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February 17, 2009
Teetering Miss. school districts could squeeze by
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/17/9 Most of the eight Mississippi school districts initially poised to run out of cash before the end of the school year may be able to make it after all. But next fiscal year promises to be a tough one, too. Hazlehurst, Covington, Indianola, Kemper County, Benton County, Jefferson Davis County, Noxubee County…
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February 17, 2009
Stimulus: Big money and bigger problems
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/17/9 President Barack Obama is scheduled today to sign the $787 billion economic stimulus package in what may be the most important step of his presidency that has only just begun. The passage came late last week with a highly partisan vote on what Obama had hoped would be a bipartisan effort.…
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February 17, 2009
Court workers facing layoffs
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/17/9 Dozens of assistant district attorneys and investigators may have to take a cut in pay and benefits unless the state provides additional funds in a tight budget year. Layoffs, furloughs or leaving vacant positions unfilled also are possible solutions to Gov. Haley Barbour’s latest round of cuts, according to the Department of…
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February 17, 2009
Antiquated provision plays havoc with some legislation
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 2/17/9 As both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature scurried last week to make a key deadline, the process was slowed to a crawl as members invoked their constitutional right to have bills read. At one point, House Ways and Means Vice Chairman David Norquist, D-Cleveland, explained a bill that…
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February 17, 2009
Governor, legislators spar over Medicaid
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/17/9 During a contentious special session last summer, the Mississippi House resisted calls by Gov. Haley Barbour and the Senate leadership to plug a $90 million hole in the Division of Medicaid by increasing the tax on hospitals. Months later, in the midst of the current regular session, it is…
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February 17, 2009
Bill wasn’t given enough consideration
The Hattiesburg Amercian Editorial, 2/17/9 Now that the $787 billion stimulus package has cleared Congress and awaits President Barack Obama’s signature, what can we expect? The measure, approved with only three Republican votes despite Obama’s efforts to cobble together a package that would have bipartisan support, was approved quickly on Friday so Congress could begin…
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February 17, 2009
PSC: Give commissioners tools to do job
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/17/9 Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against Entergy and a seemingly renewed interest by the state Public Service Commission to aggressively regulate electric utilities has brought calls for reoganizing the process. It would be a mistake to remove the checks and balances provided by having a professional utilities staff and an elected…
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February 17, 2009
Jackson mayor trial resumes today
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/17/9 The trial of Mayor Frank Melton and his former police bodyguard Michael Recio is set to resume this morning after a four-day break. Jurors heard the case against the men from federal prosecutors last week. The defense attorneys now will begin presenting their cases. Melton’s attorney, John Reeves, is expected present his…
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February 17, 2009
SPR – GOP gears up for 2010 – Travis Childers targeted by NRCC
GOP gears up for 2010 Dana Edelstein, a spokesperson for Childers, who voted for the stimulus package when it first passed the house and again on final passage, told SPR the ad “is misleading.” Noting that the bottom line is about jobs, she added, “The country would probably be better off if those who ran…
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February 17, 2009
Video take on evolution vs. creationism take on public ed in MS
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February 17, 2009
RESPONDMS – Oxford fundraiser for MSSC Justice Jim Kitchens
Oxford Trial Lawyer Fundraiser for Jim Kitchens If you’ve got a few thousand to spare for a Supreme Court Justice, and you happen to be in Oxford, stop by the Tollison Law Firm on Thursday. Some trial lawyers are still raising money for Jim Kitchens. Respond MS 2/17/9
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February 17, 2009
View of Bobby DeLaughter’s plight from “across the pond”
Bobby DeLaughter faces jail over patronage claim DeLaughter (pronounced dee-lawter) broke ranks with the white establishment when, as a young prosecutor in 1994, he went back to the unresolved killing of local civil rights leader Medgar Evers 30 years earlier, and jailed the notorious veteran of the Ku Klux Klan whose guilt had been known…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 22, 2025
IHL Board initiates search for new Jackson State president
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
One dead, suspect in custody in Ingalls Shipbuilding shooting
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
Shooting reported inside Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Ben Smith
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August 22, 2025
Women’s archery growing in Mississippi
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Susan Marquez
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August 22, 2025
Thacker Mountain Radio to highlight Mississippi Poet Laureate, songwriters in Ocean Springs
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Alistair Begg
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August 22, 2025
As you have always obeyed
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Lesley Davis
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August 22, 2025
Sororities go woke – and taxpayers helped pay for it
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Sid Salter
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August 20, 2025
Natchez’s Greg Iles saved his best writing for his reflective “Natchez Burning” trilogy
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Philip Wegmann
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August 19, 2025
Trump vows Social Security will thrive for another ‘90 years’
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