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February 17, 2009
GC – Corrupter should pay biggest price
Corrupter should pay biggest price Get away with it he might have, had not one upright North Mississippi circuit judge, Henry Lackey, blown the whistle on the perpetrators. The sting operation and FBI investigation that ensued have so far resulted in guilty pleas from Scruggs, four other attorneys and a hanger-on; a forfeiture of a…
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February 17, 2009
Higgins: More than just a bump for Saban
Higgins: More than just a bump for Saban Just wondering when an SEC football coach is going to turn in Alabama coach Nick Saban on an apparent recruiting violation. Saban obtained a commitment from Memphis Mitchell receiver Keiwone Malone, a high school junior. The only problem is that other than a “bump” – which is…
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February 16, 2009
Wicker outspent Musgrove in U.S. Senate campaign
The Mississippi Press, 2/14/9 In last year’s bitter special election for a U.S. Senate seat, winner Roger Wicker, R-Tupelo, outspent former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, D-Jackson, by a better than 2-1 margin, according to recently compiled federal election data. Wicker, who had previously served in the House, spent some $6.4 million to hold the seat for…
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February 16, 2009
State monitors JPS board meetings
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/16/9 The state Department of Education is monitoring Jackson Public Schools’ board meetings in response to complaints from school district employees and the community. State Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds’ office received numerous phone calls from JPS employees, “parents and other citizens about the length of the board meetings and how the board…
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February 16, 2009
Medicaid: Still needs long-term solution
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/16/9 While there have been some encouraging signs on both sides of the political spectrum in Mississippi over Medicaid funding, the fact remains that the Legislature has yet to provide stable funding for the program that provides public health care to the poor, the blind and disabled and children. More than six…
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February 16, 2009
MDOC trying to cut costs, instituting hiring freeze
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/15/9 As part of its cost-cutting plan, the Mississippi Department of Corrections has a hiring freeze, employees who leave aren’t being replaced unless they are essential security personnel, and prisoners are being removed from county jails and private prisons. The MDOC has had to trim its budget by $16.4 million the past two…
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February 16, 2009
Mississippi lawmakers target traffic cameras
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/16/9 A proposed statewide ban on traffic cameras is moving through the 2009 regular legislative session, prompting concern from Jackson law enforcement officers who cite the cameras’ effectiveness at reducing accidents and raising revenue. House Bill 1568 would do away with the cameras in all cities and counties. The measure cleared the House…
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February 16, 2009
Audit: Phone law results mixed
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/15/9 A state law designed to curb cell-phone usage among state agencies has not cut costs as some had expected but may have increased efficiency, according to a recent state auditor’s report. Since 2004, agencies have added more than 1,000 wireless devices to the state’s tab, pushing service subscription costs up 25 percent…
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February 16, 2009
Hewes III sets sights on 2011
The Sun Herald, 2/14/9 Looks like South Mississippi’s own state Sen. Billy Hewes III, R-Gulfport, is planning a run at lieutenant governor. After briefly denying it last week, when the Sun Herald told him we had an e-mail from his brother saying as much, he admitted his ambitions. Hewes was, last I checked, “leading” a…
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February 16, 2009
Shouldn’t take time, money to open govt.
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/15/9 Efforts for a more open government in Mississippi seem to be coming down to two key issues – time and money. Ask your friendly government official for a copy of a document and you might hear “come back in a couple of weeks and we’ll see.” Or, even more likely these…
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February 16, 2009
Miss. to receive billions from stimulus
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/14/9 The massive new stimulus plan approved Friday could touch the life of nearly every Mississippian. The $787 billion package offers tax breaks to individuals and businesses, increases spending on an array of government programs — from Medicaid to school lunches — and pours millions into construction of roads, bridges and military bases.…
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February 16, 2009
SNOWDEN – Sex (ed) in the City
Sex in the City Providing sex education in public schools is the proposal approved in the House of Representatives last week. Reps. Alyce Clarke (D–Jackson), John Mayo (D–Clarksdale), John Hines (D–Greenville), and Kimberly Campbell Buck (D–Holly Springs) authored H.B. 234, which creates a new sex education pilot program in a limited number of school districts…
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June 13, 2025
Nearly 280 from Mississippi National Guard deployed to D.C. in support of Saturday’s military parade
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Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press
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June 13, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 13, 2025
Mississippi Medicaid appropriation increases by $58 million for new fiscal year, state support nears $1 billion
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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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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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Marilyn Tinnin
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June 15, 2025
Mississippi Legends: The Magnolia State’s own New York Times editor Turner Catledge
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Matt Friedeman
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June 15, 2025
Prayer is great, unless it’s not
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 15, 2025
Affection for the Savior
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Russ Latino
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June 15, 2025
A house divided against itself cannot stand
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Lesley Davis
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June 12, 2025
A victory for sorority sisters: The DOE affirmed what every 18-year-old pledge already knew
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Russ Latino
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June 11, 2025
Gipson in for Governor. What’s the state of play for 2027?
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