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December 22, 2009
Alabama Rep. switching to GOP
Alabama Rep. switching to GOP POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican. According to two senior GOP aides familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place this afternoon in Griffith’s district in northern Alabama. Griffith’s party switch comes…
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December 22, 2009
Disbarment notice for Dickie Scruggs, Zach Scruggs and Sid Backstorm in MS Lawyer Mag
Disbarments Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs of Oxford, Mississippi was permanently disbarred by the Supreme Court of Mississippi in accordance with Rule 6 of the Mississippi Rules of Discipline (MRD). Mr. Scruggs tendered a plea of guilty in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to one count of conspiracy to corruptly…
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December 22, 2009
SH – Lott jumping back into politics; Ex-senator will give support to some candidates
Lott jumping back into politics; Ex-senator will give support to some candidates “I cannot stay on the sidelines. I’m not going to ever run for office again but I will be in the arena,” he told the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce at Friday’s Morning Call. “I still have a lot of fight left in me.”…
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December 22, 2009
CL – State budget: Change the culture
State budget: Change the culture Barbour’s budget plan lays out a vision to get through the current Fiscal Year 2010, the budget that lawmakers will craft this spring for FY 2011 and to succeeding budget years down the road. Barbour’s policy initiatives are forward-thinking and designed for the long haul in state government. The Joint…
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December 22, 2009
GWC – A court test of tort reform
A court test of tort reform The tort reform laws championed by Gov. Haley Barbour, and approved by the Legislature shortly after he took office, are about to face a serious test. Barbour last week filed a brief in an appeal pending with the Mississippi Supreme Court. The case involves a 2007 shooting outside a…
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December 22, 2009
MIM – Questioning The Tea Party Movement
Questioning The Tea Party Movement I will say this about Tea Parties: Those who try to give this an appearance of a bi-partisan movement are wrong. It is a mixture of conservatives and libertarians, but not people who were working on Obama’s campaign a year ago. There is nothing wrong with that. When Pres. Bush…
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December 22, 2009
MIM – Jamie Franks: Why Does The State Pay For Barbour’s Security?
Jamie Franks: Why Does The State Pay For Barbour’s Security? Jamie Franks, the DNC Chair and go-to-guy at the Jackson Free Press for quotes, has had a run of making comments that question whether Franks thinks before he talks. And yesterday Franks said this when speaking with the JFP about Haley Barbour: “This is a…
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December 22, 2009
WLBT – Woman out of a job after sending tweet to Governor Barbour
Woman out of a job after sending tweet to Governor Barbour A tweet to Governor Haley Barbour ended with a University Medical Center employee resigning from her job. She said she was simply using the social networking site Twitter to exercise her right to freedom of speech. UMC officials said it was a violation of…
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December 22, 2009
Barbour names consolidation commission
Barbour names consolidation commission The Commission on Mississippi Education Structure also will look at possible cost savings and recommend standards and priorities the state Board of Education would use to choose districts for consolidation. Barbour’s budget recommendations, announced in November, include reducing the number of districts in the state to 100. Then, Barbour estimated that…
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December 22, 2009
Don’t tell Saban that Alabama is favored
Don’t tell Saban that Alabama is favored TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Texas coach Mack Brown has latched onto the underdog role, and he’s running with it. Presumably all the way to Pasadena. Not only is Alabama coach Nick Saban running as fast as he can away from the favorite’s role, but he’s daring anybody to even…
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December 22, 2009
Thanks for a great season!
Thanks for a great season! Wow! It seems like a lifetime ago that Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount threw the right cross to Boise State’s Byron Hout. That’s how our 2009 college football season got started. Here we are, three months later. So where are we now? **–Oregon is going to the Rose Bowl for the first…
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December 22, 2009
CL – Bennie Thompson: Scrutiny accompanies turf
Thompson: Scrutiny accompanies turf Thompson said he has no knowledge of any investigation in connection with the credit-card company hearing. He said he’s cooperating with the investigation into the Caribbean trips and denies wrongdoing, saying the ethics committee approved the trips in advance. Whitten, once called “the permanent Secretary of Agriculture” during his tenure, received…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 15, 2025
Twelve states are restricting junk food purchases from SNAP. Mississippi could be next
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Daniel Tyson
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August 15, 2025
Grant funding in 5 Mississippi counties aimed at reducing financial strain in Youth Courts
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Frank Corder
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August 15, 2025
MSU Ag report: Row crop producers in Mississippi facing a very tough road ahead
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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August 17, 2025
Remember your first Bible?
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Alistair Begg
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August 15, 2025
The weight of glory
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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August 14, 2025
A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this season
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Dr. Kendall Conger
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August 15, 2025
I challenged Duke’s DEI dogma – and paid with my job
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Kimberly Ross
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August 13, 2025
Americans aren’t having enough babies
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Sid Salter
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August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
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