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January 23, 2009
Sen. Roger Wicker lands Foreign Relations and Small Business committee assignments
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced he had secured seats on two additional committees, including the influential Foreign Relations Committee and the Small Business Committee. Sen. Wicker will also retain his spots on the Armed Services Committee, the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Wicker said his assignment to the…
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January 23, 2009
Conference Call Confirms Date for Mayor’s Trial
Conference Call Confirms Date for Mayor’s Trial After a conference call this morning between Judge Dan Jordan and Mayor Melton and his counsel it seems that February 2nd will remain the date for the Mayor’s civil rights trial. The call was scheduled to check in on the Mayor’s health conditions that were responsible for the…
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January 23, 2009
Tide hires Auburn’s Willis
Tide hires Auburn’s Willis TUSCALOOSA — Anything Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin can do, Alabama’s Nick Saban figures he can do better. About a week after the rival Vols seized his own ace Mobile recruiter, Saban turned the trick on Auburn for Lance Thompson’s replacement. Tigers linebackers coach James Willis — the only assistant retained by…
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January 22, 2009
Democrats anxious about ’50-state strategy’ under Obama
Democrats anxious about ’50-state strategy’ under Obama “Jen, you don’t really need to hear any questions,” New Hampshire party chairman Raymond Buckley told her. “We have three words for you: ’50-state strategy.'” That now-famous program, implemented by outgoing chairman Howard Dean in 2005, placed paid DNC staffers in both red and blue states around the…
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January 22, 2009
CB – Payraise for state workers? Mississippians Should NOT Be Duped – HB 1257
Mississippians Should NOT Be Duped And now the projected revenues are falling even more and the governor says we have to make more cuts. Will it hurt? Of course it will, for a little while. Can every agency afford to cut back? Sure it can, for a little while. Hiring freezes, employee raises, benefit cuts,…
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January 22, 2009
State targets obesity in children
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/22/9 The state boards of Health and Education are working together to tackle obesity among Mississippi children. At a recent meeting of the two boards, state Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds suggested representatives from both form a subcommittee to discuss ways to address obesity in schools. “We have a great opportunity to change…
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January 22, 2009
8 districts will come up short on payroll
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/22/9 Eight public school districts won’t be able to make payroll through the end of the school year as a result of recent budget cuts. A couple of those districts could face cash flow problems sooner. The districts are Hazlehurst, Benton County, Indianola, Jefferson Davis County, Kemper County, Tate County, Noxubee County and…
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January 22, 2009
House leaders look to alleviate education cuts
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/22/9 While the Mississippi Senate has yet to take up legislation to increase the cigarette tax, House Democratic leaders already know how they want to spend a portion of the money. The House Appropriations Committee voted Wednesday to use a portion of a proposed 82-cent-per-pack increase in the cigarette tax…
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January 22, 2009
Travel: MDOT needs to stay on state roads
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/22/9 State agencies scrambling to deal with budget cuts should start with the travel budget. An investigation by the Sun Herald in Biloxi found the elected commissioners and executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation spent more than $200,000 on travel in the past four years. MDOT Executive Director Butch Brown…
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January 22, 2009
Bill would return staff to PSC
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/22/9 Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley says he needs a staff to adequately do his job of regulating public utilities. Legislation is pending in the Mississippi House to put the Public Utilities staff under the direction of Presley and the two other elected commissioners. The staff currently is…
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January 22, 2009
Tobacco-tax revenue sought for schools
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/22/9 Public schools struggling with recent budget cuts could get relief from legislation expected to be considered today at the state Capitol, but the measure relies on a financing method that is far from gaining final approval. House Bill 1383 would use $68 million generated from a proposed tobacco tax hike to restore…
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January 22, 2009
Melton’s ability to stand trial scrutinized
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/22/9 U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan will hold a telephone conference today with lawyers involved in the civil rights trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton to determine whether the mayor is healthy enough now to stand trial. Melton’s trial is slated for Feb. 2, but it already has been delayed three times. The…
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June 19, 2025
Suspicious device deemed “not a threat” at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 19, 2025
Mississippi State Board of Education removes U.S. History end-of-course testing requirement
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Daniel Tyson
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June 19, 2025
Mississippi, NVIDIA partner to advance AI education, workforce development
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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June 19, 2025
From ‘Love Island’ to the practice field, Jaxson Dart is already fitting in with the Giants’ QBs
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Susan Marquez
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June 19, 2025
Jackson’s Levure features all natural wines
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June 19, 2025
Your cross
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Sid Salter
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June 18, 2025
Mississippi was once the scene 62 years ago of a federalized National Guard at Ole Miss
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Kelley Williams
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June 17, 2025
Georgia’s PSC is in the game on data centers, Mississippi’s has been benched
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Kimberly Ross
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June 17, 2025
Perceived hypocrisy does not an excuse make for violent mob-driven riots
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