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March 25, 2009
RoM – Jamie Franks vs Barbara Blackmon
RoM – Jamie Franks vs Barbara Blackmon Chairman Jamie Franks says everything that happened at the meeting is null and void and orchestrated by a “rogue, radical group.” He says Sam Hall is executive director and Ike Brown is not on the committee. Vice-Chairman Barbara Blackmon says the meeting was legal and binding. She says…
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March 25, 2009
CL – Steve Patterson seen going into Grand Jury – Miss. judicial bribery probe expands
Miss. judicial bribery probe expands A federal grand jury investigating the expanding judicial bribery scandal questioned witnesses today about political operative P.L. Blake — who earned $50 million from the state’s tobacco settlement by clipping newspapers and assessing political activity for chief negotiator Dickie Scruggs. “I assume prosecutors have been eyeing Mr. Blake as a…
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March 25, 2009
NMC – More about the Democratic Executive Committee meltdown
More about the Democratic Executive Committee meltdown I don’t know whether to call this a “showdown” or a “meltdown.” Both sides seem to be provoking the highest stakes game possible– as you’ll read below, Chairman Jamie Franks is reported to have told members in advance to stay away from the meeting because it was illegal.…
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March 24, 2009
Governor urges Senate to sustain veto on HB 803 after House override
Governor Haley Barbour issued the following statement on the House of Representatives vote today to override his veto of House Bill 803: “Today’s House vote on eminent domain is disastrous for job creation and economic development in Mississippi. In the debate on the House floor, it was said job creation is not the Legislature’s job.…
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March 24, 2009
Governor Haley Barbour vetoes HB 803 – offers special session to fix legislation
GOVERNOR’S VETO MESSAGE FOR HOUSE BILL 803 TO THE MISSISSIPPI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I am returning House Bill Number 803: “AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-27-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN EXCEPT FOR A PUBLIC USE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES” without my approval, and assign the following…
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March 24, 2009
No tobacco tax agreement as deadline nears
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/24/9 State lawmakers facing a Wednesday deadline are without an agreement on a tobacco tax increase. House and Senate leaders negotiated briefly Monday on raising Mississippi’s 18-cent cigarette tax. They’re looking for ways to balance the state’s budget amid lagging revenues. If they don’t reach a compromise by Wednesday, the tax hike won’t…
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March 24, 2009
JJ – Ike Brown threatens end to Blue Dog rule in 2007 – Hood, McMillan, Clark, etc.
Ruling lets ‘progressive’ Democrats lead The current debate about U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper’s ruling on primaries is about a power transfer. For years, Mississippi had been controlled by Dixiecrats in a one-party structure called Democrats; blacks and poor whites were not allowed to vote. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act empowered the two…
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March 24, 2009
Jackson gives up traffic cameras
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/24/9 Jackson city officials said Monday they will shut down cameras that catch red-light runners to comply with a new statewide ban on the devices, even as Gov. Haley Barbour questioned the constitutionality of the law he signed. City Attorney Sarah O’Reilly-Evans said the city will stop using the cameras immediately and quit…
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March 24, 2009
Democrats disagree over top committee’s makeup
The Hattiesburg American, 3/24/9 Mississippi Democrats will meet next month to try to decide whether to support the removal of the party’s executive director and allow controversial member Ike Brown’s return to power. At a weekend meeting, some of the party’s executive committee voted to boot Sam Hall after weeks as executive director and elevate…
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March 24, 2009
Question evolves into how big will be tax on hospitals, cigarettes
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 3/24/9 It appears the Senate leadership and Gov. Haley Barbour still would rather place a higher tax on hospitals than cigarettes. The question now is whether the full Senate, as it normally does, will jump in line and follow the governor and its leadership. Barbour and the Senate leadership…
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March 24, 2009
Unemployed: Barbour offers ‘too little’
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/24/9 Gov. Haley Barbour took the national stage this past weekend in criticizing President Barack Obama’s fiscal policies. Meanwhile, the folks back home are just asking for some help to try and weather this economic crisis. Gov. Barbour on Saturday delivered the Republican Party’s response to President Obama’s weekly radio address, taking…
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March 24, 2009
Unethical leaks
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 3/24/9 The obviously intentional and anonymous release via e-mail and on the Internet of confidential information from Tupelo city government’s ethics report – whose findings are under investigation by the Mississippi state auditor’s office – continues the sloppy, careless handling of a document prepared by a contract consultant. The…
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 11, 2026
Security breach at IHL affecting Office of Financial Aid occurred Monday, not Thursday when IHL made it known
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 11, 2026
Debris cleanup from Winter Storm Fern complete in one of the three affected districts
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Frank Corder
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September 11, 2026
Secretary of State clarifies Mississippi elected office vote requirements
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
General Atomics announced second expansion this year, bringing 125 more jobs to Shannon
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
C Spire expanding fiber network with new high-capacity corridor between Jackson and Olive Branch
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Frank Corder
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September 9, 2026
Mayo Clinic Laboratories investing $30 million, creating 234 jobs in Southaven
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Chris Burrows, Associated Press
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September 11, 2026
Mississippi coach Pete Golding aims to eradicate erratic play in Week 2 against Charlotte
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Alistair Begg
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September 11, 2026
Inescapable grace
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Brett Martel, Associated Press
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September 10, 2026
SEC not expected to vote on LSU’s membership this week, AP source says
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Merle Flowers
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September 10, 2026
Mississippi does not have pharmacies to spare
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Grant Callen
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September 10, 2026
What I’m looking for in Mississippi’s next governor
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Delbert Hosemann
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September 9, 2026
Senator Cochran was right on timber
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