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February 11, 2009
YP – Judge Larry Buffington squashes his own subpoena
Following information released yesterday, Judge Larry Buffington has apparently had a change of heart. He has squashed his own subpoenas that he issued for Supervisors to appear. Only in Mississippi Politics.
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February 11, 2009
School ranking plan unveiled
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 State Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds reviewed a proposed model for the state’s new accountability system with more than 100 superintendents and school officials Tuesday at Hattiesburg High School. “We’ve been working for some time to build this new system,” Bounds told the group of educators from the Pine Belt and surrounding…
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February 11, 2009
City workers get extra paid holiday
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 Jackson city workers can thank the local firefighters’ union for another paid vacation day – and city taxpayers for footing the $170,000 bill. An almost-overlooked clause in the firefighters’ union contract led the Jackson City Council on Tuesday to make Presidents Day a new city holiday. The union contract, approved several years…
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February 11, 2009
Corps proposes Coast buyouts
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to spend about $1.2 billion on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast to buy some 2,000 seaside properties, relocate a small town’s public buildings and restore hurricane-damaged wetlands and beaches. A draft proposal released Tuesday follows in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when Bay St. Louis, Waveland…
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February 11, 2009
Wright: Jackson mayor drunk night of raid
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 Marcus Wright, a former bodyguard to Mayor Frank Melton, testified in federal court Tuesday that Melton was drunk and uncontrollable the night he and a group of young men set upon a northwest Jackson duplex with sledgehammers and a baseball bat-sized stick. “We need to get out of here,” Wright said he…
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February 11, 2009
Both Mississippi senators vote against stimulus
The Mississippi Press, 2/11/9 By a 61-37 vote Tuesday, the Senate passed an $838 billion stimulus bill blending government spending and tax breaks in a package that backers hope will revive the sick economy. The legislation got no support, however, from Alabama and Mississippi lawmakers. Like most Republicans, all four senators voted against the bill.…
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February 11, 2009
WSJLAWBLOG – Scruggs Pleads Guilty (Again) . . . And Some Wisdom From the Romans
Scruggs Pleads Guilty (Again) . . . And Some Wisdom From the Romans In recent weeks, while our eyes have been focused largely on Washington and the federal prosecutors’ office in New York, things have quietly been humming right along down in northern Mississippi. That’s where prosecutors seem to be building a bribery case involving…
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February 11, 2009
COCHRAN NAMED TO NEGOTIATING PANEL
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/11/9 Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran, the ranking Appropriations Committee member, was one of nine men named Tuesday to a House-Senate conference committee to negotiate differences in the economic stimulus package. Cochran voted against the bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday, as did Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. “The bill…
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February 11, 2009
Entergy: Fuel-cost procedures OK
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 An independent audit of Entergy Mississippi’s fuel purchase policies recommends how the utility can most fairly pass along fuel-cost adjustments to customers. Entergy officials say the audit shows the company uses proper fuel-buying procedures. But one commissioner says it shows the utility has a lot of work to do to ensure the…
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February 11, 2009
Bills on property rights gain steam
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 Mississippians’ property rights would be strengthened by separate bills gaining momentum in the legislative session, despite an attempt to make it easier for private developers to acquire residents’ land. Two bills that have cleared – one in the House and one in the Senate – restrict the use of eminent domain to…
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February 11, 2009
Let’s ‘go check on Bubba,’ mayor reportedly told crew
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/11/9 While it was not unusual for Mayor Frank Melton to instruct his bodyguards to escort him on spontaneous knock-and-talks through Jackson neighborhoods, the original plan for one evening in August 2006 was to take a group of young men to a preseason professional football game. After the game between the Indianapolis Colts…
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February 11, 2009
Keker’s charter? Flight goes from Ashland, KY to San Fran, then San Fran to Oxford
Flightaware.com showed some interesting air traffic. On Wednesday, February 4, a private plane left the Ashland, KY area (10 miles from where Dickie Scruggs was being held) through Oklahoma and winding up near San Francisco . Scruggs was then moved Friday from Ashland to Oxford. Then on Monday, Feburary 9, a flight left San Francisco…
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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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