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December 31, 2007
Who will run for Wicker’s MS-1st seat?
Make your predictions here!
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December 31, 2007
Barbour names Wicker to Senate seat
Barbour names Wicker to Senate seat Wicker, a Republican originally from Pontotoc, has been mentioned among insiders as a possible successor since Lott officially resigned Dec. 18, the day the U.S. Senate session closed. Barbour said he chose Wicker because he shared Trent Lott’s mainstream conservative philosoph. Barbour’s decision will leave a new vacancy —…
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December 31, 2007
Partisan battles dominate agenda on Capitol Hill
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/31/7 This year, Congress raised the wages of Mississippi’s lowest-paid workers, funneled millions of dollars to the state for hurricane reconstruction and approved dozens of projects that long have been on local government wish lists. But bitter partisan fights and clashes with the White House limited the accomplishments of the first Democratic-led Congress…
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December 31, 2007
If Wicker takes Lott seat, who takes his?
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/31/7 If 1st District U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker is appointed interim U.S. senator today, more than a few congressional hopefuls will be doing more than wishing for their turn. Gov. Haley Barbour is expected to announce his choice at 11 a.m. in Jackson, then on the Gulf Coast. The person,…
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December 31, 2007
Many Coast notables in transition
The Sun Herald, 12/31/7 Trials, indictments and resignations topped the news in 2007. South Mississippi did make some major inroads in recovery from Hurricane Katrina with the opening of the two bridges that link the three counties.
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December 31, 2007
Coast lawmakers keep rebuilding alive in Capitol
The Sun Herald, 12/30/7 Predictably, South Mississippi lawmakers said affordable housing, insurance and other Katrina-recovery issues would be their top priorities when the Legislature convenes Jan. 8. But a budget crunch might hamper their plans. Gov. Haley Barbour has asked the heads of state agencies to trim their budgets to prepare for an expected slump…
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December 31, 2007
Miss. lawmakers to be tapped for $129M in education funding
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/30/7 Piecemealing reform through the state Legislature hasn’t worked in the past, education advocates say. So this time, they’re trying something different. In the upcoming session, the Mississippi Department of Education will present lawmakers with an omnibus bill that will cost at least $129 million and cover everything from fully funding the state’s…
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December 31, 2007
CL – New tax plan?: Gov. Barbour pledged revamp
New tax plan?: Gov. Barbour pledged revamp Mississippi’s sales tax is the second highest in the nation at 7 percent, trailing only California. Mississippi is now one of only two states that charge the full state sales tax rate on food and that tax is the highest in the country. Mississippi’s cigarette tax is the…
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December 31, 2007
If Wicker takes Lott seat, who takes his?
If Wicker takes Lott seat, who takes his? If Wicker is the choice, he must resign his House seat to assume the Senate post. State law requires a special election within about 120 days of the vacancy. Most frequently mentioned as possible House candidates, if Wicker is tapped, are former Tupelo Mayor Glenn McCullough Jr.,…
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December 31, 2007
FOLO – Keker’s Deck is Missing Some Cards
Keker’s Deck is Missing Some Cards Another point of interest here: Bryant’s complaint (pdf) is signed by attorney Arthur F. Jernigan, Jr. – according to our friend Coastal Cowboy, the same conflict-counsel who represented Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lee Harrell in McIntosh. FOLO 12/30/7
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December 31, 2007
Expect Roger Wicker To Be Named Interim Senator
Mississippi Musical Chairs Begins Again by Alan Lange
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December 31, 2007
Scruggs battles to put off testifying
Scruggs battles to put off testifying Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker already has ruled the Scruggses must testify in the State Farm case, but they are appealing to Walker’s superior, U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., to change the ruling. U.S. Magistrate Judge Allan Alexander, who sits in Oxford, stopped the Alabama subpoena. At the…
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October 19, 2026
Trump signs an order aimed at boosting women’s health research, a plan backed by the first lady
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Jeremy Pittari
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October 19, 2026
Reeves appoints Jordan as DeSoto County Court Judge
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October 19, 2026
Supreme Court agrees to review a Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes
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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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Robert St. John
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October 19, 2026
Dinner and a show
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Alistair Begg
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October 19, 2026
The city of man
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Susan Marquez
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October 16, 2026
“Dummy Mummy” freed from her tomb once again at Two Mississippi Museums
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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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