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February 2, 2009
Plenty of candidates want Melton’s office
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/2/9 Jackson residents are faced with a dilemma in this year’s mayoral race – options. There are at least six Democratic candidates who stand out in the crowded race to become the city’s highest-elected official. And the deadline to enter the race – March 6 – is still weeks away. The choices thus…
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February 2, 2009
Jury selection begins in Jackson mayor’s trial
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/2/9 One hundred potential jurors are expected today at the federal courthouse in Jackson for jury selection in the trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former police bodyguard Michael Recio. They will come from counties stretching north to Holmes County and south to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. And once the jury…
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February 2, 2009
Think it over before selling governor’s jet
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 2/1/9 We applaud the Mississippi Legislature’s efforts to find ways to save money from wherever they can. But we hope the lawmakers consider the long-term impact of some of their actions. An example is an effort to sell the state-owned jet that Gov. Haley Barbour and other state officials use. The…
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February 2, 2009
Phil Bryant’s political appeal on full display
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 2/1/9 Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant sat on the hot seat Thursday night as a succession of roasters cracked jokes about his purported aspirations for higher office. They also gave it to him for his hairdo, his cowboy boots and his ability to find the television cameras, wherever they are.…
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February 2, 2009
House rejects arts school move
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/31/9 Supporters of the Mississippi School of the Arts on Friday killed a bill that proposed moving the program out of Brookhaven and sending it 200 miles north to Columbus, where it would have been combined with the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science. There were 43 votes for House Bill 1555 and…
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February 2, 2009
Tobacco tax: Include smokeless products
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/31/9 Smokeless tobacco products — snuff, chewing tobacco, etc. — are apparently getting a pass from lawmakers and Gov. Haley Barbour as they seek to craft an increase in the state’s cigarette tax. That tax break for the folks who produce and consume pouches of Red Man or tins of Skoal rather…
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February 2, 2009
Thad Cochran’s Abramoff connection emerges — UPDATED
Folo, 1/31/9 “To be honest, she’s more valuable to us than a rank-and-file house member.” According to the AP, the author of this sentence is Todd Boulanger, Jack Abramoff’s former deputy who yesterday pled guilty to influence-peddling, admitting to a federal judge that he’d bribed congressional staffers — including “she,” AKA “Staffer E,” Thad Cochran’s…
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February 2, 2009
Businesses, drivers could face hiked fees
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/2/9 Mississippi drivers would pay more for licenses and vehicle titles. Drunken drivers and sex offenders also would have to dig deeper into their pockets. And business owners would foot the bill for environmental permits. Those are some of the ways lawmakers are trying to raise revenue in an uncertain economy that’s making…
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February 2, 2009
Several Coast bills facing certain death
The Sun Herald, 2/1/9 Several South Mississippi lawmakers’ bills appear likely to die Tuesday under a state legislative deadline for measures to make it out of committee. Sen. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, has filed several insurance reform bills again this year to address post-Katrina problems. Last year, Baria filed seven bills aimed at reform,…
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February 2, 2009
Ethics law cuts congressional travel but not for Thompson
The Hattiesburg American, 2/1/9 Congress’ attempts to eliminate lobbyist-funded travel seems to have prompted many to put away their suitcases. But some lawmakers, including Rep. Bennie Thompson, are still taking free trips. Thompson, D-2nd District, took nine privately sponsored trips last year, based on a review of records by Gannett News Service. He visited the…
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February 2, 2009
Forest attorney on short list for Southern Dist. U.S. attorney
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/1/9 While Forest attorney and longtime civil rights activist Constance Slaughter-Harvey firmly but politely declined to confirm or deny reports circulating like wildfire, the veteran lawyer is indeed under consideration by key Democratic Party figures and the Obama administration as the new U.S. attorney in Mississippi’s Southern District. “It would be inappropriate…
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February 2, 2009
State pays for workers to reside in free houses
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/1/9 An attorney for the state Department of Mental Health is being provided free housing. And so are more than 130 others – directors, administrators, doctors, nurses, maintenance personnel and dentists. Those in higher positions live in 59 houses on a dozen mental health campuses across Mississippi. At the State Hospital at Whitfield,…
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Frank Corder
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August 21, 2025
Mississippi agriculture, energy officials support USDA’s rollback of solar subsidies on prime farmland
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 21, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Education makes two stops in Oxford
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Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
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August 21, 2025
Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump
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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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Susan Marquez
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August 21, 2025
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: Tom’s Fried Pies
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Alistair Begg
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August 21, 2025
A throne forever
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Robbie Faulk, Associated Press
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi State working to bounce back from rough first season under Jeff Lebby
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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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Josh Appel
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August 18, 2025
C.S. Lewis in the Age of Bleakness
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