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February 12, 2009
Scandal edges closer to Cochran, staff
The Sun Herald, 2/11/9 The food and drinks weren’t quite what the Senate aide expected when she arrived at the lobbyist’s luxury suite for the Orioles baseball game at Baltimore’s Camden Yards. “Ackkk. Only beer and no Hebrew National hot dogs,” Ann Copland complained in a June 2003 e-mail now on file in federal court.…
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February 12, 2009
Mayor was routinely drunk, Wright testifies
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/9 Mayor Frank Melton’s former police bodyguard testified Wednesday it was not uncommon for him to see the mayor drinking. Marcus Wright said he was often sent on runs to the liquor store to pick up alcohol for Melton. And when asked by prosecutors how many times he had seen Melton under the…
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February 12, 2009
Melton, Recio knew the law, officials say
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/9 Mayor Frank Melton and Michael Recio, the mayor’s former police bodyguard, had been instructed on the legal ways to shut down a reported “dope house,” witnesses for the federal government testified Wednesday. Yet both men acted otherwise, according to the prosecution. The testimony came on the third day of Melton and Recio’s…
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February 12, 2009
Jackson mayor owes $14K in property tax
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton, who is currently on trial for alleged civil rights violations, has not paid his 2008 property taxes, which were due 10 days ago. The mayor owes $13,098.43 on his property at 2 Carter’s Grove and $1,340 on several other parcels he owns, according to the Hinds County Tax…
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February 12, 2009
You gotta admire the date pick
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 2/12/9 Federal court usually is a pretty dignified place. When you’re an attorney, a heightened sense of decorum seems inherent. When you’re the defendant, it’s the Big Time of trouble. Security is high and these folks, however friendly, aren’t messing around. But somewhere in this sometimes austere place of…
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February 12, 2009
DeLaughter in court on criminal charges
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/9 The former prosecutor who made a worldwide name for himself for putting Klansman Byron De La Beckwith behind bars will be in court today, accused of ruling in favor of the former lawyer once called Mississippi’s “king of torts.” Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter is slated to appear in federal court…
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February 12, 2009
House passes photo ID to vote
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/12/9 The state House, in contentious debate spanning nearly five hours Wednesday, passed legislation requiring people to display a photo identification to vote. The bill, which passed 77-44, in many ways was a stinging defeat for the Democratic House leaders who had tried to craft a compromise that would allow…
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February 12, 2009
Lt. Gov. Hewes? Could happen
The Sun Herald, 2/11/9 A clearer picture of Mississippi’s 2011 statewide races is emerging, as State Sen. Billy Hewes III confirmed he will be a candidate for lieutenant governor in 2011. After much pressing Wednesday, Hewes, R-Gulfport, confirmed he was a candidate, but he says he doesn’t know when an official campaign announcement is coming.…
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February 12, 2009
Taylor: ‘No one needs to panic’
The Sun Herald, 2/11/9 U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor said Wednesday that South Mississippians shouldn’t panic over a proposed federal private property buyout plan that’s moving toward Congress for funding. In fact, Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, said that the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Plan has some excellent aspects, such as restoration of the barrier islands. And even…
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February 12, 2009
“POPULAR” sends letter to Rep. John Conyers about his aid to Paul Minor
February 12, 2009 Via Facsimile and U. S. Mail The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee 2426 Rayburn, HOB Washington, D. C. 20515 RE: The House Judiciary Committee’s Investigation of Allegedly Political Prosecutions Including that of Mississippi Lawyer Paul Minor Dear Chairman Conyers: POPULAR, Inc. (POPULAR) is an association of public…
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February 12, 2009
MITCHELL – Judge Bobby DeLaughter to be formally charged today in Dickie Scruggs II mess
DeLaughter in court on criminal charges Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter is slated to appear in federal court in Oxford on a charge he was influenced to rule in favor of former high-profile lawyer Dickie Scruggs, who was sentenced this week to seven years in prison in the case. DeLaughter has maintained his innocence,…
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February 12, 2009
SLABBED traces roots of Dickie Scruggs’ civil mess
Plea Tree of Scruggs II has roots dating back to 1984 tangled in 1998 Coahoma County Chancery Court Decision In 1984, Richard F. Scruggs and William Roberts Wilson, Jr. agreed to associate one another in a number of asbestos-related personal injury cases. Accordingly, they formed an intermediary corporation in 1985 known as Asbestos Group, P.A.…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 17, 2025
Appointees named to Mississippi’s Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council
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Frank Corder
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June 17, 2025
Reeves, Wicker lead Mississippi economic development effort at Paris Air Show
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Daniel Tyson
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June 17, 2025
Governor Reeves says it’s “business as usual” despite talk of changes at FEMA
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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Bernard Condon, Associated Press
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 17, 2025
Does it represent your sin?
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Parrish Alford
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June 16, 2025
Does House settlement mean stability or more change for college athletics?
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Robert St. John
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June 16, 2025
A long thank you note
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Kelley Williams
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June 17, 2025
Georgia’s PSC is in the game on data centers, Mississippi’s has been benched
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Kimberly Ross
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June 17, 2025
Perceived hypocrisy does not an excuse make for violent mob-driven riots
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David Rives
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June 16, 2025
The designer of fatherhood: How God’s character shapes earthly Dads
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