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May 14, 2009
Perry – Melton made for good TV
Perry – Melton made for good TV Melton made drug dealers famous. He stalked dangerous neighborhoods and saw the thugs the police were not arresting. He called them by name on television. He put their faces on billboards that said “This Man Sells Drugs.” Gov. Ronnie Musgrove named him Director of the Bureau of Narcotics.…
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May 14, 2009
Neshoba – Stalling the Kemper coal plant
Neshoba – Stalling the Kemper coal plant Mississippi Power’s proposed $2.2 billion coal-fired power plant in Kemper County would create 260 permanent jobs and bring 1,000 construction jobs, so who could be against that? Attorney General Jim Hood asked the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to have the utility provide more details on the proposal…
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May 14, 2009
Respond Miss – Thompson Spends Contributions in Las Vegas, Miami
Respond Miss – Thompson Spends Contributions in Las Vegas, Miami In regards to our post from yesterday, if the Clarion Ledger or others in the Mississippi media reviewed Bennie Thompson’s quarterly filing to look at his campaign travel expenses, they would see that the man who represents a district with one of the highest poverty…
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May 14, 2009
Majority In Miss – Americans for Tax Reform Doesn’t Think Much of Cigarette Tax Hike
Majority In Miss – Americans for Tax Reform Doesn’t Think Much of Cigarette Tax Hike The anti-tax organization released this statement yesterday in reaction to the state House and Senate overwhelmingly voting to increase cigarette taxes last week. They also had this to say about legislators who have previously signed a pledge to not raise…
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May 14, 2009
Barbour signs cigarette tax into law
Barbour signs cigarette tax into law Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, a former tobacco lobbyist long opposed to raising Mississippi’s cigarette tax, has relented in the face of slumping budget revenues and signed the state’s first increase in nearly a quarter century. Mississippi’s 18-cents-a-pack excise tax hadn’t changed since 1985 before Wednesday’s bill signing. On Friday,…
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May 13, 2009
SNL – Banks show Geithner who the boss is
Saturday Night Live on Hulu 5/13/9
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May 13, 2009
Jackson mayoral endorsement – Horhn endorses H Johnson, R Johnson endorses Crisler
Jackson mayoral foes win support State Sen. John Horhn announced his support for mayoral candidate Harvey Johnson, Jr. at a news conference this morning. While former Police Chief Robert Johnson plans to announce his support for mayoral candidate Marshand Crisler at 11:30 a.m. today. Both Horhn and Robert Johnson were among the 10 candidates who…
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May 13, 2009
Recio trial is a go for Monday, despite prosecutors request … gag order for Reeves not enforced
Recio trial is a go for Monday despite prosecutors request Federal prosecutors announced this morning they will proceed with the civil rights violation trial against former Jackson mayoral bodyguard Michael Recio. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday. Mayor Frank Melton and Recio were charged with conspiring to violate the constitutional prohibition against unreasonable…
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May 13, 2009
Native Mississippian invites Cochran to Erie
Native Mississippian invites Cochran to Erie Not as “someone with clout” but as a native Mississippian who has spent many years in Erie County, perhaps U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., would respond to my invitation to visit Erie after his wisecracking about no longer needing to campaign in Erie for U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (Erie…
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May 13, 2009
YP – Scruggs “in transit” from OK. facilty
Scruggs “in transit” from OK. facilty 1. RICHARD F SCRUGGS 12734-042 62-White-M 02-20-2015 IN TRANSIT Recall the Oxford Eagle reported “the BOP Web site (said) Scruggs release date is Dec. 10, 2012 — less than three years from now.” The Web site now reflects the full 7-years. But where is Scruggs to go? The Clarion-Ledger…
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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
Source: Floyd gave cash to Mayo handler
Source: Floyd gave cash to Mayo handler LOS ANGELES – USC men’s basketball coach Tim Floyd made a direct cash payment to a man who helped deliver O.J. Mayo to the Trojans program, according to Louis Johnson, a former member of Mayo’s inner circle. Johnson, a one-time Mayo confidant, has told both NCAA investigators and…
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Frank Corder
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November 14, 2025
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board recommends $62 million in coastal projects, $7 million for a revolving loan fund
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Frank Corder
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November 14, 2025
Okolona school district placed into District of Transformation over fiscal mismanagement
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 14, 2025
Third grade reading assessment pass rate climbs in Mississippi
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Daniel Tyson
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October 30, 2025
Mississippi senators hear concerns from farmers as state’s agriculture industry struggles
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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October 29, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate as government shutdown clouds economic outlook
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October 27, 2025
Delta Grain investing $3.76 million to expand Sidon operations
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Matt Friedeman
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November 16, 2025
A spiritual hernia?
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Jeff Roberson
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November 14, 2025
A farewell to C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum
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Alistair Begg
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November 14, 2025
Our help comes from the Lord
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Douglas Carswell
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November 15, 2025
Those dark clouds are the debt
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Hunter Estes
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November 14, 2025
Mississippi should double down as an education innovator
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Kelley Williams
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November 13, 2025
Wistful not thinking
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