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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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January 27, 2008
SALTER – Heir apparent? Bryant’s blue-collar style belies keen ambitions
Heir apparent? Bryant’s blue-collar style belies keen ambitions Beyond partisan concerns, Bryant faces a two-horned political beast in terms of his working relationship with Barbour. During the campaign, Democrats characterized Bryant as a potential “yes” man for the Republican governor while some GOP supporters privately worried that Bryant’s own future gubernatorial ambitions might get in…
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January 27, 2008
CL – Judge under panel’s scrutiny
Judge under panel’s scrutiny The state Commission on Judicial Performance is examining the allegation DeLaughter e-mailed a rough draft of his order in an attorneys’ fees dispute to his former boss, former long-time Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters, who allegedly pocketed $1 million in return for influencing the judge to rule in Scruggs’ favor…
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January 26, 2008
FOLO – Ken Coughlan Redux
Ken Coughlan Redux The Scruggs defense team has asked Judge Biggers to please let Ken Coghlan enter an appearance as a lawyer for Dickie Scruggs (in spite of the obvious conflict of having represented Steve Patterson in this case for a couple of weeks), and, in doing so, noted an intention to consult with him…
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September 25, 2026
Veterans Affairs cuts backlog, sets record for number of claims processed
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Ali Swenson, Associated Press
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September 25, 2026
Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now
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Cass Rutledge
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September 25, 2026
A&W Custom Furniture expanding in Okolona, adding 20 jobs
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Frank Corder
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September 24, 2026
England-based SubSea Craft expanding operations, locating U.S. facility on Mississippi Coast
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Cass Rutledge
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September 23, 2026
Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area
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Cass Rutledge
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September 18, 2026
Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment
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Susan Marquez
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September 25, 2026
Journey to Colonial Mississippi: An America 250 Celebration
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Alistair Begg
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September 25, 2026
Promised provision
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Alistair Begg
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September 24, 2026
The meaning of the Cross
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Sid Salter
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September 23, 2026
Midterm elections in Mississippi shaping up as a familiar exercise in black-and-white
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Bill Cork
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September 22, 2026
The states winning investment are the states ready to deliver
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Lesley Davis
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September 21, 2026
The war on women’s spaces has reached the sorority house
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