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January 23, 2008
Smoking-ban debate draws a vocal crowd
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/23/8 A standing-room-only crowd at City Hall – many wearing bright blue “Smoke-Free Jackson” T-shirts – championed opposing sides of a smoking-ban debate Tuesday during a public hearing on proposed changes to a city ordinance. The proposed changes to the smoke-free ordinance would prohibit smoking in all Jackson bars and restaurants. At least…
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January 23, 2008
Official: Sloppy books could cost Jackson millions
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/23/8 Jackson needs to improve accounting procedures and better monitor spending of federal grants or risk having millions of dollars in federal funds frozen, assistant chief administrative officer Valerie Nevels told City Council members Tuesday. Nevels made a presentation Tuesday before the City Council Budget Committee of the most recent management letter and…
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January 23, 2008
Former Miss. insurance commissioner joins Adams & Reese
NOLA, 1/22/8 Former Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale has joined former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley on the lobbying staff of the law firm of Adams & Reese LLP, further developing the firm’s insurance regulation specialty. Dale, the nation’s longest serving insurance commissioner, was ousted in the Mississippi Democratic primary in August after eight terms…
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January 23, 2008
Educators React To Governor Barbour’s Education Promises
WLOX, 1/22/8 Under Governor Haley Barbour’s proposal, teachers who mentor would get a $1,000 bonus. The governor also promised 100-percent funding for school districts, and he announced a plan to keep veteran teachers in the classroom. He wants to raise the salaries of teachers who have more than 25 years experience. Educators say a boost…
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January 23, 2008
Lt. Gov. Bryant Launches New Site
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January 23, 2008
Editorials increasingly upset with AG Hood
Legal Newsline, 1/22/8 On Nov. 6, state Attorney General Jim Hood was the most popular man in Mississippi. The Democrat won re-election that day over Al Hopkins, earning 60 percent of the vote while receiving the most votes of any candidate running for a statewide office. More than 440,000 Mississippians wanted Hood back for a…
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January 23, 2008
DJ – Legal eagles feel pain from bribery cases
Legal eagles feel pain from bribery cases Driving the perception problem and the concern are the indictments and guilty pleas in federal judicial bribery cases that have ensnared famed Oxford attorney Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs, prominent Booneville attorney Joey Langston and half a dozen others, most of them attorneys. However, Houchins notes that while the…
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January 23, 2008
FOLO – Jim Hood restarts fight with State Farm
Jim Hood restarts fight with State Farm Apparently, State Farm and the Attorney General’s office must have had some back-and-forth about a potential subpoenaing of State Farm, leading to a letter in which State Farm said no, it would not respond to a subpoena. And now, against (at least my) expectations, on January 18th, Hood…
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January 23, 2008
Barbour: $100M more for housing
The Sun Herald, 1/23/8 Gov. Haley Barbour announced Tuesday $100 million has been set aside for work-force housing in South Mississippi. Barbour’s office said the money would be added to $150 million already approved for the program. The $250 million is part of the Long-Term Work-Force Housing program, which uses Community Development Block Grants offered…
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January 23, 2008
Hood says Barbour wrong on Senate special election date
The Sun Herald, 1/22/8 Attorney General Jim Hood told the Mississippi Supreme Court in written documents Tuesday that Gov. Haley Barbour misinterpreted state law and erred in setting a Nov. 4 special election date to fill the unexpired term of former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott. At issue before the Supreme Court is the timing of…
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January 23, 2008
Thompson abandons White House bid
CNN, 1/23/8 Former Sen. Fred Thompson on Tuesday ended his run for the presidency, coming off the heels of a disappointing third-place finish in South Carolina’s GOP primary and heading into the showdown state of Florida next week. “Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States,” Thompson said in a statement.…
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January 23, 2008
YP – My take on the Speekah’s Committee Appointments
While many on the left are praising Speekah McCoy’s political retribution tactics, which lie in stark contrast to those of Lt. Governor Phil Bryant, here’s something that no one else has pointed out. By stiffening his opposition, he does not have a veto proof margin. In fact, he does not even have enough votes to…
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June 17, 2026
Who’s running for Agriculture Commissioner in 2027?
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June 17, 2026
Dangerous flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur, first of the Atlantic season, threatens Gulf Coast
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June 17, 2026
Gould Industries locating in southwest Mississippi
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June 16, 2026
U.S. Army contracts with General Atomics for long-range maneuvering projectile program
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Frank Corder
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June 10, 2026
NPL Construction locating fabrication, manufacturing operations in Greenwood
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June 8, 2026
EVE Energy makes U.S. Dept. of War’s roster of “Chinese military companies”
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John Maxwell
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June 17, 2026
Ode to Jackson’s New Stage Theatre
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Alistair Begg
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June 17, 2026
The true prophetic voice
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 16, 2026
The Next Chapter: How Dixon Books & Loft brought new life to a Natchez landmark
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Sid Salter
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June 17, 2026
State Supreme Court holds firm in seeking justice for Quitman County family in 1990
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Roger Wicker
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June 12, 2026
Wicker: Mississippi leads in national defense
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Ashby Foote
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June 11, 2026
A Jackson data center: Threat or opportunity?
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