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December 16, 2008
Mississippi electors cast all 6 votes for McCain
Mississippi electors cast all 6 votes for McCain Mississippi electors have cast all six of the state’s votes for the Republican presidential ticket, but Democrat Barack Obama was expected to collect enough electoral votes nationwide Monday to formally win the presidency. Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin carried Mississippi on Nov. 4 and received the…
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December 16, 2008
Close down judicial hellholes for good
Close down judicial hellholes for good The biggest change in the 2008 rankings is that West Virginia has reclaimed the top spot, after falling to fourth in 2007. West Virginia has been described by a judge as “a field of dreams for plaintiffs’ lawyers.” This is in part because of West Virginia being one of…
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December 16, 2008
Barkley upset about Auburn football coach choice
Barkley upset about Auburn football coach choice Charles Barkley is angered by Auburn’s hiring of Gene Chizik, telling ESPN.com that his alma mater didn’t hire Turner Gill because the Buffalo coach is black. “I think race was the No. 1 factor,” said Barkley, according to ESPN.com’s report. “You can say it’s not about race, but…
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December 16, 2008
Port battle: Housing and jobs go together
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/14/8 Gulf Coast housing advocates – with the support of the Mississippi NAACP – filed a lawsuit Wednesday in as Washington, D.C., federal court challenging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of the state of Mississippi’s plan to spend $600 million in Hurricane Katrina recovery funds on rebuilding and…
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December 16, 2008
Prepaid college tuition plan feeling financial turbulence
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/14/8 Mississippi’s prepaid college tuition program is facing inadequate investment returns, a multimillion dollar deficit and tuition costs that continue to increase. The situation has left the House Education Committee chairman concerned the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program could become a burden for taxpayers if the economy doesn’t improve. The program that…
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December 16, 2008
City halts roadwork on Woodrow Wilson Ave.
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/15/8 The city of Jackson has stopped roadwork on the Woodrow Wilson Avenue project and canceled its contract with an asphalt company after concrete was discovered under the roadway. City officials now are working to submit a new plan to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. “It was best to go back and do…
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December 16, 2008
AG to discuss crime lab funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/15/8 Many lawmakers and state officials agree that Mississippi’s criminal investigation system needs revamping, specifically the way DNA evidence is handled, how the state crime lab is funded and what to do about the long-vacant state medical examiner’s office. But addressing any of those concerns will require a lot of extra money, and…
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December 16, 2008
Jackson council to vote on ex-bodyguards’ attorney fees
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/15/8 The Jackson City Council plan to vote again on Tuesday whether to give Mayor Frank Melton’s two former police bodyguards thousands of dollars to pay their attorney fees from a 2007 state trial. The proposal follows an unsuccessful attempt in October by Council members Kenneth Stokes and Frank Bluntson to help Michael…
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December 16, 2008
Langston’s sentencing set for Tuesday
The Sun Herald, 12/14/8 Joey Langston earned millions of dollars in civil lawsuits by persuading judges to rule in his favor. Now that he faces sentencing in a judicial bribery scandal, he just wants a judge to be lenient. When Langston is sentenced Tuesday on a federal conspiracy charge, it will conclude a dramatic fall…
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December 16, 2008
Education: Business supports creating pre-K
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/15/8 To prove that statewide early childhood education is not a pie-in-the-sky proposition or frill, business organizations are preparing to pay $3.5 million a year for a pilot program in Mississippi. At a conference today, the Mississippi Economic Council is expected to announce plans for a pre-kindergarten program, initially at 50 licensed…
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December 16, 2008
Dear Santa, don’t forget some local recipients
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/14/8 It’s the Christmas season and we’ve got that giving feeling. But before those warm and fuzzies dissipate and we retreat to our normal surly selves, I thought I’d make a Christmas list for the folks who dominate the local news. OK, so I made it up. First on my list is…
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December 16, 2008
States avoiding red ink?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/14/8 The economy’s tanking. Tax revenues are less than anticipated and while spending cuts have already been ordered, more almost certainly loom in the future. That’s reality in Mississippi and in 43 other states, according to a recent study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit,…
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 9, 2025
Legislators to consider another round of teacher, assistant teacher pay raises
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 9, 2025
Mississippi State Health Officer touts importance of vaccine mandates after Florida roll back
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Daniel Tyson
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September 9, 2025
NAACP alleges state withheld millions that could have helped Jackson’s water system
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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September 5, 2025
Hiring stalls with US companies reluctant to expand in an uncertain economic landscape
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Lynne Jeter
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September 3, 2025
Hood Industries invests $245 million in Waynesboro expansion
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Lynne Jeter
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August 29, 2025
Tri-state partnership boosts South’s automaker bid
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Associated Press
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September 9, 2025
Mississippi State fined $500,000 by SEC for field storming following against Arizona State
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 9, 2025
Mississippi’s Two Museums: Step inside, feel the story
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Alistair Begg
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September 9, 2025
What are you waiting for?
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Russ Latino
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September 8, 2025
Do we have to ‘distrust the science’ to Make America Healthy Again?
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Russ Latino
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September 7, 2025
The race for U.S. Senate in 2026 may get ugly, but the result is almost certain
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Roger Wicker
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September 5, 2025
Taiwan has resolved to live free
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