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March 6, 2009
Mississippi lauded in GAO report on Katrina Recovery
A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) gives Mississippi high marks in tracking and administering nearly $3 billion received through FEMA’s Public Assistance recovery program after Hurricane Katrina. The report released this month, “Disaster Recovery: Past Experiences Offer Recovery Lessons for Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Future Disasters,” holds Mississippi up as…
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March 6, 2009
Governor Barbour announces progress in fighting fraud in Medicaid and SCHIP
Governor Haley Barbour announced today the Division of Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance program were among the best in the nation at keeping fraudulent payments low. In Fiscal Year 2008, the statewide Medicaid Eligibility Error Rate was 0.0095 percent and the SCHIP Error Rate was 0.0333 percent, according to the U.S. Centers for…
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March 6, 2009
CL – Dems to Decide New Director, Ike Brown’s Possible Return
CL – Dems to Decide New Director, Ike Brown’s Possible Return Mississippi Democrats meet this weekend to consider hiring a new executive director and restoring power to Ike Brown, a former executive committee member with legal troubles over the way he’s handled elections in Noxubee County. Fireworks are expected over his possible return. Also, members…
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March 5, 2009
New federal trial date set for Jackson Mayor Frank Melton
New federal trial date set for Jackson mayor Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former bodyguard Michael Recio will be retried May 11 for damage caused to a Ridgeway Street duplex in August 2006. Melton and Recio’s federal civil rights trial ended last week in a mistrial when jurors were unable to reach a verdict…
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March 5, 2009
PERRY – Ike Brown’s election shenanigans
US 5th Circuit upholds ruling against Noxubee party boss Imagine a majority white county in Mississippi where the local party boss flagrantly suppresses black voter activity. He issues statements listing the names of local black activists who he will challenge if they attempt to vote. When blacks vote by absentee, he flags their ballots the…
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March 5, 2009
NCAA bracket expert says forget Auburn, UAB
NCAA bracket expert says forget Auburn, UAB The Southeastern Conference basketball season finally got here, on Tuesday night when the second-largest crowd of the season showed up in Tuscaloosa to watch Alabama and Auburn. Of course, the cynic would argue that the majority of the 13,265 on hand were there for the presentation of the…
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March 5, 2009
Senate rebuffs funding on Till; Holder vows to find way
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The U.S. Senate on Wednesday defeated an amendment to appropriate funding for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act in the omnibus spending bill. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., proposed a $10 million amendment to help bring justice to unsolved civil rights cases. He said the funding would come from the…
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March 5, 2009
State’s jobless rate climbs as economy slumps
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The state’s unemployment rate jumped to 9.2 percent in January, rising from 7.6 percent in December as laid-off holiday workers returned to the state’s jobless list. The national unemployment rate was 8.5 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release state-by-state data next week that will reflect how Mississippi stacks up among…
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March 5, 2009
Nissan moves ahead with Canton expansion
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Despite the failing national economy, Nissan on Wednesday affirmed plans to move forward with a $118 million plant expansion to prepare its Canton factory to build light commercial vehicles next year. The company originally announced the initiative last year, but auto sales have dipped dramatically for Nissan and other auto manufacturers in…
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March 5, 2009
Bill has $80 million in Miss. earmarks
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/5/9 While congressional earmarks have sizzled as a political issue recently, Mississippi’s two Republican U.S. senators continue to be ardent participants and defenders of the process. A probable Senate vote Friday on a $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill could determine the fate of nearly $80 million in funds earmarked by…
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March 5, 2009
Melton denies claims in officer’s lawsuit
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton denied Wednesday he had anything to do with the transfer of a police officer who cooperated with federal agents investigating him. “I had no knowledge of him being moved. I don’t even know his name,” Melton said. Jackson police officer Robert Watts, who has been on the force…
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March 5, 2009
Stanford investors look to Fri.
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Investors with Stanford accounts under $100,000 may get access to their funds as soon as Friday, a state official said Wednesday. “(The receiver is working) to accelerate the March 16 date to release funds to folks by Friday,” Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said. Mississippians have $391 million managed by the Stanford…
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 13, 2025
Two Mississippi women arrested in separate SNAP fraud cases
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Frank Corder
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November 13, 2025
85% say Mississippi parents, not government, should choose their child’s school
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 13, 2025
Transportation Commission approves nearly $470,000 in modifications for seven mowing contracts
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Daniel Tyson
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October 30, 2025
Mississippi senators hear concerns from farmers as state’s agriculture industry struggles
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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October 29, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate as government shutdown clouds economic outlook
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October 27, 2025
Delta Grain investing $3.76 million to expand Sidon operations
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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November 13, 2025
Lane Kiffin to the Swamp? The buzz surrounding the Ole Miss coach creates a subplot to the game
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Meredith Biesinger
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November 13, 2025
Cooking, connection, and a little Delta magic at the Viking Cooking School
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Alistair Begg
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November 13, 2025
Stand up for Jesus
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Kelley Williams
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November 13, 2025
Wistful not thinking
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Ron Eller
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November 12, 2025
It’s time to restore trust in government: Why Congress needs term limits
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Sid Salter
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November 12, 2025
Grisham’s latest novel is not a legal thriller, but an introspective mystery about greed
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