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January 18, 2008
The fierce urgency of (paying your taxes) now
Tax Problems at the JFP Tax liens have been filed against The Jackson Free Press by the IRS. During 2007, three liens were filed against the local alternative weekly by the IRS in Hinds County Chancery Court. Jackson Jambalaya 1/17/8
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January 17, 2008
WREG – Mississippi’s bribery scandal taking on “Tennessee Waltz” proportions
Mississippi’s bribery scandal taking on “Tennessee Waltz” proportions “It’s speculation on my part, but it will get bigger, wider and deeper in my opinion. ” says Oxford Lawyer Joe Pegram. Tuesday, former state auditor Steve Patterson pled guilty in the case which has lead to other charges of bribery and other judges. Even Scruggs former…
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January 17, 2008
FOLO – Hood, live on the radio, no mention of you-know-what
Jim Hood, live on the radio, no mention of you-know-what Jim Hood did an interview on state-wide Mississippi public radio The subject was the question of when the Senate special election was to occur. Judge Delaughter’s name came up repeatedly (because Judge Delaughter had made the trial court ruling on the subject). After they talked…
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January 17, 2008
FOLO – Famous first (or middle) words
Famous first (or middle) words November 27, 2007 – (search of Scruggs Law Firm) – Joey Langston: “We’re as confident as we can be that this is nothing more than the federal authorities acting on information that will prove to be inaccurate and untrue.” January 14, 2008 – Langston pleads guilty to attempted bribery. FOLO…
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January 17, 2008
Mississippi lawmakers will be asked to approve ‘Haleycare’
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/17/8 Wonder if it will be called Haleycare? One thing for sure is that it isn’t Hillarycare. Gov. Haley Barbour has put forward a plan to get more of Mississippi’s 500,000 uninsured adults at least some health coverage. In keeping with the Republican ethic, it is a 100 percent private deal, far removed…
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January 17, 2008
Jobs: City no ‘golden parachute’ for Melton pals
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/17/8 Does former Jackson Police Chief Shirlene Anderson need to come back to a highly paid job on the city’s payroll? In recent days, Mayor Frank Melton has said that Anderson would remain with the city, either addressing truancy issues and dropout rates or filling a new position: coordinator of emergency services. The…
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January 17, 2008
Wicker’s ties to firm under scrutiny
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/17/8 Under greater scrutiny since his appointment to fill Mississippi’s vacant Senate seat, Roger Wicker’s procurement of $6 million for a defense company whose president is one of the lawmakers’ top campaign contributors has come under question. Wicker put the special project request for Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences in a massive defense bill…
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January 17, 2008
Miss. House votes to allow weapons on Capitol grounds
The Sun Herald, 1/16/8 Here’s hoping those angry legislative debates don’t carry over into the parking lot. The Mississippi House voted 65-53 Wednesday to lift a ban on lawmakers or others having weapons on the Capitol grounds – for example, in the trunks of their cars. Weapons would still be banned inside the building.
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January 17, 2008
Senate: New leadership shakes up status quo
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/17/8 With the end of former Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck’s eight-year run as lieutenant governor and the dawn of new Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant’s regime comes a season of change and transition in the Mississippi State Senate. Gone, too, is longtime Senate President Pro Tempore Travis Little, the Corinth Republican who retired from…
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January 17, 2008
DJ – Langston shadow covers Scruggs case
Langston shadow covers Scruggs case Langston, one of the state’s top plaintiffs’ attorneys before Monday, turned in an “irrevocable resignation” from his Bar license that day just a few days after he pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Michael Mills to one count of conspiring to bribe a state judge, Bobby Delaughter of Hinds County. In…
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January 17, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 51: Counterattack of the Keker Brigade — Dickie Scruggs was framed
Scruggs Nation, Day 51: Counterattack of the Keker Brigade — Dickie Scruggs was framed Now, for reasons that occasionally I have trouble remembering, my chosen fate is to spend virtually all my time around lawyers. So I am aware of and wary of lawyer spin. I admire good spin, and try to remember the method,…
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January 17, 2008
FOLO – Scruggsiana: Greatest Hits
Scruggsiana: Greatest Hits There’s much, much more to Scruggsiana — other cases (civil and criminal) in both Mississippi and Alabama, other important figures, other pots of money whose destinations are still to be discovered — but this much will get you well started. Lawd only knows how long it may take, but at some far-distant…
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Daniel Tyson
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April 16, 2026
New metro Jackson water authority signed into law by governor
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Tina Hahn
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April 16, 2026
Ole Miss names Political Science Department for former Governor Ray Mabus
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 16, 2026
IHL Board approves tuition, fee, room rate increases at Mississippi universities
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Susan Marquez
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April 10, 2026
C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure
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Daniel Tyson
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April 9, 2026
Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Susan Marquez
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April 16, 2026
Growing in Mississippi: Salad Days
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Alistair Begg
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April 16, 2026
We call Him Father
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Richelle Putnam
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April 15, 2026
Tennessee Williams: A house living two lives
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Sid Salter
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April 15, 2026
April 15th is the perfect day to focus on the ramifications of federal and state tax gaps
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Hunter Estes
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April 14, 2026
From Mississippi to the moon
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Lesley Davis
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April 14, 2026
The night America remembered who she is
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