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February 26, 2009
SALTERBLOG – Frank Melton is “bulletproof”: Dan Jenkins would love this guy…
Frank Melton is “bulletproof”: Dan Jenkins would love this guy… When I think about Jackson Mayor Frank Melton getting a mistrial for his malarkey, I think about the venerable writer Dan Jenkins’ Ten Stages of Drunkenness’ from his novel Baja Oklahoma… 1. Witty and Charming 2. Rich and Powerful 3. Benevolent 4. Clairvoyant 5. F—…
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February 25, 2009
Miss. House Democrat Billy Nicholson switches to GOP
Miss. House Democrat switches to GOP Rep. Billy Nicholson of Little Rock has switched from being a Democrat to a Republican. Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Brad White welcomed Nicholson to the GOP on Wednesday. Nicholson said the “hope for Mississippi stays alive with the leadership and ideals of the Republicans.” Clarion Ledger 2/25/9
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February 25, 2009
DJ – Zach Scruggs moves to Alabama work center
Zach moves to Alabama work center Zach Scruggs, convicted for his part in the scheme to bribe Circuit Judge Henry Lackey of Calhoun City, apparently is out of federal prison and assigned to a community work facility in Montgomery, Ala. His custody location is noted on the U.S. Bureau of Prisons’ web site, www.bop.gov. NE…
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February 25, 2009
Miss. lawmakers split on speech
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/25/9 President Barack Obama’s first speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night drew mixed reactions from Mississippi’s lawmakers. “I’m afraid that a lot of the spending programs the president is proposing – and it’s been a spending spree – will require higher taxes on small businesses.” – Republican Sen. Roger…
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February 25, 2009
Liquor sales, tax bills survive
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/25/9 Legislation to improve Mississippi highways and bridges, allow Jackson residents to consider raising sales taxes and give some Rankin Countians a chance to come out from dry laws survived Tuesday as a key deadline looms. A measure that would allow the state to help Hinds County pay for the Old Capitol Green…
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February 25, 2009
Frank, Ed, and Zach out-and-about
Folo, 2/25/9 Overcast here keeps me from confirming this, but it’s gotta be full moon — or reported sightings of Frank Melton anywhere but in federal custody as a convict, Ed Peters out to lunch with Robert Shuler Smith, and Zach Scruggs strolling the Square in Oxford couldn’t be happening. Anyhow, to sum up: be…
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February 25, 2009
Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in mayor’s trial
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/25/9 Mayor Frank Melton was sitting behind closed doors with his attorney and former police bodyguard Michael Recio when he learned Tuesday morning that the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. “It’s nothing to play with. There’s no room for arrogance. I felt very humble,” Melton recalled later in the day. “I’m never going to…
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February 25, 2009
Obama speech draws mixed reaction
The Hattiesburg American, 2/25/9 For state Rep. Percy Watson, not only was the right tone struck inside the halls of Congress Tuesday night by President Barack Obama, but the right message sent to the American public. “It was a timely address,” said Watson, a Democrat from Hattiesburg who watched Obama’s televised address before a joint…
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February 25, 2009
Let facts decide
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 2/25/9 Raised voices in Jackson arguing about parts of the federal economic stimulus carved out for Mississippi indicate there’s partisan fire mixed in the hot rhetoric. Republican Gov. Haley Barbour says “no” on one side, and many legislators, especially Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, and some of his fellow Democrats,…
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February 25, 2009
Hosemann appeals for funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/25/9 Some Stanford Group clients with frozen accounts may be unable to pay mortgages, living expenses and medical bills if a court-appointed receiver does not release some money, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday. “They live off that, literally,” Hosemann said. The receiver has frozen the accounts as part of fraud allegations…
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February 25, 2009
Federal money? Mississippi’s about the easiest girl in town
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/25/9 The jury is still out in the court of public opinion over Gov. Haley Barbour is right or wrong to join with a handful of other Republican governors in saying he will refuse a portion of the $787 billion federal stimulus package that would expand the state’s unemployment insurance coverage. The…
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February 25, 2009
Booneville native McKinney sentenced
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/24/9 Booneville native Scott McKinney was sentenced to five years in a Florida prison earlier today for defrauding investors in his radio show “Southern Sports Tonight,” a Florida newspaper reported. The Northwest Florida Daily News reported that McKinney was also put on probation for 50 years and ordered to pay restitution of $188,508.…
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 7, 2026
Wednesday night storm spawns several tornadoes that damage hundreds of homes in three counties
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Frank Corder
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May 6, 2026
Speaker White names House Select Committees to tackle property taxes, school consolidation, redistricting, more
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Daniel Tyson
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May 6, 2026
Job training life-affirming for inmates in MAGCOR programs
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Alistair Begg
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May 8, 2026
The cost of complaining
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Susan Marquez
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May 7, 2026
Noah “Soggy” Sweat’s “The Whiskey Speech” to be presented at Two Mississippi Museums
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Alistair Begg
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May 7, 2026
Purchased for God
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Russ Latino
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May 8, 2026
Something for everyone to hate in the redistricting debate
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Christy Hovanetz
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May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
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Russ Latino
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May 5, 2026
Mississippi faces pressure to redistrict before congressional midterms, but also real world constraints
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