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April 30, 2009
Still hope for car tag reprieve
Still hope for car tag reprieve In a Tuesday legislative agreement on a 50-cents-a-pack cigarette tax, there was also a promise to set aside money to stave off what could be massive increases in car tag prices. If it passes, it would spare tag buyers half of the increase, which would have cost some car…
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April 30, 2009
Mitchell – What if tax increase generates less cash?
Mitchell – What if tax increase generates less cash? A previous column attempted to explain how state leaders are misleading people by saying cigarette taxes must be raised to keep car tag costs in check. For managers of a budget topping $5 billion to say they can’t find $30 million somewhere else to keep car…
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April 30, 2009
AP – FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape
AP – FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape WASHINGTON – “That wasn’t me,” President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually was partly him — and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years —…
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April 30, 2009
Obama seeks to change crack sentences
Obama seeks to change crack sentences The Obama administration joined a federal judge Wednesday in urging Congress to end a racial disparity by equalizing prison sentences for dealing and using crack versus powdered cocaine. “Jails are loaded with people who look like me,” U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, an African-American, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee…
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April 30, 2009
Miss. leaders: No plan on hospital tax hike
Miss. leaders: No plan on hospital tax hike Plans to raise hospital taxes to help pay for Medicaid have stalled in the 2009 regular legislative session. House and Senate leaders negotiating the tax hike left the state Capitol today with no agreement. The session is in a recess, and negotiators had hoped to reach a…
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April 30, 2009
Veteran Meridian lawmaker dies at 77
Veteran Meridian lawmaker dies at 77 Veteran state Rep. Charles Young, D-Meridian, has died. State Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, confirmed the news shortly before noon today. “Rep. Young was a well-respected member of the House and a tireless advocate for public education at all levels,” Flaggs said. “His service in the Legislature was honorable for…
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April 30, 2009
A more mellow Melton, Jackson mayor promises
A more mellow Melton, Jackson mayor promises Mayor Frank Melton took office in July 2005 with guns blazing. He surrounded himself with bodyguards and body armor. He embarked on high-profile sweeps of inner-city neighborhoods and boarded commercial planes with guns in tow. But now, almost four years later, Melton, 60, says he has mellowed. Clarion-Ledger…
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April 30, 2009
Dick Morris – Obama sows seeds of demise
Dick Morris – Obama sows seeds of demise When the Obama administration crashes and burns, with approval ratings that fall through the floor, political scientists can trace its demise to its first hundred days. While Americans are careful not to consign a presidency they desperately need to succeed to the dustbin of history, the fact…
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April 30, 2009
Minor – Bryant wrong on cigarette tax
Minor – Bryant wrong on cigarette tax Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant is the chief proponent of the tobacco tax-tag scheme and says he will only go along with raising the ridiculously low tobacco tax if the proceeds go to bail out an impending spike in car tag prices issued by counties. The current tag “crisis”…
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April 30, 2009
Perry – Unsealing the State Farm deal
Perry – Unsealing the State Farm deal Jackson New Media, Inc., the publisher of the Mississippi online political website Y’all Politics (YallPolitics.com), filed a motion last week to unseal the 2007 federal court case of State Farm Insurance vs Attorney General Jim Hood. Raycom Media, the owner of three Mississippi televisions stations – WLBT in…
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Magnolia Tribune
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April 29, 2009
AG Jim Hood Announces Seepe Plea
A former Jackson crematorium owner has pled guilty to charges in Hinds County for mis-using money from customers who pre-paid for services, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Mark Seepe of 113-B Fairfax Circle, Brandon, appeared before Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Breland Hilburn today to face charges that he either converted or embezzled funds…
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April 29, 2009
MCJ – Editorial: Lower taxes, less government
MCJ – Editorial: Lower taxes, less government There were reportedly more than 1,000 Tax Day Tea Parties across the country on April 15, including several Mississippi cities, from Hernando to Gulfport, from Greenville to Hattiesburg, also Grenada, Columbus, Pontotoc, Tupelo, Picayune, with a thousand participants in Laurel and nearly 3,000 in Jackson. The root of…
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Frank Corder
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May 11, 2026
Fifth Circuit vacates order requiring Mississippi to redraw state Supreme Court districts
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Daniel Tyson
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May 11, 2026
Jackson’s Parks and Recreation is being folded into other city departments
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 11, 2026
Mississippi expected to receive $40.9 million in Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
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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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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Associated Press
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May 11, 2026
Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy is in stable condition after being shot at a concert
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Robert St. John
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May 11, 2026
A cow in Wiggins is better at her job than I am
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Matt Friedeman
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May 11, 2026
How American discipleship can start getting it right
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Trey Dellinger
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May 11, 2026
New Mississippi abortion pill law protects women
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Russ Latino
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May 8, 2026
Something for everyone to hate in the redistricting debate
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Christy Hovanetz
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May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
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