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April 27, 2009
U.S. NEWS: Haley Barbour for President in 2012 … “If I’m still around …”
Haley Barbour for President in 2012? His reputation is on the rise, thanks to his post-Katrina successes in Mississippi. But Gov. Haley Barbour won’t make a commitment to run for president in 2012, as some friends urge. Recalling some old advice he gave to candidates after President Clinton won, Barbour says Republicans should first focus…
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April 27, 2009
Flood insurance still massive boondoggle
Flood insurance still massive boondoggle A NEW report on the bankrupt federal flood insurance program illustrates — yet again — why the program is a black hole for taxpayer dollars. The inspector general’s office of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security examined properties that have repeatedly flooded, triggering multiple federal flood insurance claims. These “repetitive…
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April 27, 2009
Roger Wicker a cast member in Shakespeare spoof
Roger Wicker a cast member in Shakespeare spoof U.S. Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., are among the celebrity cast for “A Mid-Session Night’s Dream,” a comedy fundraiser for the Washington-based Shakespeare Theatre Company. “The Will on the Hill” play spoofs William Shakespeare’s “A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream,” and runs just one night,…
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April 26, 2009
Gene Taylor turning into a politician?
Gene Taylor turning into a politician? I attended the local meeting with Rep. Gene Taylor on April 14. I met Rep. Taylor about 20 years ago when he was running for Congress for the first time. I was totally impressed with his freshness and desire to do a good job. We spoke for several hours…
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April 26, 2009
Supreme Court set to take up key voting rights case
Supreme Court set to take up key voting rights case For more than 40 years, election officials in Mississippi have had to get permission from the Justice Department before making even small changes in voting procedures – from moving a polling place to changing when a poll opens. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear…
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April 26, 2009
Northrop Grumman Corp. spent $20 million for lobbying
Northrop Grumman Corp. spent $20 million for lobbying Defense contractors with ties to Southern Arizona spent a record $35 million last year lobbying government. The biggest spender by far was Northrop Grumman Corp., whose global business empire includes a Sierra Vista division with 1,000 employees. Northrop Grumman hurled $20.7 million at lobbying efforts, up from…
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April 26, 2009
Amazon Defence Coalition: Chevron Deceiving U.S. Government with Trent Lott’s help
Amazon Defence Coalition: Chevron Deceiving U.S. Government with Trent Lott’s help A team of prominent Chevron lobbyists are again misleading the U.S. Trade Representative as part of a campaign to retaliate against Ecuador’s government for refusing to interfere in a private environmental lawsuit against the oil giant, representatives of Amazonian communities say. The controversy concerns…
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April 26, 2009
Funds lost in Stanford saga likely to grow
Funds lost in Stanford saga likely to grow Stanford Financial’s saga surrounding an alleged $8 billion Ponzi scheme has seen increased activity in recent weeks, once again putting the state and some of its residents front and center. Baldwyn resident James Davis, who was Stanford’s chief financial officer, has become the man in the middle…
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April 26, 2009
Editorial: Car tag ball in legislative court
Editorial: Car tag ball in legislative court The specter of paying more for your car tags may not be high on the public radar yet but state legislators and county officials are well aware of the situation. The increase is a direct result of the decline in new car sales, according to the state tax…
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April 26, 2009
CL: SUNDAY MORNING WITH: Wirt A. Yerger Jr., Businessman, Miss. Republican pioneer, 79, Jackson
SUNDAY MORNING WITH: Wirt A. Yerger Jr., Businessman, Miss. Republican pioneer, 79, Jackson In 1962, Time identified you as part of “the new breed” in the Republican Party. How has the GOP in Mississippi changed over the last 47 years? he party has obviously expanded, but it has the same principles it had in 1956…
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April 26, 2009
Mayor Melton Using Bus As Mobile Billboard
Mayor Melton Using Bus As Mobile Billboard While the majority of the other Democratic candidates for mayor were participating in a debate sponsored by WAPT, Mayor Frank Melton was showing off his latest campaign tool — a school bus. Melton didn’t attend the debate Thursday night at the Jackson Convention Center. Instead, he held a…
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April 26, 2009
Redneck Liberal: Miss. should accept stimulus $$$
Redneck Liberal: Miss. should accept stimulus $$$ Heather Young sent me the following information about the Mississippi Center for Justice and their Standing With Mississippi campaign to force Mississippi’s corrupt (my word) Republican Governor Haley Barbour to take federal money to help Mississippi’s working class and stop acting like a posturing dumbass (again, my words).…
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May 27, 2025
Special session set to begin Wednesday
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Matt Ott, Associated Press
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May 27, 2025
US consumer confidence rebounds after five straight months of declines amid tariff anxiety
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May 27, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 27, 2025
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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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Frank Corder
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May 15, 2025
HH2 relocating Kentucky distribution center to Blue Mountain, Mississippi
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Parrish Alford
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May 27, 2025
Diamond Rebels use of transfer portal pays dividends as team selected to host NCAA Regional
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 27, 2025
Exploring Wonder: A journey through the Museum of Natural Science in Jackson
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 27, 2025
A stranger with You
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Chip Pickering
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May 21, 2025
AI’s full business potential will be stifled by state regulations: Why a federal AI strategy is needed
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Jeff Hale
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May 21, 2025
Where energy innovation meets emergency readiness
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Kimberly Ross
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May 19, 2025
The boys are not alright
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