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May 13, 2009
ATR – Mississippi House Passes 277% Tax Hike
Mississippi House Passes 277% Tax Hike Mississippi House Bill 364, which raises the state cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack, passed the House last week on a vote of 102 to 18 and the Senate on a vote of 42 to 7. HB 364 represents a 277% tax increase, one of the largest tax…
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May 13, 2009
LIBERALS – Why is Haley Barbour on the short list for 2012 candidates?
LIBERALS – Why is Haley Barbour on the short list for 2012 candidates? Like Jon Chait, I’d really like to know why Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour keeps ending up on the 2012 GOP presidential candidate short list. Does he have national name recognition I’m not aware of? A a broad and loyal base of support?…
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May 13, 2009
REASON – Sold down the River: How Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour sabotaged eminent domain reform
How Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour sabotaged eminent domain reform Since the Supreme Court’s notorious 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which allowed that municipality to seize private property on behalf of the Pfizer Corporation, 43 states have passed laws protecting property rights against Kelo-style eminent domain abuse. Mississippi is not one of…
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May 13, 2009
Mississippi Editorial Roundup
Mississippi Editorial Roundup The Sun Herald, Gulfport/Biloxi, on “Why not use Katrina money for wind pool?” Legislators are already on record supporting putting additional money into the state wind pool to keep insurance rates for many South Mississippians from soaring even higher. But the source of that anticipated $20 million has yet to be determined.…
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May 12, 2009
Laura Pendergest-Holt indicted again
Laura Pendergest-Holt indicted again A federal grand jury in Houston has indicted the chief investment officer for Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford’s companies, alleging she obstructed the government’s investigation in a fraud case. Baldwyn, Miss., resident Laura Pendergest-Holt was indicted Tuesday on one count of conspiring to obstruct a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into…
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May 12, 2009
Scruggs testifying about P.L. Blake in 2005
Scruggs testifying about P.L. Blake in 2005 Q Now, who’s DMG, Mr. Scruggs? A I think that stands for Developing Markets Group or something to that effect. Q Who are they? A I think — I may be wrong, but I think it’s Mr. Blake, but it could be Tom Anderson. I just don’t know…
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May 12, 2009
Johnson touts mayoral abilty
Johnson touts mayoral abilty When Jackson voters go to the polls one week from today, Democratic mayoral candidate Harvey Johnson Jr. hopes they remember one thing: that he knows what it means to be mayor. In an hour-long interview Monday with The Clarion-Ledger’s editorial board, Johnson said his two terms as Jackson mayor set him…
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May 12, 2009
VIDEO – Merle Flowers pushes for Olive Branch hospital on Fox and WMC-TV
Merle Flowers pushes for Olive Branch hospital on Fox and WMC-TV FOX WMC Mississippi lawmakers passed a number of new laws this legislative session that have hit many North Mississippi residents close to home. Lawmakers in Mississippi had a lot on their plates, as Mississippi was hit hard by severe deficit. State Senator Merle Flowers,…
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May 12, 2009
Basketball adviser Vaccaro squares off against NBA, NCAA
Basketball adviser Vaccaro squares off against NBA, NCAA CALABASAS, Calif. — He is 69 and says he needs a nap after an afternoon of impassioned talk about his influential, often controversial role in basketball. Otherwise, John Paul “Sonny” Vaccaro shows no signs of slowing down. On the contrary, the man known as the “godfather of…
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May 12, 2009
Q&A with Wirt Yerger by Sid Salter – Wirt Yerger fundraiser tonight at 7:00 at Marriot
SUNDAY MORNING WITH: Wirt A. Yerger Jr., Businessman, Miss. Republican pioneer, 79, Jackson What led you to identify with the Republican Party as a young man at a time when the party was in the minority in the South? My feeling for the GOP’s political positions led me to the party, versus the ultra-liberal Democrats’…
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May 12, 2009
LNL – MS AG Jim Hood says State Farm settlement should stay sealed
Hood says State Farm settlement should stay sealed Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he has no choice but to object to a political Web site’s request to unseal his settlement with State Farm Insurance Cos. Hood wrote in a response filed Monday that he has no opposition to Jackson New Media, the producer of…
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May 12, 2009
POINTOFLAW – Mississippi: don’t you go peeking under the Hood
Mississippi: don’t you go peeking under the Hood Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has filed arguments as to why the settlement agreement in State Farm v. Hood shouldn’t be unsealed. Alan Lange and Tom Freeland comment. Speaking of Freeland, a recent announcement of his provides what we must take as a case of “attorney/blogger makes…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 6, 2025
State funding for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning down from previous year
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
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Daniel Tyson
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June 6, 2025
Legal fight over control of Jackson airport continues
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 6, 2025
Take a Dip this Summer: Your guide to Mississippi’s best water parks
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 6, 2025
Have I betrayed Him?
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Ben Smith
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June 5, 2025
Love God, love family, and shoot ducks
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Russ Latino
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June 6, 2025
Make America Boring Again
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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