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October 14, 2009
Is the Mississippi Coast invisible?
Is the Mississippi Coast invisible? When the White House recently announced the president would be visiting New Orleans and the “hurricane damaged” areas of the Gulf Coast in mid-October, in accordance with a campaign pledge, our immediate thought was we better get ready. But since the initial notice was lacking additional facts, the Biloxi (Miss.)…
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October 14, 2009
SALTER – Mississippi Gulf Coast not worth a look, Mr. President?
SALTER – Mississippi Gulf Coast not worth a look, Mr. President? President Barack Obama will visit New Orleans on Thursday to survey for himself the progress of recovery from 2005’s Hurricane Katrina – but there are apparently no plans by the White House for a presidential stop in Mississippi for the same purpose. Surely, Mr.…
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October 14, 2009
Miss. tax revenue $128 million less than last year, 7% more cuts expected
Miss. tax revenue $128 million less than last year, 7% more cuts expected “I’ve been in state government almost 26 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Kevin Upchurch, executive director of the state Department of Finance and Administration. That’s because revenues are down 12 percent for the first quarter of this fiscal…
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October 14, 2009
Hardly bipartisan, health bill moves ahead
Hardly bipartisan, health bill moves ahead WASHINGTON — Fully bipartisan it isn’t. But at long last, White House-backed health care legislation has a Republican supporter in Congress. Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled triumph that propelled President…
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October 14, 2009
Supreme Court looks at Honest Services fraud, particularly the Skilling case
Supreme Court looks at Honest Services fraud Honest services fraud. It’s clearly the buzz phrase of the day in white-collar criminal cases, due to the decision of the Supreme Court to review the conviction of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling (see previous LB post). The law makes it a crime to deprive someone of “the…
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October 14, 2009
Florida and Alabama pulling away not only from SEC, but from nation
Florida and Alabama pulling away not only from SEC, but from nation College football may not have a playoff, but it does have a bracket. I first advanced my BCS title game bracket theory on Sept. 11 in the From Scrimmage blog to console a grammarian USC fan who couldn’t understand why I had jumped…
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October 14, 2009
Q&A with ESPN’s BCS analyst Brad Edwards
Q&A with ESPN’s BCS analyst Brad Edwards Brad Edwards’ life is about to center around computers and polls. The beauty pagent portion of the college football season officially starts Sunday when the first Bowl Championship Series standings are released. I talked with Brad, who analyzes the BCS for ESPN, for a preliminary look at what…
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October 14, 2009
GOVERNOR BARBOUR SAYS MORE BUDGET CUTS INEVITABLE FOR FY 2010
GOVERNOR BARBOUR SAYS MORE BUDGET CUTS INEVITABLE FOR FY 2010 “In view of the continuing revenue shortfall that threatens the state budget, I have begun working on additional cuts that will be needed to keep the budget in balance, as required by law. Complicating the process is a state statute that limits my authority to…
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October 14, 2009
AP – Morgan Freeman helps friend (Bill Luckett) in Miss. gov’s race
Morgan Freeman helps friend in Miss. gov’s race Freeman has written a fundraising letter and is one of the hosts for a cocktail party in Los Angeles next week for Bill Luckett, an attorney seeking the Democratic nomination. Term limits prevent Republican Gov. Haley Barbour from seeking a third term. “Reform in Mississippi is hard…
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October 14, 2009
MID Commish Mike Chaney’s response to CL editorial on insurance denials based on domestic abuse
The editorial entitled “Insurance: Abuse Victims Are Denied”, which appeared in the October 9, 2009 edition of The Clarion-Ledger, requires a response. In the 2001 Session of the Mississippi Legislature, the Mississippi Insurance Department worked closely with then House Insurance Committee Chairperson, Rep. Mary Ann Stevens, to sponsor four bills designed to prohibit unfair discrimination…
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October 13, 2009
Miss. to be one of the first states to get Census results, political arm-wrestling awaits
Miss. to be one of the first states to get Census results, political arm-wrestling awaits Little of the same redistricting tension that surrounded the 2000 population census exists now as the Legislature awaits figures of the 2010 census. But that is not to say some angry partisan arm-wrestling — Democrat against Republican — over legislative…
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October 13, 2009
Bennie Thompson against Wicker’s measure to allow checked guns on trains
Bennie Thompson against Wicker’s measure to allow checked guns on trains Senate legislation to let Amtrak train passengers put guns in checked baggage would undermine safety, two House lawmakers said today. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, and Peter King of New York, the panel’s senior Republican, protested the gun proposal…
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 21, 2025
Mississippi lawmakers react as SNAP work requirement modifications take effect
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Alcorn’s Sound of Dyn-O-Mite to represent Mississippi in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Daniel Tyson
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November 20, 2025
Amazon investing $3 billion in Warren County data center campus
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Daniel Tyson
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November 18, 2025
Toyota investing $125 million in Blue Springs plant
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Daniel Tyson
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October 30, 2025
Mississippi senators hear concerns from farmers as state’s agriculture industry struggles
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Susan Marquez
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November 21, 2025
It’s not Thanksgiving for Chef Austin Sumrall without his Oyster Hand Pie
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Alistair Begg
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November 21, 2025
Preaching the Kingdom of God
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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November 20, 2025
Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin and Texas’ Steve Sarkisian take different approaches to coaching rumors
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Kimberly Ross
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November 21, 2025
The political right needs to exorcize its Fuentes’ demons
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Sid Salter
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November 19, 2025
Term limits: Why small rural states like Mississippi lose when seniority is forced out
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Jill Ford
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November 18, 2025
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