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December 16, 2008
Barkley upset about Auburn football coach choice
Barkley upset about Auburn football coach choice Charles Barkley is angered by Auburn’s hiring of Gene Chizik, telling ESPN.com that his alma mater didn’t hire Turner Gill because the Buffalo coach is black. “I think race was the No. 1 factor,” said Barkley, according to ESPN.com’s report. “You can say it’s not about race, but…
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December 16, 2008
Port battle: Housing and jobs go together
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/14/8 Gulf Coast housing advocates – with the support of the Mississippi NAACP – filed a lawsuit Wednesday in as Washington, D.C., federal court challenging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of the state of Mississippi’s plan to spend $600 million in Hurricane Katrina recovery funds on rebuilding and…
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December 16, 2008
Prepaid college tuition plan feeling financial turbulence
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/14/8 Mississippi’s prepaid college tuition program is facing inadequate investment returns, a multimillion dollar deficit and tuition costs that continue to increase. The situation has left the House Education Committee chairman concerned the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program could become a burden for taxpayers if the economy doesn’t improve. The program that…
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December 16, 2008
City halts roadwork on Woodrow Wilson Ave.
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/15/8 The city of Jackson has stopped roadwork on the Woodrow Wilson Avenue project and canceled its contract with an asphalt company after concrete was discovered under the roadway. City officials now are working to submit a new plan to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. “It was best to go back and do…
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December 16, 2008
AG to discuss crime lab funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/15/8 Many lawmakers and state officials agree that Mississippi’s criminal investigation system needs revamping, specifically the way DNA evidence is handled, how the state crime lab is funded and what to do about the long-vacant state medical examiner’s office. But addressing any of those concerns will require a lot of extra money, and…
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December 16, 2008
Jackson council to vote on ex-bodyguards’ attorney fees
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/15/8 The Jackson City Council plan to vote again on Tuesday whether to give Mayor Frank Melton’s two former police bodyguards thousands of dollars to pay their attorney fees from a 2007 state trial. The proposal follows an unsuccessful attempt in October by Council members Kenneth Stokes and Frank Bluntson to help Michael…
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December 16, 2008
Langston’s sentencing set for Tuesday
The Sun Herald, 12/14/8 Joey Langston earned millions of dollars in civil lawsuits by persuading judges to rule in his favor. Now that he faces sentencing in a judicial bribery scandal, he just wants a judge to be lenient. When Langston is sentenced Tuesday on a federal conspiracy charge, it will conclude a dramatic fall…
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December 16, 2008
Education: Business supports creating pre-K
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/15/8 To prove that statewide early childhood education is not a pie-in-the-sky proposition or frill, business organizations are preparing to pay $3.5 million a year for a pilot program in Mississippi. At a conference today, the Mississippi Economic Council is expected to announce plans for a pre-kindergarten program, initially at 50 licensed…
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December 16, 2008
Dear Santa, don’t forget some local recipients
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/14/8 It’s the Christmas season and we’ve got that giving feeling. But before those warm and fuzzies dissipate and we retreat to our normal surly selves, I thought I’d make a Christmas list for the folks who dominate the local news. OK, so I made it up. First on my list is…
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December 16, 2008
States avoiding red ink?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/14/8 The economy’s tanking. Tax revenues are less than anticipated and while spending cuts have already been ordered, more almost certainly loom in the future. That’s reality in Mississippi and in 43 other states, according to a recent study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit,…
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December 15, 2008
Chizik can overcome 5-19 at Auburn, says his old friend
Chizik can overcome 5-19 at Auburn, says his old friend Former Central Florida coach Mike Kruczek understands Auburn won’t win the news conference today when his friend Gene Chizik is introduced as the Tigers’ next football coach. Two numbers guarantee that: Five and 19. Have two numbers – the amount of wins and losses, respectively,…
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December 15, 2008
Chizik fires up Tigers, fires coaches
http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1229346922305370.xml&coll=2 AUBURN – Gene Chizik gave the impression that he’d be an inspirational, fiery coach when he met with Auburn players for the first time as the Tigers’ new head coach, but the news was not as rosy for Tommy Tuberville’s coaching staff. Chizik told Tuberville’s remaining assistant coaches they should look for employment in…
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Frank Corder
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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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