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March 23, 2009
A recap of Judge Larry Buffington’s legal/PR meltdown
Open mouth . . . switch feet by Alan Lange 3/23/9
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March 23, 2009
Traffic ‘Scamera’ Ban signed into law by Governor Barbour
HB 1568 – a bill banning traffic cameras has been signed into law by Governor Haley Barbour History of Actions: 1 01/19 (H) Referred To Judiciary A 2 01/29 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 02/11 (H) Amended 5 02/11 (H) Passed As Amended {Vote} 6 02/16…
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March 23, 2009
CHANDLER – Miss. Democratic Party Chaos – Hall, out – Ike Brown, back in
Miss. Democratic Party Chaos Ike Brown is back on the Democratic Party’s state executive committee and Sam Hall, the party’s executive director of less than a month, is out as a result of a weekend meeting called by some committee members. Their action would appear to overturn earlier decisions to prevent Brown’s return to power…
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March 23, 2009
MLR – Coast lawyer lawyer/businessman Stephen Colson gets crossways with Wachovia
Wachovia Bank interpleads $1.5 million in Coast lawyer scandal There is more litigation involving Coast lawyer and businessman Stephen Colson. I previously wrote about the financial scandal involving Colson. On Friday there was a federal court removal of an interpleader action involving Colson that was originally filed in Harrison County Circuit Court. The interpleader Complaint…
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March 23, 2009
Duke savors Sweet 16 appearance
Duke savors Sweet 16 appearance GREENSBORO, N.C. – It was a euphoric scene on the court after the victory. The players were smiling and the coaches looking for anyone and everyone to hug. It was an atmosphere more appropriate for a celebration to advance to the Final Four, but this is what it’s become for…
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March 22, 2009
How did mayor dodge prosecution?
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/22/9 Federal prosecutors declined to prosecute Mayor Frank Melton for bringing his guns aboard commercial flights from Jackson and elsewhere, even though investigators determined he broke the law, according to a report released this month. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration looked into Melton’s practice in 2005 and 2006 of presenting himself to airport…
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March 22, 2009
Melton’s name should be on ballot
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/22/9 Mayor Frank Melton and I have had our disagreements – sometimes they’ve been huge and quite public – but this time I am squarely on his side that he should be able to run for the office he’s held for four years. Last week, the Jackson Democratic Municipal Executive Committee issued…
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March 22, 2009
Defense in Melton case makes last-ditch motion
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/21/9 Mayor Frank Melton’s attorney said in a filing in federal court Friday that he is not trying to influence the racial makeup of his client’s next federal jury. At the same time, he restated his opposition to drawing a panel for Melton’s May 11 retrial from the state’s six coastal counties because…
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March 22, 2009
Report critical of airport security procedures
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/22/9 A loophole in airport security could allow a phony lawman to bring guns aboard a plane with little more than a fake letter and a badge bought off the Internet, a newly declassified federal report concludes. The report from Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner is sharply critical of the U.S. Transportation…
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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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Jeremy Pittari
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September 9, 2025
Legislators to consider another round of teacher, assistant teacher pay raises
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 9, 2025
Mississippi State Health Officer touts importance of vaccine mandates after Florida roll back
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Daniel Tyson
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September 9, 2025
NAACP alleges state withheld millions that could have helped Jackson’s water system
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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September 5, 2025
Hiring stalls with US companies reluctant to expand in an uncertain economic landscape
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Lynne Jeter
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September 3, 2025
Hood Industries invests $245 million in Waynesboro expansion
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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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Associated Press
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September 9, 2025
Mississippi State fined $500,000 by SEC for field storming following against Arizona State
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 9, 2025
Mississippi’s Two Museums: Step inside, feel the story
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Alistair Begg
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September 9, 2025
What are you waiting for?
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Russ Latino
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September 8, 2025
Do we have to ‘distrust the science’ to Make America Healthy Again?
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Russ Latino
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September 7, 2025
The race for U.S. Senate in 2026 may get ugly, but the result is almost certain
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Roger Wicker
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September 5, 2025
Taiwan has resolved to live free
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