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May 1, 2009
Barbour expected to sign cigarette tax bill
Barbour expected to sign cigarette tax bill Lawmakers expect to give final approval next week to a bill increasing Mississippi’s cigarette tax to 68 cents for generating much-needed revenues and fortifying the state’s diminishing car tag reduction fund. After being bogged down since January on the legislation, the House and Senate have a compromise to…
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May 1, 2009
Brenda Scott says she has fresh vision for city
Brenda Scott says she has fresh vision for city Democratic mayoral candidate Brenda Scott was waiting Tuesday evening outside the city clerk’s office when her campaign manager asked why the clerks were behind a bank-style glass partition. “Wouldn’t you have a window if you worked with all of these crooks?” Scott shot back. That is…
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May 1, 2009
Ward 4 candidates push selves at forum
Ward 4 candidates push selves at forum Five of the seven Democratic candidates vying for the Ward 4 Jackson City Council post got a final shot at convincing undecided voters Thursday in the last of a series of forums. “A change in leadership needs to happen,” said candidate Jacqueline Amos-Norris. “I am that change.” Along…
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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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Daniel Tyson
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August 29, 2025
Ag Secretary Rollins speaks at Mississippi U.S. Senator Hyde-Smith’s re-election campaign kickoff
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Daniel Tyson
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August 29, 2025
Lawmakers urged to update state’s medical cannabis program to ease patient, practitioner concerns
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 29, 2025
Reeves, Barbour, Gabbard mark 20 years since Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport ceremony
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Lynne Jeter
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August 29, 2025
Tri-state partnership boosts South’s automaker bid
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Lynne Jeter
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August 28, 2025
Northrop Grumman opens high-tech aerospace lab at Northeast Mississippi Community College
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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Ben Smith
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August 29, 2025
In the midst of the storm
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Alistair Begg
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August 29, 2025
Where to find happiness
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Laura Lee Leathers
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August 28, 2025
CW Organics Apothicaire & Tea Room is a spot to slow down and savor the moment
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Dan Rollins
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August 29, 2025
Protecting Main Street’s money, strengthening Mississippi’s banks
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Chris Wells
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August 29, 2025
Looking Ahead: Safeguarding Mississippi for the next generation
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Magnolia Tribune
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August 29, 2025
20 years after Katrina, former Gov. Haley Barbour remembers partnerships that changed disaster recovery forever
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