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August 9, 2007
Recurring theme for next two months during MS Elections
Everyone is going to hear a lot about “trial lawyer” influence (vs. “big oil”, “big tobacco”, “big insurance”, “big sugar”, “big guns”, etc.) in the next two months. The Democratic candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and Commissioner of Insurance are either trial lawyers or have MAJOR MAJOR contributory ties to them. I ran…
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August 9, 2007
Republican Voters Hit Problems at Polls
WJTV, 8/8/7 Republican officials are investigating why so many things went wrong with primary elections. Communication break-downs and polling place problems meant some Hinds County republicans never got to cast their votes. “We’re going to make our investigation, see what went wrong, then decide to see what we need to do to fix it,” Jim…
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August 9, 2007
DA, challenger ready for battle
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/9/7 The third-place finisher in the hotly contested Hinds County district attorney’s race says she has not decided whether she will endorse a candidate in the Democratic runoff. Michele Purvis trailed incumbent Faye Peterson and Robert Shuler Smith in the Democratic primary Tuesday. Peterson said she believes Tuesday’s election was impacted some by…
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August 9, 2007
Bryant hard-pressed to name differences with Franks on issues
WMCTV, 8/8/7 State Auditor Phil Bryant, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, tells voters his conservatism is what separates him from his Democratic opponent, state Rep. Jamie Franks. But a day after winning the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor, Bryant was hard-pressed to elaborate on the differences he has with state Representative Jamie Franks when…
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August 9, 2007
Finally, Judge Leslie Southwick’s nomination will face full Senate
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/9/7 The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to allow Mississippi Judge Leslie Southwick to stand for the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The action means his nomination no longer is bottled up in the committee but is headed for a vote in the full Senate sometime this fall. It’s not a…
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August 9, 2007
Barbour coattails?: Robertson, Ross say ‘no’
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/9/7 Does Gov. Haley Barbour have any coattails? That is, can the popularity of the Republican governor bring votes for down-ticket races on Nov. 6? The Aug. 7 results for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Tommy Robertson, R-Moss Point, and state Sen. Charlie Ross, R-Brandon, would tend to say “no.” Both were…
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August 9, 2007
Which Campaign Ads Will You Remember?
WLBT, 8/9/7 We now get a reprieve from the barrage of campaign ads. Which commercials stand out in your mind the most? Some candidates chose to sling mud at their opponents. And while some of them won their races, others did not. Positive ads seemed more popular this time around. Candidates such as Governor Haley…
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August 9, 2007
Health Department requesting $16M more to boost field staff
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/8/7 The state Department of Health needs $16 million in additional funding to hire an adequate field staff to stem the spread of syphilis, TB and other diseases, Interim State Officer Dr. Ed Thompson said today. Without an adequate staff, “you can’t interrupt the transmission of disease,” Thompson told the state Board of…
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August 9, 2007
Chapter of Miss. political history closes with primary votes
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/9/7 In a column two weeks ago, I wrote that the Mississippi Democratic Party did not know about the lawsuit filed last year on their behalf by Cleveland attorney Ellis Turnage. That was incorrect. Some officials did know. Some wish they had known more, however. Minutes show Turnage got a favorable nod…
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August 9, 2007
Another Open Letter to Donna Ladd
NOT SATIRE Donna, In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, it’s deja vu all over again. You have again taken the privilege of the ad supported forum to potshot me, and you don’t even have the courtesy or the courage to do it by name. You thought better of your “post” on Saturday (probably because…
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August 8, 2007
EAVES – Post primary Op-ed
I AM A DEMOCRAT BECAUSE I AM A CHRISTIAN OpEd/Letter to the Editor from the Democratic Nominee for Governor JACKSON – The following is an OpEd/Letter to the Editor from the Democratic nominee for Governor of Mississippi, John Eaves. Yesterday, Eaves won the nomination of his party to face Governor Haley Barbour in November’s general…
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August 8, 2007
What this primary election really meant
HISTORY, people, HISTORY by Alan Lange
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April 17, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: April 17, 2026
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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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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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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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Richelle Putnam
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April 17, 2026
Beth Ann Fennelly’s The Irish Goodbye: Finding extraordinary in the ordinary
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Alistair Begg
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April 17, 2026
Your kingdom come
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Susan Marquez
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April 16, 2026
Growing in Mississippi: Salad Days
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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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