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November 12, 2008
City gas cards may have been misused, audit chief says
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/12/8 The head of Jackson’s internal audit department said Tuesday she suspects systemic misuse of the city’s gasoline cards because of lapses in city oversight. Because the city isn’t properly tracking how much its employees spend through its Fuelman discount gasoline service, “we think there is a possibility of fraud and improper use,”…
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November 12, 2008
Judge delays Melton-Recio trial until January
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/12/8 Mayor Frank Melton’s federal trial has been put on hold for two months to give time for defense attorneys to review thousands of pages of government evidence against the mayor and his former bodyguard, Michael Recio. The break also gives lawyers on both sides an opportunity to continue an escalating war of…
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November 12, 2008
Revenue estimate forecasts tight year
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 11/12/8 Gov. Haley Barbour and legislative leaders approved a revenue estimate Tuesday that will give them only $39.2 million more to appropriate during the 2009 session than they had during the 2008 session. The 14-member Legislative Budget Committee, which includes Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and House Speaker Billy McCoy, met…
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November 12, 2008
Obama inauguration hottest ticket in D.C.
The Hattiesburg American, 11/12/8 Enthusiasm for President-elect Barack Obama’s swearing-in Jan. 20 has generated fierce competition for tickets to the event and is expected to draw 1 million people to Washington. According to Carole Florman, spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, each House member will receive about 200 tickets and each senator…
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November 12, 2008
State likely to see two Obama appointees
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 11/12/8 Two high-profile jobs in Mississippi will be open for new appointments when President-elect Barack Obama takes office. That’s because Mississippi’s two current U.S. attorneys are Republican appointees, and Obama likely will put Democrats into those important law enforcement offices in Oxford and Jackson. Jim Greenlee and Dunn Lampton, both…
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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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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 7, 2025
Division of Medicaid seeking public comment on federal healthcare grant program
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August 7, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: August 7, 2025
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Lynne Jeter
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August 5, 2025
Mancuso Chemicals investing $5.52 million in the Magnolia State
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August 4, 2025
Cherry elected Mississippi Power chairman, CEO
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Lynne Jeter
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July 17, 2025
Southern Miss, Integer Technologies land $25 million defense contract
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Susan Marquez
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August 7, 2025
Pike County’s Sophie Marie lands national cooking show
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Alistair Begg
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August 7, 2025
Serve where He has placed you
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Richelle Putnam
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August 6, 2025
The Song Inside Us All: Voices from the 2025 MSA Pines Region Songwriters Festival
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Kelley Williams
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August 7, 2025
Bob Dylan and the Overton Window
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Russ Latino
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August 7, 2025
The Mississippi Democratic Party got mad about school choice, then unwittingly made the case for it
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Sid Salter
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August 6, 2025
Will moving Neshoba stump speeches to June in 2026 lessen the fair’s political impact?
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