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November 29, 2007
Council approves Jackson payroll
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Pay for Jackson’s nearly 2,500 city workers is no longer in limbo. The Jackson City Council approved the payroll Wednesday, two days after members were at an impasse over including raises for Mayor Frank Melton’s Police Department promotions. The promotions are included in the payroll.
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November 29, 2007
Oxford lawyer indicted
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Multimillionaire Mississippi lawyer Dickie Scruggs, portrayed in a 1999 Hollywood film about his legal fight against the tobacco industry, is facing federal charges of conspiring to bribe a judge handling $26.5 million in attorney fees related to Hurricane Katrina claims. Not long after drawing applause for allowing University of Mississippi officials to…
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November 29, 2007
State lawmaker under fire over Ala. company cleanup
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Seven years after Sen. Jack Gordon agreed to solve environmental problems at a oil plant he owned in Alabama, state officials there are asking the federal government for help enforcing clean-up efforts. Bessemer Petroleum Co. Inc. has not complied with a consent order that Gordon, one of Mississippi’s most powerful lawmakers, signed,…
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November 29, 2007
Ex-guard reporting to mayor again
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/29/7 Michael Recio has been reassigned from his job as assistant police chief – back to reporting to Jackson Mayor Frank Melton. The move comes more than a month after Melton promoted Recio, who had been one of the mayor’s bodyguards. The promotion was unpopular within Jackson Police Department ranks, with the police…
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November 29, 2007
Jeff Smith publishes Billy McCoy/VPAC ties to Dickie Scruggs & Joey Langston
According to Jackson Clarion-Ledger reporter Jerry Mitchell, writing at the paper’s website, “Multimillionaire trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs has been indicted on charges of conspiring to bribe a judge in the case involving $26.5 million in attorney fees involving Katrina claims. Others indicted in the alleged scheme include Scruggs’ son, Zach, former State Auditor Steve Patterson…
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November 29, 2007
Balducci-Langston Filing against Phil Bryant in Worldcom case
Balducci-Langston Filing against Phil Bryant in Worldcom case Langston Law Firm 11/29/7 hattip RFAC
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November 29, 2007
SHOCKER – Jim Hood announces Scruggs et. al. actually cooperating with the state
(satire) In a shocking development in the Dickie Scruggs bribery case, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, announced late last night in an exclusive interview with YallPolitics that Dickie Scruggs, Zach Scruggs, Tim Balducci, Steven Patterson and Sidney Backstrom were all “confidential informants” in a totally covert and unannounced sting operation being conducted by the Mississippi…
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November 29, 2007
Who have the ‘Jackpot Justice’ Lawyers donated to?
Since this whole deal is about manipulating the legal and political system, let’s take a quick look at who Scruggs, Balducci, Backstrom, & Patterson donate to politically. Courtesy of Open Secrets.org SCRUGGS, CLAIRE ELIZABETH PASCAGOULA,MS 39567 N/A/RETIRED 3/29/2007 $28,500 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte SCRUGGS, RICHARD F OXFORD,MS 38655 THE SCRUGGS LAW FIRM/ATTORNEY 3/29/2007 $28,500 Democratic…
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November 29, 2007
Hillary Clinton’s December 15 Fundraiser at Dickie Scruggs’ Home
Hillary Clinton currently has scheduled a fundraiser at Dickie Scruggs’ home in Oxford, Mississippi on December 15, 2007. Ironically another man with trouble telling the truth to federal judges, Former President Bill Clinton, is scheduled to attend in her stead.
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November 29, 2007
Pigs get fat – Hogs get slaughtered – Scruggs gets indicted for bribery
Late today, tort baron Dickie Scruggs, his son Zach, Tim Balducci and former Mississippi State Auditor Steve Patterson were indicted by a federal grand jury for bribing a local trial judge that was cooperating with the FBI. All four were huge Attorney General Jim Hood contributors during the last election cycle. Steve Patterson even wrote…
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November 28, 2007
Police pay: Council should look to boost ranks
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 11/28/7 The “flap” between the Jackson City Council and Mayor Frank Melton over paying the $46,000 extra in raises for his police appointments is a bonafide concern that has taxpayers up in arms. But cooler heads need to prevail so innocent city workers aren’t penalized by Melton’s hard-headedness. On a 3-3 vote…
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November 28, 2007
Lott adds to GOP’s 2008 troubles
The News Observer, 11/28/7 Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott’s resignation announcement Monday was the latest in a wave of retirements to hit congressional Republicans, making an already difficult 2008 electoral landscape even more complicated for the minority party. Party officials say the retirements — 17 members of the House and six senators — are the…
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March 20, 2026
DiBiase found not guilty on all 13 counts for his alleged role in Mississippi’s largest-ever public welfare scandal
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March 20, 2026
White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint
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Frank Corder
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March 20, 2026
International Paper to build new $225 million facility in Rankin County
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Mississippi Ag Commissioner pushes back on California’s corporate climate reporting mandate
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2026
Salad Days Hydroponic Farm cuts ribbon on new Flora greenhouse facility
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Frank Corder
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March 12, 2026
Unions ratify largest single wage increase in Ingalls Shipbuilding history
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Susan Marquez
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March 20, 2026
Mississippi Symphony Orchestra hosts Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience
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Alistair Begg
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March 20, 2026
The triumphant King
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Susan Marquez
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March 19, 2026
JXN Food & Wine Festival expands to three days in 2026
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Russ Latino
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March 20, 2026
Could Mississippi’s conservative, business donors stop giving to Republican incumbents?
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Russ Latino
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March 19, 2026
Employers warn Senate plan to raise Mississippians’ drug prices will cost dearly
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Sid Salter
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March 18, 2026
Hyde-Smith withstood a nearly “coordinated” attack in cruising to GOP primary win
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