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February 8, 2009
Dickie Scruggs to appear in court next week
Scruggs to appear in court next week Whether anyone else has been indicted with Scruggs wasn’t known late Friday. Friday afternoon, Larry Whitman, executive assistant at the Kentucky prison where 62-year-old Scruggs was being held, told The Associated Press he’s not at the facility. Scruggs’ attorney did not immediately respond to messages. Scruggs is serving…
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February 7, 2009
UCLA vs. Notre Dame: A rivalry the way they used to be – Great piece
UCLA vs. Notre Dame: A rivalry the way they used to be – Great piece Notre Dame plays UCLA in basketball at Pauley Pavilion this morning, and by morning we’re talking 10 a.m., followed by a car wash and pancake brunch. “I didn’t know it was back on the schedule, to tell you the truth,”…
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February 7, 2009
No one writes leniency letter for Balducci
No one writes leniency letter for Balducci Today, their pre-sentence letter files were opened to four media organizations, who asked to see them. Balducci’s contained only two letters, apparently copies from other letters written generally about the others. Patterson’s file held 33 letters from family and friends, asking Biggers to show him mercy. These files…
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February 7, 2009
BREAKING – Scruggs expected to enter second guilty plea
Scruggs expected to enter second guilty plea Dickie Scruggs, once one of the nation’s most powerful trial lawyers, is on his way back to Mississippi from federal prison in Kentucky, prison officials said. The U.S. attorney’s office in Oxford requested the U.S. Marshals Service return the 62-year-old former lawyer in time for a Tuesday hearing,…
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February 6, 2009
AG: Council can see records
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/6/9 The Jackson City Council has the weight of the state attorney general’s office behind its efforts to force Mayor Frank Melton to turn over some financial records. The council has clashed with city officials over the right to see Jackson’s 1099 and W-2 forms from 2005 to 2008. The federal tax forms…
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February 6, 2009
Consolidation of school districts to be studied
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/6/9 With a lingering recession and more than $85 million in education budget cuts, consolidating Mississippi’s 152 school districts could get another look. House Education Committee Chairman Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, said he will form a task force to study the issue and make recommendations. Consolidation is “something we’re going to look at,” possibly…
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February 6, 2009
Building permits plunging: Drop in construction hits metro area hard
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/6/9 Officials in Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties are anticipating up to 50 percent less residential and commercial growth this year because of the staggering economy. The decline is an early indicator of a shrinking tax base, lowered demand for construction supplies, fewer jobs and fewer new homes, said Paul Grimes, a professor…
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February 6, 2009
Jackson mayor’s trial may have jury set today
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/6/9 A jury should be seated today in the federal trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton, barring unforeseen delays. A fourth grueling day of jury selection ended Thursday with six more potential jurors being disqualified, leaving 43 in the pool, with nine left to interview. “We got through everybody today, so I feel…
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February 6, 2009
Stimulus: Tax cuts will stimulate jobs, but…
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/6/9 Mississippi Republican U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker have a valid point in stalling the $900 billion economic stimulus plan being pushed by the Obama administration. When Congress and the White House eventually agree on economic stimulus legislation – and they will – that legislation must strike a responsible balance…
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February 6, 2009
Senators say stimulus needs more jobs focus
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/6/9 U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said Thursday that any economic stimulus bill should be more targeted at job creation and less expensive to taxpayers. Mississippi’s senior senator, Thad Cochran, had expressed a similar view Monday. As Senate moderates worked toward a trimmed-down version of the House-passed stimulus measure, Wicker…
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February 6, 2009
Cigarette-tax negotiations to begin soon
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/6/9 House and Senate leaders are expected to begin negotiations soon over the size of an increase in the cigarette tax. On Thursday with no debate, the House voted to invite negotiations with the Senate on the cigarette tax. The House has proposed increasing the tax by 82 cents to…
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February 6, 2009
GOP govs to Senate: Hold the line
Politico.com, 2/6/9 Several of the GOP’s most prominent governors blasted the stimulus plan making its way through Congress Thursday, urging Senate Republicans to resist passing the bill and taking aim at what they called unnecessary spending in the package. “The legislation currently being considered includes excess spending and impedes states’ abilities to manage their own…
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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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