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July 24, 2005
Give Melton credit for his housing focus
Give Melton credit for his housing focus I wonder whether it’s starting to sink in to freshly minted Mayor Frank Melton just how complex his job is. Just how powerless his job can sometimes feel. In the business world, Melton could make a snap decision and watch it quickly become so. If the folks didn’t…
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July 24, 2005
Conditions at complex upgraded
Conditions at complex upgraded City officials and Lincoln Garden residents say conditions have improved at the Jackson apartment complex nearly a year after then-Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. threatened to cut off water service and condemn the place. “Everything’s a lot better now,” resident Christine Taylor said last week. Taylor lived at the 100-unit complex on…
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July 24, 2005
Renovation or wrecking ball: Melton aims at King Edward
Renovation or wrecking ball: Melton aims at King Edward Mayor Frank Melton first went after the Jackson Apartments. Now he’s after the King Edward Hotel. Jackson’s mayor on Friday gave his staff 30 days to submit a plan to renovate the King Edward Hotel or he says he will push to have it demolished. The…
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July 22, 2005
Crime-fighting, not museum, is priority
Crime-fighting, not museum, is priority I was dismayed to learn that the Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted to contribute $50,000 in taxpayer funds to the Museum of Muslim Culture (“Supervisor says board misled on grant for Muslim museum,” July 20). Supervisors initially turned down Sheriff Malcolm McMillin’s request for new cars for deputies. I…
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July 22, 2005
Court overhaul needed to fight Jackson crime
Court overhaul needed to fight Jackson crime A chronic myopia cripples Jackson. The one problem most people immediately think of when one mentions Jackson is crime. How do we reduce crime? The average person or most people in high positions will say, “More police!” However, the criminal justice system consists of three pillars: law enforcement,…
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July 22, 2005
Turnabout: Melton Changes Story About Leak
Turnabout: Melton Changes Story About Leak In a chain of events reminiscent of New York Times reporter Judith Miller being jailed over an unnamed source in the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, Clarion-Ledger Washington bureau reporter Ana Radelat last week filed notice of appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court to avoid revealing an unnamed…
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July 19, 2005
Marshall Ramsey 7/19/5
Marshall Ramsey Cartoon – 7/19/5 Marshall Ramsey Clarion Ledger 7/19/5
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July 19, 2005
Judge denies bond for man accused of firing at officers
Judge denies bond for man accused of firing at officers The safety of the public demands a Jackson man accused of firing at least 17 shots from an SKS assault rifle and a 9mm pistol at police in May stays behind bars for now, a judge ruled Monday in a preliminary hearing. Hinds County Judge…
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July 19, 2005
Melton: No more ‘them and us’
Melton: No more ‘them and us’ Jackson Mayor Frank Melton told the Hinds County Board of Supervisors on Monday the era of tense relations between the city and county are over. “The (days of) them and us is over. It’s about us and we,” Melton said. In the past, the city and Hinds County have…
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July 19, 2005
Melton backs off vow to close apartments
Melton backs off vow to close apartments Backing off his threat to close the dilapidated Jackson Apartments, Mayor Frank Melton told residents Monday he wants their help in fixing the problems. In an impromptu meeting, Melton told some residents of the Maple Street complex to meet, identify what they want, then get back with him.…
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July 19, 2005
Whose Money Is It Anyway?
$20 million a year in tobacco settlement money pits the governor and the legislature against the lieutenant governor and the attorney general. So just who
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July 18, 2005
Mayor Threatens to Close Apt. Complex
Mayor Threatens to Close Apt. Complex Mayor Frank Melton says he will begin the process of shutting down the Jackson Apartments on Monday. This is one of his first moves in cleaning up Jackson. Trash litters the grounds of the Jackson Apartments. Burned out, vacant units, left to decay for years, surround dozens of children…
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July 3, 2025
Launch of Mississippi’s America250 Commission announced
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Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
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July 3, 2025
The House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign
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Frank Corder
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July 3, 2025
Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court coming to address “very narrow, legal issue” in court-ordered legislative redistricting
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Lynne Jeter
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June 27, 2025
Howard Industries announces $237 million expansion in Clarke, Jones and Simpson counties
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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Bernard Condon, Associated Press
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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C.H. Spurgeon
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July 6, 2025
Torn in two
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Richelle Putnam
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July 4, 2025
The timeless allure and bayou elegance of Gulf Hills Hotel and Resort
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C.H. Spurgeon
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July 4, 2025
Follow Rahab’s example
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Kimberly Ross
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July 3, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court picks parents, religious freedom over woke education bureaucracy
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Kelley Williams
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July 3, 2025
Why do utility monopolies exist?
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Ashby Foote
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July 2, 2025
Is Iran poised for disruption?
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