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February 21, 2010

Pickering to challenge MCI ruling

Pickering to challenge MCI ruling A Hinds County Circuit Court ruling that upholds millions of dollars in attorneys fees related to Mississippi’s $100 million MCI tax settlement will be appealed, the state auditor said Friday. The state auditor’s office had argued that $14 million paid to the then-Langston Law Firm in 2005 belonged to the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 21, 2010

CL – Budget: Two mules and one turnip

Budget: Two mules and one turnip For much of the last seven years, Mississippi government has unfortunately been defined by an ongoing and escalating political enmity between Republican Gov. Haley Barbour and Democratic House Speaker Billy McCoy. That observation is not an indictment of either leader. It is a simple statement of political fact. With…