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August 23, 2007
Mississippi: 3rd District Race Already Shaping Up
Southern Political Report, 8/22/7 Less than a week after sixth-term US Rep. Chip Pickering (R) announced that he will not seek re-election in 2008, the field of candidates and potential candidates is growing in Mississippi’s 3rd District (Meridian, etc.). The district has a strong Republican tilt — Bush carried it by 65% in 2004 and…
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August 23, 2007
Budget: No ‘secrets’ to Jackson’s predicament
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/23/7 The Jackson City Council is expected to resume budget discussions today and, perhaps, will be apprised by Mayor Frank Melton as to how “secret” deficits by his predecessor are to blame for his failure to address a $3.9 million shortfall. At a Monday meeting, Melton told the Council that his internal…
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August 23, 2007
Barbour can’t ‘out-conservative’ Democratic nominee Eaves
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/23/7 Any Mississippi Democrats who are pro-choice, for strict separation of church and state, believe in at least some form of gun control and that being gay shouldn’t preclude a full-fledged marriage to a same-gender partner are without a horse in this fall’s gubernatorial race. Jackson attorney John Eaves handily won his…
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August 23, 2007
Dem candidates in Hinds make final plea to voters
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/23/7 It’s their final appeal, said Elzena Johnson, referring to Hinds County Democratic runoff candidates sitting before her Wednesday night. “I wouldn’t want to miss that. I really want to know about who they are, and that’s why I came,” said the 92-year-old Terry alderwoman, who’s avidly interested in politics. A nearly packed…
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August 23, 2007
Musgrove, ex-governor of Mississippi, remarries
WMCTV, 8/22/7 The Associated Press confirmed today (Wednesday) that former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove has remarried. Musgrove married the former Melody Bounds on August 4 in a small ceremony attended by their children. The couple had been dating about two years.
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August 23, 2007
Franks goes shopping
The Clarion-Ledger State Gov’t Blog, 8/22/7 Democrat lite guv candidate Jamie Franks went grocery shopping in Tupelo today. He was illustrating the savings a 3.5 percent (rather than a 7 percent) grocery tax can bring. In the press release below, he included a potential breakfast menu for middle schoolers with the savings. I say this…
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August 22, 2007
Dem official: GOP should not have stolen poll staff
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/22/7 Some Democratic clerks who helped staff Republican polls for the Aug. 7 primary may get a bigger check for doing a manager’s job, but a Democratic official says recruiting interrupted his elections and left his staff confused. When dozens of precincts were left without Republican workers, Hinds County Republican Executive Committee Chairman…
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August 22, 2007
Dozens flood the Capitol: Hurricane victims protest, want aid to come more quickly
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/22/7 Mississippi’s Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts are receiving increased scrutiny from advocacy groups calling for major changes and more transparency as billions of dollars in federal aid are distributed. More than 100 Katrina victims and supporters marched on the state Capitol on Tuesday, demanding Gov. Haley Barbour’s grant program move more quickly and…
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August 22, 2007
Lamar ceremony brings Governors, Judges
The Democrat, 8/21/7 Sweltering temperatures could not keep state and local officials, as well as friends and family, from filling two Tate County courtrooms last week for Justice Ann Lamar’s investiture ceremony. Current Governor Haley Barbour, former Governor Ronnie Musgrove, and many attorneys and judges joined well-wishers from across the region to see Justice Lamar…
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August 22, 2007
Hood: “We’re Trying to Send a Message”
WTOK, 8/21/7 An outbreak of home repair fraud in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is apparently still going on in Mississippi. That word came Tuesday from Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who spoke to the Newton Rotary Club. He said his office and U.S. marshals are trying to send a message to scammers by the…
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August 22, 2007
D.A. Candidate Picks Up Endorsements
WLBT, 8/21/7 Hinds County District Attorney Faye Peterson has picked up endorsements from Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin and Michele Purvis, one of her opponents in the August 7th primary. McMillin says he’s backing Peterson over Jackson lawyer Robert Smith because of Smith’s association with Jackson mayor Frank Melton. The Sheriff told WLBT,”If Frank Melton…
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August 22, 2007
MIM – Obama Claims He Can Win Mississippi
Obama Claims He Can Win Mississippi Here is Obama’s quote: “If we just got African-Americans in Mississippi to vote their percentage of the population, Mississippi is suddenly a Democratic state.” Majority In MS 8/21/7
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 5, 2025
Reeves responds to critics over sending Mississippi National Guard to D.C.
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Daniel Tyson
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September 5, 2025
Mississippi PSC takes action against Holly Springs Public Utility
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September 5, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: September 5, 2025
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September 5, 2025
Hiring stalls with US companies reluctant to expand in an uncertain economic landscape
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Lynne Jeter
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September 3, 2025
Hood Industries invests $245 million in Waynesboro expansion
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Lynne Jeter
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August 29, 2025
Tri-state partnership boosts South’s automaker bid
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Susan Marquez
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September 5, 2025
September in Mississippi brings football, books and chicken wings
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Susan Marquez
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September 5, 2025
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service connects Gulf Coast cities
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Alistair Begg
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September 5, 2025
Striving after the wind
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Roger Wicker
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September 5, 2025
Taiwan has resolved to live free
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Sid Salter
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September 3, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Rollins praised MSU’s ag tech, research during campus visit
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Chris Brown
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September 1, 2025
Mississippi shouldn’t subsidize bad decisions, Green New Deal in other states
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