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June 1, 2007
Lott Gets Heat About Support for Immigration Bill
WTOK, 6/1/7 Protesters by the dozens carried signs, like “Security First, Amnesty Never,” outside the Jackson office of Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott on Thursday. It was a shot at proposed legislation and Sen. Lott, who says the bill is not perfect, but it’s better than nothing. “Sen. Lott has stated people in Mississippi have no…
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June 1, 2007
McCain makes fundraising stop in Mississippi
The Sun Herald, 6/1/7 Presidential hopeful John McCain said Thursday during a fundraising stop in Mississippi that Fred Thompson would make a viable Republican candidate, but he didn’t express concern that his former Senate colleague would siphon off votes in the GOP primary. Thompson, a former senator from Tennessee and “Law & Order” actor, seems…
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June 1, 2007
Attorney general: Moore set the modern role
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/1/7 Most Mississippians would probably be hard-pressed to name five former attorneys general, as for most of the state’s history, the position was confined pretty much to watching over the state’s legal affairs. Moore’s consumer advocacy resulted in the historic $4.1 billion tobacco lawsuit settlement, as well as granting $20 million annually…
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June 1, 2007
Appeal halts Jackson land grab
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/1/7 Eleventh-hour appeals of Byram’s court-approved incorporation have blocked it from becoming Mississippi’s newest municipality and stalled Jackson’s expansion plan. As a result of three appeals on Thursday, the battle for Byram’s incorporation and Jackson’s annexation of a sliver of land south of the city is moving to the state Supreme Court.
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June 1, 2007
State high court denies request for no hearing on sanctions
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/31/7 The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green?s request to rule on sanctions against Jackson Mayor Frank Melton?s personal defense attorney without a hearing in a lower court. Green had filed for sanctions against Dale Danks Jr., who is also a former Jackson mayor, in March.
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June 1, 2007
“Friends of Charlie Ross” on debate saga
Debate saga continues In case you missed it, staff writer for the Clarion-Ledger Laura Hipp posted an online blog yesterday questioning Phil Bryant’s motives for continually dodging one-on-one debates with Charlie: http://www.clarionledger.com/misc/blogs/legteam/legteam.html Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Debate saga continues Ahh yes, Sen. Charlie Ross again is trying to stir up Auditor Phil Bryant to debate.…
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June 1, 2007
MSDEMS – McCain tries to salvage lagging campaign
McCain tries to salvage lagging campaign JACKSON (Thursday, May 31, 2007) ? Republican Presidential candidate John McCain is in Mississippi today raising money in hopes of salvaging his lagging campaign. A new poll out this week shows McCain nationally at just 15 percent and trailing both Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney in the Republican primary…
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June 1, 2007
Mayor vetoes pay-cut action
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/31/7 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton vetoed the City Council’s decision made last week to withhold pay from former interim Fire Chief Todd Chandler and former interim Parks and Recreation Director Charles Melvin. “I have been advised that never in the history of the city of Jackson has a mayor’s request that a department…
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June 1, 2007
$600K sought to lure Saints
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/31/7 Millsaps supporters say they are seeking $600,000 from corporate sponsors to make upgrades to entice the New Orleans Saints to return for training camp on the private college’s campus. “There is a good possibility they are coming,” said Jackson businessman Con Maloney, a Millsaps trustee who is helping raise the money. “We…
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June 1, 2007
Legislative Primaries — Round One
The Clarion-Ledger Red/Blue Blog, 5/31/7 Representative Jamie Franks has chosen to run for Lieutenant Governor rather than for re-election, and four Democrats qualified to run for his seat. Representatives Bill Miles and J.B. Markham are retiring from legislative service, and a total of seven Democrats qualified to run for those two seats. Franks and Miles…
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June 1, 2007
Agriculture: Commissioner’s post unnecessary
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/31/7 The elected statewide position in Mississippi that arguably is the most useless – and expensive to taxpayers – is agriculture commissioner. Back in the days when Mississippi was primarily composed of small farms, and farm families, having a commissioner of agriculture and commerce might have made sense. Most Mississippians today probably couldn’t…
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May 31, 2007
Jim Hood is bad for business
The Madison County Journal Editorial, 5/31/7 The inconvenient fact for Attorney General Jim Hood and his allegations of gasoline price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is that the Federal Trade Commission last year found “no instances of illegal market manipulation that led to higher prices,” The Wall Street Journal reported May 25 –…
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September 23, 2026
Suicide rates in Mississippi, U.S. have risen. Awareness is key to prevention, researchers say
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Frank Corder
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September 23, 2026
Senator Wicker unhappy with President Trump’s “lavish welcome” of China’s Xi Jinping to U.S.
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September 23, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: September 23, 2026
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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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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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