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July 4, 2007
Council split 3-3 in vote for leader
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/4/7 The Jackson City Council deadlocked 3-3 on efforts to appoint a president on Tuesday, leaving Frank Bluntson at the helm until a Ward 1 councilman can be elected in an Aug. 14 special election. Ward 2 Councilman Leslie McLemore was nominated by Marshand Crisler of Ward 6 to be the president, but…
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July 4, 2007
Former state Sen. John White dies at 70
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/4/7 Former state Sen. John White, D-Booneville, died at home Tuesday of complications from diabetes. White, 70, was an optometrist who had a practice in Baldwyn from 1965 to 2005. He also had an office in Booneville. White had lived in Baldwyn and Booneville. He and his wife, Ann, had moved to Saltillo…
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July 4, 2007
Martin trailing rival
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/4/7 An absentee ballot count today could determine if Phillip Martin’s nearly three-decade reign as chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians continues or comes to an end. With all eight Choctaw communities reporting Tuesday night, Martin trailed challenger Beasley Denson, a former Tribal Council member, in the runoff to the June…
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July 4, 2007
Melton Quits Smoking To Promote Citywide Ban
WAPT, 7/4/7 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton turned over his pack of cigarettes to his doctor at a news conference Tuesday morning in an effort to promote a proposed citywide smoking ban. The American Heart Association has met several times with Melton, hoping to get his support for the ban. According to the Health Department, at…
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July 3, 2007
Board names interim state health officer
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/3/7 Interim State Health Officer Ed Thompson vowed Monday to revive faith in an embattled Health Department that once drew national accolades. “The first thing we will do is restore public trust in this agency – that’s job one,” Thompson said after the state Board of Health appointed him Monday to replace State…
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July 3, 2007
Thad Cochran tries to rescue Bush nominee
The Hill, 7/3/7 Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is making a last-ditch effort to save the nomination of an appellate court nominee from his home state by appealing to Democratic colleagues on the Appropriations Committee. As the senior Republican member of Appropriations, Cochran seems to have decided he has a better chance of changing the minds…
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July 3, 2007
Clark hands Barbour a home run chance
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 7/3/7 It’s as if the first-term Republican governor is getting to hit off a batting tee, thanks in large part to the rulings of U.S. District Judge Allen Pepper of the Northern District of Mississippi. If Pepper’s ruling is equivalent to Barbour being given a hitting tee, then actions…
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July 3, 2007
JOHN FUND ON THE TRAIL
The Wall Street Journal Editorial, 7/2/7 Last week a federal district judge found direct evidence that the political machine in Noxubee County, Miss., had discriminated against voters with the intent to infringe their rights and that “these abuses have been racially motivated.” Explosive stuff, so why haven’t you heard about it? Because the Noxubee case…
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July 3, 2007
Only fraction of governor’s storm-relief fund spent
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/3/7 Only about $1 million of the $30 million raised by celebrities and others to help Hurricane Katrina victims rebuild has been spent, officials with the Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund said Monday. Hurricane Recovery Fund officials say that the money has been earmarked for distribution and cite a variety of reasons why more…
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July 3, 2007
Council may select new president, vice president
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/3/7 Jackson City Council members today will consider selecting a new president and vice president of the body. Council members have remained tight-lipped on who will be chosen. But until Allen resigned the votes often had been split 4-3 with Allen being joined in votes by Ward 2 Councilman Leslie McLemore, Ward 6…
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July 3, 2007
Mayor takes blame for strife with City Council
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/3/7 Jackson’s crime rate is up, the city still faces a $3.9 million budget shortfall, and discussions about whether to adopt and finance a crime plan submitted by the police chief have dropped to the wayside. Melton blames himself for the strained relationship with the council and said he must become a catalyst…
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July 3, 2007
Eastland once a king maker in Miss. politics; Brown aspires to that role now
The Leader Call Editorial, 7/2/7 He really had the only real political machine of the day,” recalls veteran Mississippi political columnist Bill Minor. “There was no question James O. Eastland was the most powerful single politician in the state. Sometimes he would anoint, but many times he would make no comment. “In a tacit way,…
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September 23, 2026
Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in death of black woman found hanging from tree, seek 3rd suspect
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Frank Corder
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September 23, 2026
After losing her bid for U.S. Senate in the Democratic Primary, Priscilla Till to run for Mississippi Governor
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Cass Rutledge
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September 23, 2026
Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area
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Cass Rutledge
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September 18, 2026
Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2026
Hitachi Energy brings largest U.S. investment to date to Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
General Atomics announced second expansion this year, bringing 125 more jobs to Shannon
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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September 23, 2026
No. 21 Florida counting on Swamp to help slow down No. 4 Ole Miss star QB Trinidad Chambliss
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Marilyn Tinnin
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September 23, 2026
Jim Abbott: Paper man chasing the truth in the Mississippi Delta
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Alistair Begg
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September 23, 2026
Discord and division
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Sid Salter
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September 23, 2026
Midterm elections in Mississippi shaping up as a familiar exercise in black-and-white
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Bill Cork
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September 22, 2026
The states winning investment are the states ready to deliver
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Lesley Davis
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September 21, 2026
The war on women’s spaces has reached the sorority house
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