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December 17, 2008
Trips to Caribbean appear to have broken House rules
The Hill, 12/16/8 For at least five of the last six years, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and several other members of the Congressional Black Caucus have spent a few days each fall at a different luxurious Caribbean island resort. The trip’s official mission is to facilitate business and diplomatic relationships between the region and the…
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December 17, 2008
Melton’s discussion of legal woes may violate gag order
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/17/8 Mayor Frank Melton talked about his legal troubles at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting in what could be a violation of a federal gag order. Melton goes on trial Jan. 5 on federal civil-rights charges related to a 2006 police-style raid on a Ridgeway Street duplex. After repeated statements about the incident,…
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December 17, 2008
Council rejects $50K proposal for ex-guards’ attorney’s fees
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/16/8 The Jackson City Council did not approve a proposal Tuesday night that would have given $50,000 to Mayor Frank Melton’s former police bodyguards to pay attorney fees from their 2007 state trial. The request died in a 3-3 vote. A similar request was denied by the council in October. Councilmen Frank Bluntson,…
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December 17, 2008
Melton’s discussion of legal woes may violate gag order
Melton’s discussion of legal woes may violate gag order “I am the mayor of this city 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Melton said Tuesday night. “Anything I do falls within my purview of being mayor.” The mayor mentioned the gag order before cutting himself off. Melton’s attorney, John Reeves, was not at…
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December 17, 2008
YP – Transcript of Langston sentencing hearing
Hattip to NMC for posting the transcript of the Langston sentencing hearing. It can be found here. I will say that it strikes me that everything happened the way it should have. First, Langston was contrite by all accounts . . . and he should’ve been. He cooperated, and he should have because he has…
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December 17, 2008
NMC – Langston sentencing – some atmospherics
Langston sentencing – some atmospherics The court room was full but not packed. It was a solemn proceeding– Joey Langston made a very eloquent statement of his acceptance of his guilt and his sorrow that seemed to me genuine (the only reason I use the word “seemed” is I know he was thought by many…
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December 17, 2008
Interviews outside Joey Langston sentencing
YouTube Paul Quinn 12/17/7
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December 16, 2008
Joey Langston gets the book thrown at him with a three year maximum sentence
Who's next? by Alan Lange
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December 16, 2008
NMC – Langston Sentencing Part 3: Judge Mills statement on sentencing
Langston Sentencing Part 3: Judge Mills statement on sentencing Judge Mills’s view of this case was driven by two things: First, the seriousness of the case and the assault on the rule of law it represented, and, second, on the fact that Joey’s cooperation was what he’d already agreed to do, and for which he…
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December 16, 2008
NMC – Langston Sentencing (Part 2): US Attorney Tom Dawson
Langston Sentencing (Part 2): US Attorney Tom Dawson Asst US Attorney Tom Dawson: We have filed a motion for a downward departure pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement. That motion is detailed and comprehensive. I would like to expand on two points if the court pleases. Late in December of 2007 the US…
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December 16, 2008
Documents from Langston sentencing
Langston’s sentencing minutes Langston’s surrender document
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December 16, 2008
Langston sentenced to 3 years in bribery case
Langston sentenced to 3 years in bribery case Disbarred Booneville lawyer Joey Langston will serve three years in prison and pay a $250,000 fine for his part in attempting to bribe a Hinds County judge. U.S. District Judge Michael Mills handed down the sentence today in the judicial corruption case. He ordered Langston to report…
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June 22, 2025
US strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites, President Trump describes as “very successful attack”
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June 20, 2025
Supreme Court work goes on with 10 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship
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June 20, 2025
Mississippi K-12, higher education boards adopt policy to handle DEI complaints
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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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Jim Beaugez
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June 22, 2025
Novelist Michael Farris Smith returns with ‘Lay Down Your Armor,’ new album
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June 22, 2025
The glue that holds people together
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June 22, 2025
A mournful list of honors
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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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