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March 30, 2009
Mabus: New role for former governor
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/30/9 Former Gov. Ray Mabus could soon be the Mississippian with the highest-ranking post in the Obama administration with his nomination Friday as secretary of the Navy. Mabus, 60, who served as governor from 1988-92, was an early and strong supporter of President Obama and campaigned for him throughout the nation last…
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March 30, 2009
Questions arise on DNA law
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/29/9 Now that Mississippi is required to preserve biological or DNA evidence in felony cases, some local law enforcement officials are questioning where it will be stored and who will pay for it. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Haley Barbour this month, doesn’t specify a central location for storage of DNA…
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March 30, 2009
Legislature: Go slowly, but go on
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/29/9 The Mississippi Legislature is right to be cautious and take it slow on developing a state budget. There is so much uncertainty on both the revenue and expenditure side of the ledger to proceed as normal. But economic uncertainty should not be used to procrastinate on dealing with ongoing issues the…
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March 30, 2009
Jackson: Issues simple, remain same
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/30/9 Jackson has a lot of candidates running for mayor and City Council. The sheer number can make the election confusing to voters. What is not confusing is the number of issues. They are basically the same as in the past city elections and they are going to be the challenge of…
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March 30, 2009
Openness needed even for officials
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/29/9 Media representatives have to deal with recalcitrant officials all too often when it comes to seeking information. It is just part of the job, although it shouldn’t have to be. At least we have the ability to inform the public when it happens and resources to oppose violations of the law.…
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March 30, 2009
Barbour does it again with new coalition
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 3/30/9 This is the sixth regular legislative session for Gov. Haley Barbour, and for all of that time the House has given him fits and the Senate has, for the most part, given him what he wanted. That didn’t change on the eminent domain issue. What did change were…
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March 30, 2009
Tobacco lawsuit dollars tracked
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/30/9 Federal authorities who have been investigating judicial bribery cases in Mississippi are interested in the trail of money that leads from tobacco settlement expenses. Dickie Scruggs, who pleaded guilty in two judicial bribery schemes, is cooperating with federal authorities. He earned $1 billion as chief negotiator of the tobacco settlement. Scruggs’ attorney,…
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March 30, 2009
KALICH – Democrats must enjoy taste of defeat
KALICH – Democrats must enjoy taste of defeat But the party is back to its same old internal squabbling in Mississippi, with a faction wanting to oust the newly hired executive director, Sam Hall, and return the scoundrel Ike Brown to a leadership post. Now a segment of that dysfunctional political party wants to reinstate…
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March 28, 2009
Again, Crimson Tide gets who it wanted
Again, Crimson Tide gets who it wanted Had Anthony Grant accepted Alabama’s offer to become the next basketball coach of the Crimson Tide anytime before Thursday evening, his hiring would be considered a major coup. For three years, the 42-year-old Grant has been the hottest name in mid-major coaching, the young coach consistently voted “most…
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March 28, 2009
MDOT’s Butch Brown encourages employees to vote on Magnolia Report poll . . . for real
MDOT director tells employee to send message about news poll “As many of you know, Mr. Brown is currently up for reconfirmation by the Mississippi Senate,” the e-mail from Gina Colon in the Office of the Executive Director says. “There is an open poll on the Magnolia Report Website (www.magnoliareport.com) asking whether or not he…
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March 28, 2009
Miss. lawmakers try to revive tobacco tax
Miss. lawmakers try to revive tobacco tax Two-thirds majorities in both chambers will be needed to resurrect the tax hike issue. Then House and Senate lawmakers would have to reach an agreement on how much to raise the state’s 18-cent tax, the issue that broke down negotiations Wednesday. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, who presides over…
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March 28, 2009
MS Dem’s struggle continues . . . news of racially based quotas in appointments
Some state democratic leaders criticize new appointment State Democratic Vice Chair Barbara Blackmon says Franks’ appointment Thursday of Eduardo Martinez as Interim Executive Vice Chair was unlawful and unconstitutional. Blackmon says Martinez was not a member of the administrative committee, therefore cannot serve on it. She also says, since Franks is white, according to the…
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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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Susan Marquez
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June 8, 2025
Langdon and Maude Schuyler Clay capture the culture of Mississippi through the lens of a camera
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Matt Friedeman
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June 8, 2025
The party called Pentecost
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Marilyn Tinnin
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June 8, 2025
Elizabeth Spencer: A Grande Dame of Southern literature
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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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