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November 12, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour announces changes to FY ’09 budget – Ed and Medicaid have no change
Governor Haley Barbour today ordered Fiscal Year 2009 spending cuts totaling $41.9 million, or two percent, for most state agencies due to a shortfall in state tax collections. With revenue falling 2.3 percent below estimates, the Governor said the cuts are mandated by Mississippi Code §27-104-13, which requires the State Fiscal Officer to balance the…
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November 12, 2008
Tupelo to get new aviation facility
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 In two years, a bigger, better Army Aviation Support Facility will open near the Tupelo Regional Airport, and with it comes greater economic opportunity. The new facility, dubbed AASF No. 2 because it is one of three statewide, will be more than three times larger than the current facility. And the operations…
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November 12, 2008
City could take over JATRAN
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 The city of Jackson is planning to take over its public bus system for the first time in more than 30 years, the City Council was told Monday. The move comes in the wake of failing contract negotiations with an Ohio-based company that was expected to run JATRAN. City Attorney Sarah O’Reilly-Evans…
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November 12, 2008
State agencies brace for $42M in cuts
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 Gov. Haley Barbour said today he will announce Wednesday $42 million worth of budget cuts to state agencies. The Republican governor did not specify which agencies will be cut. At Barbour’s request, most departments have told him what the impact of 2 percent cuts would be. But an across-the-board, 2 percent cut…
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November 11, 2008
Council votes down $2-per-hour raise
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 The Jackson City Council on Monday voted down continuing to give low-paid public works employees a $2-per-hour raise. The raise, proposed by Mayor Frank Melton, would have been paid for with almost $1.3 million in city savings and the entire Department of Public Works’ overtime budget, which is about $218,000. Council members…
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November 11, 2008
Judge orders Draper to start repayments in beef case
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 11/11/8 James A. Draper, a Tennessee man found guilty in the Mississippi Beef Processors scandal, has been ordered to pay $187,725 in restitution to the State Auditor’s Office. In July, he was found guilty of defrauding the state and laundering that amount through his own personal account in 2002 in…
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November 11, 2008
Historic election drew record voters
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 Last Tuesday’s historic presidential election drew 113,358 more Mississippians to the polls than in 2004, according to unofficial numbers released Monday from the secretary of state. That record-setting total of 1.27 million is expected to increase as election workers continue counting affidavit and absentee ballots. Certified election results are not due to…
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November 11, 2008
Melton trial delayed
Melton trial delayed U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan this morning agreed to a request by defense attorneys to delay the civil rights violation trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former bodyguard until January. Defense attorneys had told the judge they needed more time to review thousands of pages of prosecution material. Jury…
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November 11, 2008
Saban will cash in on dream season
Saban will cash in on dream season Nick Saban doesn’t need any extra motivation to coach the next three games as if Alabama’s spot in the BCS Championship Game depended on them. Saban wouldn’t need extra motivation to pull stomach muscles if he were coaching in the Class 1A playoffs. But he has incentives just…
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November 11, 2008
Saban puts LSU fans in despair
Saban puts LSU fans in despair Walking out of Tiger Stadium on Saturday night, amid the wreckage and debauchery known as the LSU Nation, I couldn’t help but flip the calendar back 52 weeks. On that November night in 2007, LSU survived a bloody brawl in Bryant-Denny Stadium and a small group of their fans…
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November 11, 2008
Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship. “It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he’s the one who proposed this national security force,” Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday…
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November 11, 2008
Witnesses: 2 shot in dispute over Alabama-LSU game
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/FBC_Couple_Slain_Football.html MOBILE, Ala. — Witnesses said a man and his former wife were shot to death over an argument about the Alabama-Louisiana State University football game, though a spokesman for the slain man’s family disputed that Monday. “Basing it on this ball game is totally false,” said Shannon Odom, the half brother of Dennis James…
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June 24, 2025
Mississippi’s economic development successes celebrated with national awards
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Frank Corder
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June 24, 2025
ICE arrests Iranian national illegally in U.S. in Gluckstadt, Mississippi
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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June 24, 2025
Powell says Fed can wait to reduce interest rates as Trump demands cuts
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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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Meredith Biesinger
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June 24, 2025
Discovering the Holy Land at Palestine Gardens in Lucedale
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 24, 2025
The source of His grief
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Parrish Alford
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June 23, 2025
The football lives of Belton and Marcus Johnson shaped by their mom’s work ethic
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Samuel Creekmore
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June 24, 2025
Mississippi must lead on addiction and PTSD treatment
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Ethan Watson
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June 23, 2025
Reality check for Gen Z: ‘Green’ energy requires wealth
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Bill Crawford
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June 23, 2025
Even government data succumbing to truth management
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