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May 22, 2009
Should We Abolish Second Primaries?
Should We Abolish Second Primaries? The more I consider instant runoff voting (IRV), the more I like it. Simply put, it’s a way to guarantee that a candidate gets 50-plus percent in a party primary without requiring the voters to make a second trip to the polls. IRV can also be used in general elections.…
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May 22, 2009
Governor Haley Barbour will host the third annual Mississippi Grammys
Governor Haley Barbour will host the third annual Mississippi Grammys Governor Haley Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour will host the third annual Mississippi celebration of its GRAMMYR legacy at 7 p.m. May 28, 2009, at Bluesville, part of Harrah’s Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Tunica. The list of performers and honorees includes Joey Lauren…
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May 22, 2009
Barbour chastised over remarks about paying Medicaid share
Barbour chastised over remarks about paying Medicaid share While state lawmakers are wrangling over how to plug a $90 million gap in the Medicaid budget, the Mississippi Hospital Association says a proposed hospital tax is not the solution. MHA President Sam Cameron used a news conference Thursday to chastise Gov. Haley Barbour for statements that…
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May 22, 2009
Call for ballot reform renewed
Call for ballot reform renewed Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann renewed his call for ballot reform Thursday, citing unusually high numbers of absentee ballots cast in some Mississippi primary elections. Hosemann said 42 percent of the ballots cast in the Democratic primary in Macon were by absentee ballot, an amount much higher than in most…
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May 22, 2009
ROLLCALL – The Newcomers: Spiritual Bonding – Rep. Gregg Harper and COS Michael Cravens
The Newcomers: Spiritual Bonding – subscription required Michael Cravens didn’t want to get involved in Republican Rep. Gregg Harper’s Congressional race. Content with the work he had done on Mississippi state Sen. Giles Ward’s campaign, Cravens was set to return to work at Eagle Communications, the communications and marketing firm he had opened about 10…
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May 22, 2009
QUINN – Scruggs and others sued by Derak Wyatt … 123-PAGE COMPLAINT/ATTACHMENTS HERE
QUINN – Scruggs and others sued by Derak Wyatt … 123-PAGE COMPLAINT/ATTACHMENTS HERE Here is the complaint OXFORD — Dickie Scruggs and others are being sued in Lafayette County Circuit Court because his attempted bribery allegedly caused the disqualification of a Jackson lawyer from Hurricane Katrina lawsuits. The lawyer, Derek Wyatt, charges in the suit…
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May 22, 2009
Chevron faces shareholder rebuke on claims by Amazon rainforest Indians
Chevron faces shareholder rebuke on claims by Amazon rainforest Indians Calpers, the country’s largest public pension fund with $170 billion in assets, announced Thursday it will support a resolution calling on Chevron to examine whether it complies with environmental regulations in Ecuador. The move comes as the oil giant faces a potential $27 billion dollar…
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May 22, 2009
Billy Hewes cites three “poison pills” in why he rejected Voter ID Bill
Billy Hewes cites “poison pills” as to why he rejected Voter ID Bill Sen. Billy Hewes, R-Gulfport, told members of the Brookhaven Kiwanis Club Wednesday that he has long been a proponent of voter ID, with a government-issued photo identification card. However, the president pro tem of the Senate said he could not support the…
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May 22, 2009
Politics Daily profiles Barbour as 2012 candidate
Politics Daily profiles Barbour as 2012 candidate Haley Barbour is a man of iron discipline these days, with nothing unpleasant to say about any fellow Republican. He’d rather bury you with data about workforce training, unemployment benefits, Medicaid, energy and housing. He once worked in the White House as Ronald Reagan’s political director and he…
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May 22, 2009
WAPO – Barbour To Iowa
Barbour To Iowa Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour will make a trip to Iowa in late June, a visit sure to stoke talk of a potential 2012 bid by the Magnolia State Republican. Barbour will headline a Republican Party of Iowa fundraiser on June 25, according to a report on the Iowa Republican blog. Barbour’s decision…
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May 22, 2009
Specialty crop grants for Mississippi
Specialty crop grants for Mississippi Mississippi’s Department of Agriculture and Commerce has been awarded a $160,000 base grant from USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in Mississippi. Specialty crops is the term generally given to the production of fruits and vegetables, items that are gaining more and more attention…
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May 22, 2009
LADD – Jackson, Let’s Shoot for the Top … JFP launches new blog too
LADD – Jackson, Let’s Shoot for the Top … JFP launches new blog too As I write this Tuesday, I have no idea who will be the Democratic nominee for mayor when you read this. As always happens in Jackson and Mississippi, it’s been a tough campaign that has wallowed in the mud and brought…
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May 15, 2026
Effort to make all Mississippi school boards elected failed this session. Another try could come in January
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Joshua Rollo
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May 15, 2026
From Mississippi to defending America under the sea: One sailor’s journey to USS Greeneville
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Daniel Tyson
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May 15, 2026
Judge blocks release of discovery materials in Jackson bribery case against Owens, Lumumba, Banks
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Frank Corder
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May 11, 2026
Lockers Manufacturing announces $9.7 million expansion in Batesville
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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May 15, 2026
These guys don’t just drive the team bus. They go the extra mile for the players who love them
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Alistair Begg
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May 15, 2026
Hope through the silence
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Alistair Begg
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May 14, 2026
Conformed to His image
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Mike Ezell
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May 14, 2026
Supporting law enforcement shouldn’t be political
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Sid Salter
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May 13, 2026
Remembering the legacies of former GOP Gov. Kirk Fordice and First Lady Pat Fordice
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Trey Dellinger
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May 11, 2026
New Mississippi abortion pill law protects women
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