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February 23, 2009
Prison system funding debated
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/22/9 Some Mississippi lawmakers are complaining that prisoners get priority over college students in a proposed state budget that increases funding for the Department of Corrections. The approval of appropriations bills in the House and Senate last week starts the process for developing a $5 billion state spending plan for the fiscal year…
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February 23, 2009
Minor, wife get 3 hours together
The Sun Herald, 2/21/9 Paul Minor is back in a Pensacola prison after visiting his terminally ill wife, Sylvia, in Baton Rouge for three hours Friday. “Somebody put a barrier in the way and cut it down from three days to three hours,” his father, Mississippi journalist Bill Minor of Jackson, said Saturday. His son…
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February 23, 2009
POLITICO Q and A: Gov. Haley Barbour
POLITICO Q and A: Gov. Haley Barbour Q: House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said this week that for Southern governors, including you, to refuse stimulus aid would be a “slap in the face” to their black constituents. Do you have any response to that? A: I didn’t see that comment. I don’t know of anybody…
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February 23, 2009
Cochran, Wicker and Harper announce $4.9M for Jackson-Evers airport
Sens. Cochran, Wicker, and Rep. Harper Announce $4.9 Million for Jackson-Evers International Airport WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran, Roger Wicker, and U.S. Representative Gregg Harper today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has released $4,980,692 in funding for the Jackson-Evers International Airport. These funds will provide the airport with security enhancements and…
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February 23, 2009
Statewide elections hear early rumblings from South Mississippi
Statewide elections hear early rumblings from South Mississippi If GOP candidates beat on each other, and Hood or some other big Democrat contender could stave off such infighting, Democrats could recapture the governorship they held for so long but have appeared to lose in the Deep South shift to Republicanism. Hood could potentially take a…
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February 23, 2009
GRAY:Childers has political latitude on stimulus vote
GRAY:Childers has political latitude on stimulus vote In an interview with Daily Journal editors last week, Childers acknowledged that he had given potential Republican opponents in this ordinarily Republican-leaning district an opening to attack him. The National Republican Congressional Committee began the assault soon after Childers’ vote with a press release condemning it. But the…
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February 23, 2009
SALTER – New tricks: Newspaper columnist and talk radio host
New tricks: Newspaper columnist and talk radio host I have no preconceived notions about talk radio and luckily, neither do the folks at TeleSouth. I plan to use that format much like this column – to inform, to educate, to provoke and to get folks thinking about the issues of the day that matter in…
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February 23, 2009
Fmr. Rep Robert Clark recalls his trailblazing career
Retired lawmaker recalls his trailblazing career As the first black member of the Mississippi House of Representatives since Reconstruction, Robert Clark had to prove to his colleagues that an African American could have the same sophistication as a white man. Clark served nine consecutive terms from 1968-2003 and eventually won the respect of his fellow…
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February 23, 2009
NMC on P.L. Blake
Blake House? There’s some biographical stuff about Blake, and another interesting name pops up: The son of a sharecropper, Blake began life [apparently, like Athena, springing forth at birth in football armor] as a football star out of Tallahatchie County, playing lineman for Mississippi State University before graduating in 1959 and later playing for the…
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February 23, 2009
Mitchell on Patterson (but mostly Blake)
Mitchell on Patterson (but mostly Blake) all started in March 2007 when those indicted “discussed ways and means of attempting to corruptly influence Circuit Judge Henry Lackey … Knowing that Timothy R. Balducci and Judge Lackey had been friends for many years, Richard ‘Dickie’ Scruggs asked Balducci to explore ways of corruptly influencing the judge.”…
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February 23, 2009
Scarbinsky: Tide and Vols waging uncivil war in Memphis
Scarbinsky: Tide and Vols waging uncivil war in Memphis So there’s this high school football player in Memphis, and he’s committed to Alabama, and Alabama has been accused of possibly breaking an NCAA rule in securing his commitment. News like this might be expected to send Alabama football fans in search of their smelling salts,…
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February 22, 2009
Dunn Lampton’s legacy: Integrity, hard work
Lampton’s legacy: Integrity, hard work Some of Lampton’s critics, both inside and outside Mississippi’s tightknit legal community, have accused Lampton of selective prosecution, specifically in the case of former Biloxi attorney Paul Minor and three judges. Lampton recused himself from the case after Minor, a multimillionaire who supported Democratic candidates, claimed in federal court he…
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Daniel Tyson
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November 12, 2025
JXN Water pushes for rate increase as Jackson residents express billing frustration
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Frank Corder
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November 12, 2025
Mississippi retailers begin rounding as U.S. Mint presses the last pennies
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November 12, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: November 12, 2025
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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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Marilyn Tinnin
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November 12, 2025
Hernando’s ‘Dickens of a Christmas’ offers something for everyone
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Alistair Begg
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November 12, 2025
Praying in Jesus’ name
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Susan Marquez
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November 11, 2025
Discover Mississippi: Country’s only cactus plantation found in Edwards
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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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Roger Wicker
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November 7, 2025
Every human being deserves the freedom to practice their faith as they see fit
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