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May 1, 2009
Lower Lake flood control plan closes meeting — possibly breaking open meeting laws
Lower Lake flood control plan closes meeting — possibly breaking open meeting laws Following a presentation on the Lower Lake flood control plan Thursday, the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District board went into a closed session meeting without publically citing an exemption to Mississippi’s Open Meetings Act, as required by law. Board…
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May 1, 2009
Cigarette Tax Veto?
Cigarette Tax Veto? A spokesman for Gov. Haley Barbour says the governor has concerns that the Legislature’s cigarette tax hike bill overestimates by about $19 million the amount of revenue it will bring in. Barbour hasn’t said whether he’ll sign the legislation, but House and Senate negotiators have voiced confidence that he will. Clarion-Ledger State…
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May 1, 2009
Mayor Melton sued by student for tuition
Mayor Melton sued by student for tuition A Forest woman is asking a court to force Jackson Mayor Frank Melton to follow through on his promise to pay for her college degree. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Scott County Circuit Court, Casey Cooper says Melton publicly agreed during a 2001 Student Council…
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May 1, 2009
Thieves hit ex-lawmaker John Reeves’ house again … stealing kids piggy bank
Thieves hit ex-lawmaker John Reeves’ house again For the third time in the last year, thieves broke into the south Jackson home of the attorney for Jackson’s mayor. Between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. today, Reeves said burglars used a crowbar to carve out the deadbolt on one of his doors and stole items from…
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May 1, 2009
Many in ‘C-L’ poll uneasy about Jackson’s future
Many in ‘C-L’ poll uneasy about Jackson’s future A voter poll conducted this week found that 65.9 percent of Jacksonians believe the city is headed in the wrong direction, while only 18.4 percent say the city is headed in the right direction. Other respondents said they were unsure or declined to comment. The findings, conducted…
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May 1, 2009
REUTERS – Utility defends Kemper County proposal
Reuters – Utility defends Kemper County proposal HOUSTON, April 30 (Reuters) – Southern Co’s Mississippi Power unit has defended its request to build a $2.2 billion advanced coal plant in Kemper County, Mississippi, against opponents who want state regulators to halt a review of the project. Southern’s smallest utility unit wants the Mississippi Public Service…
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May 1, 2009
Scruggs used as prime example why not to base guilt on association for Kirsten Gillibrand
Scruggs used as prime example why not to base guilt on association for Kirsten Gillibrand A number of anti-smoking advocates have been issuing personal attacks against the ethics and character of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, accusing her of professional misconduct as an attorney by virtue of her having represented Philip Morris while she was…
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May 1, 2009
JFP tackles YP’s motion to unseal State Farm vs Hood
JFP tackles YP’s motion to unseal Attorney General Jim Hood offered no guess as to what media outlets are looking for in a sealed February 2008 settlement between his office and State Farm and Fire and Casualty Company. Jackson New Media, Inc., publisher of the Y’all Politics blog, filed motions to intervene and unseal the…
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May 1, 2009
Hood, Nationwide to join in Katrina suit
Hood, Nationwide to join in Katrina suit he Mississippi Supreme Court will allow Attorney General Jim Hood and attorneys for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. to participate in a June 9 hearing involving an insurance coverage dispute over Hurricane Katrina claims. The Corbans claim USAA should cover wind damage to their property, regardless of damage caused…
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May 1, 2009
Miss. Senate to vote on Butch Brown next week
Miss. Senate to vote on Butch Brown next week The Mississippi Senate will decide next week whether Butch Brown should continue as executive director of the state Department of Transportation. Like other agency directors, Brown must be reconfirmed by the Senate in order to serve another term. But legislative criticism of his tenure has put…
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May 1, 2009
Miss. leader seeks to block voter ID
Miss. leader seeks to block voter ID A Mississippi lawmaker is asking a Hinds County judge to toss a lawsuit intended on getting the issue of voter identification on a statewide ballot. Voter ID laws have repeatedly failed to advance at the state Capitol, so some elected officials want voters to decide whether they should…
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May 1, 2009
Congressman Travis Childers Works to Restore Fiscal Responsibility, Accountability
Congressman Travis Childers Works to Restore Fiscal Responsibility, Accountability Congressman Travis Childers worked to restore fiscal responsibility and accountability this week, cosponsoring important legislation to reinstate pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) spending rules. The fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, of which Congressman Childers is a member, unveiled H.R. 2116, the “Fiscal Honesty and Accountability Act of 2009,” a…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 25, 2025
Second Medicaid Tech Bill vetoed by Governor
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Illia Novikov, Associated Press
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April 25, 2025
Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine
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Frank Corder
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April 25, 2025
Standalone Dept. of Tourism vetoed over budget impasse
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Susan Marquez
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April 27, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Oseola McCarty, an unlikely philanthropist
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Matt Friedeman
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April 27, 2025
Young men are struggling, how to help
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 27, 2025
Why do I face trials?
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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