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March 16, 2012
Senate Bill Would End State Job Protections For 2 Years
Senate Bill Would End Job Protections For 2 Years Mississippi state government agencies could get two years to fire employees without following civil service rules. Senate Bill 2380, passed Thursday on a 29-19 vote, removes protections currently enforced by the state Personnel Board. Gov. Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, both Republicans, are pushing…
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March 16, 2012
Miss. Senate approves ‘Sunshine’ bill
Miss. Senate approves ‘Sunshine’ bill The Mississippi Senate on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that would limit Attorney General Jim Hood’s power. Senators voted 32-17 for Senate Bill 2084, which would determine the percentage of a verdict outside lawyers could earn. Under the bill, the attorney general would have to appoint outside lawyers…
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March 16, 2012
Brandon Presley pleased with Mississippi Supreme Court decision on Kemper plant
Brandon Presley pleased with Mississippi Supreme Court decision on Kemper plant Jackson, Mississippi (March 15, 2012) – Today Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Mississippi Power Company’s Kemper County Coal Plant: T oday’s 9-0 decision by the Mississippi Supreme Court reversing the $2.8 billion…
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March 15, 2012
New website called StopMSWaste.org supports passage of SB 2736
What SENATE BILL 2736 Does … •Prohibits state tax dollars from being spent on television and radio advertising to promote state government agencies and programs and the politicians that lead them •Creates common sense rules for buying advertising to protect our tax dollars and create more transparency •Requires competitive bidding for government agency advertising just…
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March 15, 2012
Spat slows House progress
Spat slows House progress Tensions are running high along partisan lines in the Mississippi House as lawmakers approach a major deadline for moving legislation. All bills the House does not vote on by today will be dead if they originated in that chamber. Wednesday was the second late-night session for House members, but some representatives…
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March 15, 2012
Haley Barbour on Neil Cavuto
Haley Barbour on Neil Cavuto NEIL CAVUTO, HOST OF “YOUR WORLD”: All right, now it’s going to be on to Illinois, a lot of attention to Newt Gingrich at the Convention Center in Rosemont, where he is going to be speaking. He polls fairly well there, not on top there, but it is a competitive…
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March 15, 2012
Wicker & Cochran applaud senate passing BP spill bill
Wicker & Cochran applaud senate passing BP spill bill The Senate approved a highway bill Wednesday that includes a long-sought provision for the Gulf Coast: A guarantee that 80 percent of the fines collected from the April 2010 BP oil spill — an amount that could reach $20 billion — would be distributed for coastal…
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March 15, 2012
CNN – Mansion trustees got special treatment
CNN – Mansion trustees got special treatment Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Investigative documents obtained by CNN show that former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, his wife and his staff may have given preferential treatment to two of the convicted murderers who were among the more than 200 former and current inmates he pardoned in January. According…
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March 15, 2012
Jim Hood considering wasting money, going back to Supreme Court over pardons
Jim Hood considering wasting money, going back to Supreme Court over pardons Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he’s weighing his options after losing his big legal battle over Haley Barbour’s controversial pardons. Hood now says he’s considering filing a petition with the state Supreme Court for a rehearing on the case. Six justices made…
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March 15, 2012
Senate passes bill to cut attorney general’s power
Senate passes bill to cut attorney general’s power The Mississippi Senate voted 32-17 Wednesday to restrict Attorney General Jim Hood’s power to control the state’s legal business. The bill would write into law what share of a verdict could be earned by outside lawyers hired on contingency. It would also require that the attorney general…
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March 15, 2012
NYT quotes Austin Barbour on Romney
NYT quotes Austin Barbour on Romney While donors privately worry about Mr. Romney’s ability to relate to average Americans, the finance and corporate executives he mingled with Wednesday are perhaps the group with whom he feels most comfortable — and who are equally enthusiastic about him. “Don’t forget, New York is a town of businesspeople,…
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March 15, 2012
Trent Lott – Romney should be more on message
Trent Lott – Romney should be more on message The sentiment was echoed Wednesday morning by Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, a leading Romney backer who called on the former governor to articulate in greater detail his specific accomplishments in Massachusetts and in the private sector. Lott pointed to Newt Gingrich’s recent focus on lowering the…
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June 20, 2025
Supreme Court work goes on with 10 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 20, 2025
Mississippi K-12, higher education boards adopt policy to handle DEI complaints
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Daniel Tyson
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June 20, 2025
Mississippi Governor signs bulk of appropriations bills into law, setting $7.135 billion FY 2026 budget
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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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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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Ben Smith
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June 20, 2025
Provisions from Dad
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 20, 2025
Outside the camp
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Dennis Waszak Jr., Associated Press
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June 19, 2025
From ‘Love Island’ to the practice field, Jaxson Dart is already fitting in with the Giants’ QBs
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Sid Salter
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June 18, 2025
Mississippi was once the scene 62 years ago of a federalized National Guard at Ole Miss
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Kelley Williams
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June 17, 2025
Georgia’s PSC is in the game on data centers, Mississippi’s has been benched
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Kimberly Ross
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June 17, 2025
Perceived hypocrisy does not an excuse make for violent mob-driven riots
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