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January 9, 2009
House to vote on cig tax hike
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 Mississippi lawmakers began trying to raise new revenue Thursday with a proposed 82-cents-a-pack cigarette tax increase as state agencies prepared for deeper budget cuts that could affect more services, including Medicaid and schools. Legislation raising the 18-cent tobacco tax to $1 per pack cleared a key House committee hours after Gov. Haley…
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January 9, 2009
Utility: Contract sales led to refund
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 Entergy Corp. has acknowledged in a letter to state regulators that it sold power to Mississippi in 2005 from a subsidiary under a fuel contract that years earlier led to a refund of $72 million to Louisiana customers. The letter is the latest development in the legal battle between Entergy and Mississippi…
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January 9, 2009
Supreme Court upholds MDOC firings in 2004
The Hattiesburg American, 1/8/9 The removal of job protections for employees of the Mississippi Department of Corrections in 2004 as a cost-cutting tool was constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The decision came in a lawsuit filed by former MDOC employee Gary Hemba, who was one of 160 workers fired by MDOC in 2004.…
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January 9, 2009
Ga. man sentenced in beef plant scandal
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/8/9 Georgia businessman who irked a federal judge by asking for community service was sentenced Thursday to eight months in federal prison for making an illegal campaign contribution to former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills in north Mississippi sentenced Nixon Cawood Jr. on Thursday after telling the disgraced…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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December 12, 2025
Navy Secretary tells shipbuilders to “act like we’re at war.” What it means for Mississippi’s Ingalls shipyard is unclear
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Frank Corder
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December 12, 2025
Damage Control: Thompson says he misspoke when referring to attack on National Guardsmen as an “unfortunate accident”
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December 12, 2025
Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations
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Frank Corder
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December 11, 2025
$100 million metallurgical biocarbon manufacturer locating in Pike County
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Frank Corder
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December 2, 2025
BWC Terminals break ground in Pascagoula
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 12, 2025
Holly Jolly Oxford: A little slice of Stars Hollow in the Magnolia State
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Alistair Begg
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December 12, 2025
The purpose of the cross
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Richelle Putnam
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December 11, 2025
A holiday celebration fit for a King
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Russ Latino
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December 10, 2025
University of Mississippi Chancellor responds to Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit, seeks dismissal
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Sid Salter
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December 10, 2025
Guardrails or gravel? Why America and Mississippi must get AI regulation right in 2026
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Merle Flowers
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December 8, 2025
The Parents Over Platforms Act: A targeted, privacy-respecting alternative to ASAA
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