Skip to content
News
Business
Culture
Opinion
Issues
About
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Sponsorship
Y’all Archive
Search
Donate
News
Opinion
Business
Culture
About Us
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
News
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 9, 2009
House Dems want options for cigarette tax funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/8/9 Some Democrats in the Mississippi House are backing off their insistence that a cigarette tax hike be earmarked for Medicaid, citing a need for compromise as the state tries to generate new revenue. State Rep. George Flaggs, author of a bill that proposes using a tobacco tax hike for the health care…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 9, 2009
Tebow’s Performance a Perfect Ending (or Maybe Not)
Tebow’s Performance a Perfect Ending (or Maybe Not) If ever they should make a movie about a college career that in the northern part of this state is already the stuff of swampland legend, let me suggest Brendan Fraser for the lead and that Hollywood be allowed one courtesy fiction: Tim Tebow’s 2007 Heisman Trophy…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 9, 2009
House panel clears $1/pack tobacco tax-hike bill
House panel clears tobacco tax-hike bill House Bill 364 cleared a key committee today. It still needs approval from other House lawmakers before it heads to the Senate for consideration. The bill would increase the state’s 18-cent tobacco tax to $1 per pack. It would generate more than $200 million dollars for the state’s general…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 9, 2009
PERRY – Barbour, Bryant announce agendas
Barbour, Bryant announce agendas On Monday, Barbour addressed the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Capitol Press Corps luncheon. His priorities for 2009 are protecting and adding jobs, completing Katrina rebuilding, a “fair, permanent, sustainable funding solution” for Medicaid, Voter ID, workforce development and job training, and a health insurance exchange. Barbour spent the…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 9, 2009
Judge Charles Pickering administers ceremonial oath to Rep. Gregg Harper (MS-01)
HARPER HOSTS CEREMONIAL SWEARING-IN ADMINISTERED BY LONGTIME FRIEND, JUDGE CHARLES PICKERING Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, Congressman Gregg Harper (R-Pearl) hosted a ceremonial swearing-in at the historic Madison Building of the Library of Congress with over 70 friends and family who traveled from Mississippi to share in this important occasion as Harper transitions into his…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 9, 2009
Whoops! Nixon Cawood ticks off Judge Mills – no Hinds CC for you!
Beef plant: Man sentenced for political donation U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills in north Mississippi sentenced Nixon Cawood Jr. on Thursday after telling the disgraced executive he was “astonished” by his request for leniency. Cawood was snagged in a federal investigation into the failure of Mississippi Beef Processors LLC, a cattle processing plant that…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 8, 2009
Feds seize $425,000 from former Miss. DA
The Sun Herald, 1/7/9 Federal authorities have seized $425,000 from a former district attorney linked to the most sweeping judicial bribery investigation in Mississippi in years. While no formal charges have been made public against former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters, prosecutors have spelled out his alleged involvement in court documents. Peters is perhaps…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 8, 2009
State House approves higher ed deficit bill
The Hattiesburg American, 1/8/9 A bill that would restore money cut last year from Mississippi’s higher education systems has set the stage for the Legislature’s first battle over dipping into the state’s rainy day fund to cover agency shortfalls. Supporters of House Bill 290 said the money will help colleges operate for the rest of…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 8, 2009
Politicians would welcome good luck
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/8/9 The state legislators who came to work Wednesday at the state Capitol found free king cakes sitting on their desks. Courtesy of the Gulf Coast delegation, the traditional Mardi Gras pastries are said to bring good luck to the finder of the plastic baby inside. If there’s ever a time when lawmakers…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 8, 2009
Shortfall triggers Barbour’s decision; deeper cuts planned
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/8/9 Gov. Haley Barbour will announce deeper cuts to Mississippi’s budget next week to make up for lagging revenue, a spokesman said Wednesday, although it’s uncertain how much of a shortfall the state faces. Corporate tax returns coming into the state could help shore up a current budget that is $65.2 million below…
Posts pagination
Prev
1
…
3,303
3,304
3,305
3,306
3,307
…
4,210
Next
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 8, 2009
Mayor Melton: Who is running the city?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/8/9 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton’s serious ongoing legal problems and, now, his serious health problems have raised a serious question – Who is running the city of Jackson? That question is raised, not as a matter of political disagreement or as a criticism of Melton’s performance, although there are performance issues. Practically,…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
January 8, 2009
State lawmakers offer up pair of autism-related bills
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/8/9 Parents of children with autism and autism-like symptoms are hopeful for the passage of two bills, one dealing with vaccination exemptions, introduced in the Legislature on Tuesday. “I am thrilled, but I want to see results,” said Nicole Boyd of Oxford, the mother of a 4-year-old with autism, a…
News
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
August 15, 2025
Twelve states are restricting junk food purchases from SNAP. Mississippi could be next
News
|
Daniel Tyson
•
August 15, 2025
Grant funding in 5 Mississippi counties aimed at reducing financial strain in Youth Courts
News
|
Frank Corder
•
August 15, 2025
MSU Ag report: Row crop producers in Mississippi facing a very tough road ahead
Business
Business
|
Lynne Jeter
•
August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
Business
|
Daniel Tyson
•
August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
Business
|
Daniel Tyson
•
August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
Culture
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
August 15, 2025
The weight of glory
Culture
|
Eddie Pells, Associated Press
•
August 14, 2025
A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this season
Culture
|
Ben Smith
•
August 14, 2025
Passing the time until deer season
Opinion
Opinion
|
Dr. Kendall Conger
•
August 15, 2025
I challenged Duke’s DEI dogma – and paid with my job
Opinion
|
Kimberly Ross
•
August 13, 2025
Americans aren’t having enough babies
Opinion
|
Sid Salter
•
August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
All the latest delivered to your inbox!
Email
(Required)
Comments
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
By joining our newsletter, you are confirming that you agree with the
Privacy Policy
Cat Title
|
Author
•
Date
Title Placeholder
