increase in Ingalls Shipbuilding history
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Matt Friedeman
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March 22, 2026
Remembering John Perkins: Incomparable, unique, one of a kind
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Susan Marquez
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March 20, 2026
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra hosts Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience
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Alistair Begg
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March 20, 2026
The triumphant King
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Russ Latino
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March 20, 2026
Could Mississippi’s conservative, business donors stop giving to Republican incumbents?
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Russ Latino
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March 19, 2026
Employers warn Senate plan to raise Mississippians’ drug prices will cost dearly
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Sid Salter
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March 18, 2026
Hyde-Smith withstood a nearly “coordinated” attack in cruising to GOP primary win
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