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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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January 17, 2008
Jim Hood ‘clearing the decks’ for bribery prosecutions
In the last two days, the Mississippi Attorney General has taken on subjects of monumental importance to every Mississippian. First on Tuesday, he annuonced an agreement between MySpace and 49 other states to increase online safety. The next day, he announced a glossy brochure on stalking prevention.
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January 17, 2008
SCT – Mr. Hood: Don’t Leave Justice To The Feds
Mr. Hood: Don’t Leave Justice To The Feds Current Mississippi Attorney Jim Hood — you may have heard of him despite his best imitation of a church mouse in all of this n has an obligation to the taxpayers of this state to bust up this chummy atmosphere where the best legal minds are manipulating…
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January 17, 2008
YP – Defense Motion For Continuance
Defense Motion For Continuance Required reading for the YallPolitics Nation.
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October 20, 2026
Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf in years after BP oil spill, study finds
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Jeremy Pittari
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October 20, 2026
Three Mississippi districts of transformation outline gains, areas for more improvement to regain local control
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Frank Corder
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October 20, 2026
$35.5 million grant awarded to modernize 121-year-old Escatawpa River swing bridge
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Frank Corder
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October 19, 2026
Ingalls awarded $99 million contract modification for USS Lyndon B. Johnson sea trials
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Cass Rutledge
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October 13, 2026
Startup plastics manufacturer Koinonia setting up operations in Drew
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Cass Rutledge
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October 12, 2026
ALO investing over $176 million in Southaven for national distribution center
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Meredith Biesinger
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October 20, 2026
The Lyric Theatre: Tupelo’s most haunting story
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Alistair Begg
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October 20, 2026
A call to commitment
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Robert St. John
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October 19, 2026
Dinner and a show
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Ellery Jones
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October 19, 2026
Forest products industry contributes heavily to Mississippi, U.S. economy
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Sid Salter
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October 14, 2026
Capital punishment logistical failures a self-fulfilling strategy of death penalty opponents?
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Roger Wicker
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October 9, 2026
Permit reform act is a much-needed course correction
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