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July 17, 2007
Are Barbour’s coattails broad enough to carry Legislature for Republicans?
The Leader Call Editorial, 7/16/7 Another election in Mississippi. The sitting governor was popular. His political party’s confidence level heading into the general election was running high — poised, by some estimations, to make major inroads in the Legislature. It didn’t happen. It was the election of 1995. And the political magnetism of Republican Kirk…
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July 17, 2007
Punishment: Is hitting children ever good?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/16/7 Is there ever a good time to hit kids? This is a question that Jacksonians may have to answer, if Jackson Public Schools decides to reinstate corporal punishment. School Board member Sollie Norwood sparked debate when he asked the Board to consider reinstating the practice districtwide. JPS stopped using corporal punishment…
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July 17, 2007
Hiring: Mayor says he’ll obey law in parks pick
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/16/7 Mayor Frank Melton now says he’ll comply with the law in hiring a department head. Now, there’s a commentary for you. The elected executive of the capital city says he will obey the law. Should that be novel? Unique? “News?” City Council President Frank Bluntson says he persuaded Melton to nominate…
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July 17, 2007
‘Gilbert’ Hosemann Ad is out – best ad of the cycle
‘Gilbert’ Hosemann Ad is out – best ad of the cycle Delbert Hosemann Campaign 7/16/7
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July 17, 2007
Great ad spread on Mississippi in Fortune
Great ad spread on Mississippi in Fortune Go to page 22. Those running for state office as a Democrat may want to avert their gaze. Fortune Magazine Online 7/16/7
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July 17, 2007
Magnolia Report Running Best Political Weblog Poll
Our friends at the Magnolia Report are running a best political weblog poll covering Mississippi politics. It is between the Clarion Ledger, CottonMouth Blog, Jackson Free Press and your humble servants at YallPolitics.com. Go vote (if ya’ wanna).
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July 17, 2007
Levee board OKs scaled-back flood control plan
Levee board OKs scaled-back flood control plan The Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood Control Board voted today to begin studying a smaller and less expensive version of the massive LeFleur Lakes flood control plan. At its meeting this morning, the levee board voted to back a plan with one smaller lake to be located further to…
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July 16, 2007
Edwards begins tour to highlight poverty
The Sun Herald, 7/16/7 Linking the federal minimum wage to inflation and strengthening collective bargaining rights would be two steps toward the eventual elimination of poverty in America, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Monday. The idea of the three-day tour, set to formally start in New Orleans Monday, is both to draw attention to…
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July 16, 2007
Ross, Bryant differ on taxes, chairmanships
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 7/13/7 Bryant and Ross, vying to win the Republican Aug. 7 Republican primary, made separate appearances Friday before the Daily Journal editorial board. The primary winner will face state Rep. Jamie Franks, D-Mooreville, in the Nov. 6 general election. During the past two sessions, Ross was a key senator in…
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July 16, 2007
Melton Opens His Home to Jackson Youth
WLBT, 7/15/7 Mayor Frank Melton surprised a west Jackson neighborhood Saturday evening. He spoke to residents at Deer Park Street and then escorted several teenage boys to his house. The Mayor said his priority is to get to know the hearts and minds of Jackson’s youth. “I just talked to six of you and six…
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July 16, 2007
Dale faces tough battle: Katrina still storms insurance chief’s race
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/15/7 Neck deep in the toughest political race of his storied four-decade career in Mississippi politics, the answer for eight-term incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner George Dale may be blowing in the winds of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. With many Gulf Coast insurance customers still in the limbo of litigation or mediation on hurricane-related…
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July 16, 2007
Hood and Hopkins remain the wild card
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/15/7 As the Aug. 7 primaries approach, the races are about as exciting as eating salt-free soda crackers with the exception of the GOP lite governor showdown and the Democratic primary in the insurance commissioner’s race. The Phil Bryant/Charlie Ross race for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor is an interesting race…
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February 24, 2026
Miss. Dept. of Education presents K-12 Workforce Development Plan
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February 24, 2026
Trump will lay out his midterm agenda at the State of the Union
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Daniel Tyson
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February 24, 2026
Hinds Co. Supervisors urged to support public defender funding
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
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February 23, 2026
Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
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Frank Corder
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February 18, 2026
Firehawk Aerospace establishing manufacturing operations in Crawford
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Daniel Tyson
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February 13, 2026
Billions in new economic development projects in the works for Mississippi in 2026
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Meredith Biesinger
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February 24, 2026
The Painted Lady: A Victorian Mississippi beauty made for memories
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Alistair Begg
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February 24, 2026
Show no partiality
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Robert St. John
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February 23, 2026
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Philip Wegmann
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February 23, 2026
Trump lashes out at Supreme Court as under “foreign influence”
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Justan Rice
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February 23, 2026
Mississippi’s independent workers deserve better. House Bill 1072 is the answer
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Laurie Cox
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February 23, 2026
Why I am for all students, not just those in my public schools
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