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March 22, 2009
Brown draws mixed reviews as MDOT boss
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/22/9 Sen. Bob Dearing, D-Natchez, remembers that in 2001 newly elected Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall asked if he thought former Natchez Mayor Larry “Butch” Brown would make a good executive director of the state Department of Transportation. Dearing remembers Hall saying Brown had been recommended by then-U.S. Sen.…
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March 22, 2009
$44M coming for job training
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/22/9 Mississippi officials hope to parlay $44.3 million earmarked for training programs in the economic stimulus package into job opportunities for the state’s residents. The money comes as thousands of Mississippians are receiving pink slips and unemployment in January was 9.2 percent. “(Stimulus money) would be used to let people pay for college…
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March 22, 2009
16th Section: New battle in old fight
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/22/9 Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann finds himself right in the middle of a new battle in an very old fight in Mississippi – the fight to protect the interests of the state’s schoolchildren in demanding maximum revenues from the state’s 640,000 acres of 16th Section land across the state. Hosemann told…
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March 22, 2009
Stimulus funds stalled as state lacks guidance
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/22/9 Washington wants Mississippi and other states to start spending stimulus money as quickly as possible, but uncertainty over timelines and spending requirements is holding up the process. Added to the mix are varying deadlines for the money to be spent, along with accountability requirements and the threat of losing funds if the…
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March 22, 2009
Miss. lawmakers mulling recess
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/21/9 With mounting shortfalls expected and uncertainties over federal stimulus requirements stalling budget decisions, Mississippi lawmakers may recess the regular legislative session to search for answers. Lawmakers learned Friday that they’ll probably have $600 million less to work with this fiscal year and the next, based on recommendations from the state’s economist and…
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March 22, 2009
Legislators adjust state budget plans
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/21/9 The economic downturn is playing havoc with the state budget. As a result of the slumping economy, the Legislature and Gov. Haley Barbour will have $628 million less to budget in the coming days. Friday morning the Legislative Budget Committee, which includes Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, and Lt. Gov.…
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March 22, 2009
Cochran: Earmark criticism is ‘poppycock’
The Hill, 3/20/9 Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), who secured millions of dollars in special projects for his state in the recently passed omnibus bill, says criticisms of the pet projects are “poppycock.” Cochran not only brought home plenty of earmark bacon in the $410 billion bill, he played a major role in helping his colleague…
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March 22, 2009
Shaken to its core, UCLA must begin to rebuild
Shaken to its core, UCLA must begin to rebuild From Philadelphia — The hangover begins. The UCLA basketball team awoke Saturday from three consecutive Final Fours with a throbbing headache, quaking dizziness and a stomach that wouldn’t stop leaping and pounding. Call it Villa-nausea. The hangover begins, and, man, it’s already a doozy, three years…
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March 21, 2009
Coach K: Olympics improved his skills
Coach K: Olympics improved his skills GREENSBORO Despite all his accomplishments as Duke’s coach, Mike Krzyzewski yearned for improvement. When you’re the all-time NCAA tournament wins leader with three NCAA titles and 10 trips to the Final Four to your credit, it’s not easy to get better. Coaches with such credentials don’t pay to attend…
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March 21, 2009
SLABBED – Judge Senter issues Order for Discovery prior to hearing in Rigsby Gals’ Qui Tam
Judge Senter issues Order for Discovery prior to hearing in Rigsby Qui Tam In their responsive pleadings [264], the Relators assert that they are unduly limited in the evidence they can present because they do not have possession of the McIntosh claims file. The Relators have identified four sets of claims file documents they wish…
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March 21, 2009
NMC – DNA preservation and testing bill signed into law
DNA preservation and testing bill signed into law Hayley Barbour has signed into law a statute that requires the preservation of biological or DNA evidence in all felony investigations and sets up a protocol for preservation of that evidence and a right to access for testing. These measure represent an enormous achievement by the Mississippi…
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March 21, 2009
Spat between Jackson Dem’s Claude McInnis and Hinds Cty Dem Lelia Rhodes over Melton
Claude McInnis, Chair of the Jackson Democratic Executive Committee sent a letter to Dr. Lelia Gaston Rhodes, Head of the Hinds County Election Commission, basically saying “stay out of our face”. As we at YallPolitics predicted, 20 years of bad blood in the local Democratic party are spilling onto the stage. Here’s the letter. It…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi recognized as one of five states to reach all pre-K benchmarks, according to NIEER
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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April 29, 2025
Wall Street rises as corporate profits pile higher along with uncertainty about Trump’s trade war
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Daniel Tyson
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April 29, 2025
Taylor sworn in as new Senator for District 18
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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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Meredith Biesinger
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi’s U-Pick Farms: A trend that’s growing
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 29, 2025
Go first to God
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Parrish Alford
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April 28, 2025
The trouble with being Shedeur
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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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