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March 17, 2010
AUDIO: Cochran Argues that Earmark Moratorium is Abdication of Responsibility to Executive Branch
AUDIO: Cochran Argues that Earmark Moratorium is Abdication of Responsibility to Executive Branch COCHRAN ARGUES THAT EARMARK MORATORIUM IS ABDICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH Senate Votes Down Effort to Halt Congressionally-Directed Spending WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today strongly argued against a proposal that…
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March 17, 2010
CHILDERS – The Government Needs to Make Sacrifices, Too
Dear Friends, Every day, hard-working Americans make tough decisions in order to make ends meet, and the federal government should operate no differently. Our national debt and deficit have reached unsustainable levels and are continuing to grow. It’s time to return to the bipartisan spending policies that allowed us to achieve a surplus in previous…
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March 17, 2010
Barbour signs bill on strip-club regulations
Barbour signs bill on strip-club regulations Mississippi counties can pass rules to restrict new strip-club operations July 1 under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Haley Barbour. “I’m tickled to death that he signed it,” said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Gary Chism of Columbus. House Bill 170 gives county boards of supervisors the authority to develop…
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March 17, 2010
WLOX – Governor Barbour to discuss state budget later today
Governor Barbour to discuss state budget later today JACKSON, MS (WLOX) – Governor Haley Barbour will hold a news conference later today to talk about the state budget. This comes at a time when falling revenue is forcing all state agencies to operate with less. The State Tax Commission reported in February that Mississippi’s tax…
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March 17, 2010
Gulf War Memorial Bill Signed
Gulf War Memorial Bill Signed Gov. Haley Barbour has signed a bill to establish the Mississippi Persian Gulf War Memorial. The memorial would be located near the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton. Randy Reeves, deputy director of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board, says the memorial will honor the Mississippians who have died as a…
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March 17, 2010
CL – Windpool: Coast insurer loses a boost
Windpool: Coast insurer loses a boost Gov. Haley Barbour vetoed a bill Monday that would have extended a law that allows part of the state insurance premium tax to go to prop up the so-called Wind Pool insurance on the Gulf Coast. The Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association Reinsurance Assistance Fund, known as the Windpool, is…
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March 17, 2010
Governor Barbour signs ban on toylike lighters
Governor Barbour signs ban on toylike lighters JACKSON, MS (AP) – Cigarette lighters that look like toys would be banned, under a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Haley Barbour. The law takes effect July 1 and prohibits the sale of novelty lighters. Supporters of the bill say the devices endanger children’s safety. The…
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March 17, 2010
Presley pleased w/ Bill that makes telemarketer “spoofing” illegal
Presley pleased w/ Bill that makes telemarketer “spoofing” illegal JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Public Service Commission Chairman Brandon Presley has praised the signing of a new law the prevents telemarketers from disguising their numbers, called “spoofing.” Gov. Haley Barbour signed the bill Monday. Presley says the bill, which takes effect July 1, outlaws a technique…
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March 17, 2010
CL – Chaney: Windpool fund boost risky
CL – Chaney: Windpool fund boost risky Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, lawmakers are attempting to pump more money into the windpool insurance fund while Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says the state program is at risk of growing too large. “The Coast has got to recover, but we can’t recover from…
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March 17, 2010
BARIA – House Killing Open Meetings Reform Bill Unfortunate
BARIA – House Killing Open Meetings Reform Bill Unfortunate Last week saw the Open Meetings Act Reform bill die in the House. The bill died sitting on the calendar in a procedural move by the Chairman of the House Judiciary A Committee. Apparently, the Chairman was upset that the bill was amended on the floor…
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March 17, 2010
SALTER – Nursing home liability bill met formidable political end
Nursing home liability bill met formidable political end Mississippi nursing homes still have the right to operate with little or no liability insurance, thanks to the state Senate. The House passed House Bill 536 with bipartisan Republican support in that chamber. But the bill was killed in the Senate Insurance Committee, dying in Senate Insurance…
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March 17, 2010
March Madness 2010: 50 Predictions for the Tournament
March Madness 2010: 50 Predictions for the Tournament Thousands of people around the world are predicting their brackets for a chance to win the big bucks or the new 2011 car; right now as you read this someone is pondering on who they should advance in their bracket. And whenever they decide, it’s a prediction.…
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July 29, 2025
US health officials crack down on kratom-related products after complaints from supplement industry
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Frank Corder
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July 29, 2025
Are property taxes going up in Mississippi?
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Kevin Freking, Associated Press
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July 29, 2025
Government shutdown talk is starting early ahead of a difficult funding fight in Congress this fall
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Lynne Jeter
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July 17, 2025
Southern Miss, Integer Technologies land $25 million defense contract
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Frank Corder
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July 9, 2025
Nissan delays EV production at Canton plant until 2028
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Lynne Jeter
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July 8, 2025
Mississippi tech companies featured at premier national defense innovation event
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Meredith Biesinger
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July 29, 2025
Smitty’s Super Service: Mississippi’s animatronic time machine
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C.H. Spurgeon
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July 29, 2025
Partial knowledge
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Parrish Alford
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July 28, 2025
Can Huff find early success for Southern Miss football?
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Russ Latino
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July 27, 2025
Facing the Darkness
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Kimberly Ross
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July 23, 2025
Caught in the Epstein web
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Sid Salter
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July 23, 2025
Jefferson’s gunboats, Nixon’s inflation-busting created Trump’s $9 billion in rescissions
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