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May 9, 2007
Barbour might be open to cigarette tax hike next term
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/9/7 Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he would be open to an increase in the cigarette tax during his second term if it is part of an overall package that provides “a significant tax cut” for Mississippians. During the past two legislative sessions, the Republican governor has blocked legislation that…
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May 9, 2007
NASA To Build New Test Site In Southern Miss
WAPT, 5/8/7 Republican Sens. Thad Cochran and Trent Lott are announcing NASA’s plans to build a new rocket engine test stand on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Cochran and Lott said the announcement represents an estimated $175 million investment at Stennis to support the Constellation Project, the agency’s plan to send missions back to the moon…
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May 9, 2007
Another 7 stores pull Chinese catfish
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/9/7 Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Lester Spell pulled Chinese catfish from seven more grocery stores Tuesday after samples tested positive for federally banned antibiotics. Spell ordered the sale of Chinese catfish to stop after an additional seven catfish tested positive for the antibiotics. So far, 11 of 16 samples taken across Mississippi…
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May 9, 2007
Barbour biz: Relationship heightens interest news?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/9/7 Rosemary Barbour, who was born in Guatemala, is the wife of Hinds County Supervisor Charles Barbour. Her company had qualified as a minority-owned firm with the Small Business Administration. Alcatec holds more than $28 million in contracts with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and employs about 40 people in Jackson and…
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May 9, 2007
Circuit Clerk Running Again, Despite Guilty Plea
WLBT, 5/8/7 After pleading guilty to embezzlement, Adams County Circuit Clerk M.L. “Binkey” Vines can remain in office and run for re-election. Vines pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of embezzlement. He was placed on “unsupervised good behavior” for one year and ordered to pay more than $40,000 in fees. The attorney general’s office dropped…
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May 9, 2007
Mayor Threatens Council with Veto Power
WLBT, 5/8/7 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton says he may have to use political tactics in response to council members refusing to confirm his department head candidates. The mayor made the announcement in the wake of two of his nominees not gaining the majority approval of the council. Melton says, “We have four other city council…
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May 9, 2007
SALTER – Hosemann, Windsor appear to be the pacesetters…
Hosemann, Windsor appear to be the pacesetters… It’s early, very early, for political prognostications in the 2007 Mississippi statewide races ? other than the governor’s race. But in the Secretary of State’s race, it appears to me that the early leaders are Jackson attorney Delbert Hosemann for the Republicans and Corinth attorney John Windsor for…
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May 9, 2007
Lester Spell Reports that Banning Imported Catfish Tests Positive for Votes
Lester Spell Reports that Banning Imported Catfish Tests Positive for Votes In a surprise move today, Mississippi Agriculture Secretary Lester Spell has determined through extensive laboratory analysis that imported “catfish” has tested positive for votes. “I don’t know what the odds were about these fishies testing positive for votes in 2007, of all years, but…
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May 9, 2007
Split between mayor, some council members growing
Split between mayor, some council members growing Clarion Ledger 5/8/7
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May 8, 2007
Legislator: Wind-mitigation program needs funding
The Sun Herald, 5/7/7 The program would provide people with free or low-cost inspections of homes or office buildings, a menu of items to be improved and the estimated costs. It would provide a corresponding calculation of insurance-premium reductions for the storm-proofing upgrades. The program would be modeled after the My Safe Florida Home program.…
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May 8, 2007
Drug prices: Lott was right, Cochran wrong
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/8/7 A measure supported by Sen. Trent Lott to allow lower-priced prescription drugs into the United States was gutted by what was termed a “poison pill” amendment by fellow Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran. Cochran’s amendment, passed 49-40, required the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to first certify imported medicines are safe…
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May 8, 2007
Ethnic Albanian Islamofascist Radicals have plot foiled to blow up base on US soil
FBI Arrests Six In Alleged Terror Plot Against N.J. Soldiers The six suspects arrested Monday night will face terror conspiracy charges. Three of the men are brothers, all believed to be Islamic radicals. Authorities have told Newschannel 4 that some of the men were born in Albania and the former Yugoslavia. Investigators said most of…
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August 28, 2026
Arrest made in sextortion case that led to death of Starkville teen Walker Montgomery
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 28, 2026
Mississippi sees decline in overdose deaths, pushes for continued focus on reducing addiction
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Frank Corder
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August 28, 2026
Ocean Aero creating 45 jobs with $4 million expansion in Gulfport
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Frank Corder
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August 27, 2026
Raytheon announces completion of $50 million expansion in Forest
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Cass Rutledge
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August 20, 2026
Solero Technologies announces $14 million expansion in Water Valley
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Frank Corder
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August 18, 2026
New Director coming to Port Pascagoula
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Matt Friedeman
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August 30, 2026
Parents – time to start raising “different” children
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Frank Corder
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August 28, 2026
Preseason Conerly Trophy watch list announced by Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum
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Susan Marquez
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August 28, 2026
Visit a Mississippi farmer’s market before summer ends
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Roger Wicker
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August 28, 2026
Reports of Mississippi momentum are true
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Sid Salter
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August 26, 2026
Supreme Court to rule on 2020 Census results that negatively impacted Mississippians
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Roger Wicker
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August 21, 2026
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line boosts jobs, tourism
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