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March 5, 2009
State’s jobless rate climbs as economy slumps
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The state’s unemployment rate jumped to 9.2 percent in January, rising from 7.6 percent in December as laid-off holiday workers returned to the state’s jobless list. The national unemployment rate was 8.5 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release state-by-state data next week that will reflect how Mississippi stacks up among…
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March 5, 2009
Nissan moves ahead with Canton expansion
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Despite the failing national economy, Nissan on Wednesday affirmed plans to move forward with a $118 million plant expansion to prepare its Canton factory to build light commercial vehicles next year. The company originally announced the initiative last year, but auto sales have dipped dramatically for Nissan and other auto manufacturers in…
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March 5, 2009
Bill has $80 million in Miss. earmarks
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/5/9 While congressional earmarks have sizzled as a political issue recently, Mississippi’s two Republican U.S. senators continue to be ardent participants and defenders of the process. A probable Senate vote Friday on a $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill could determine the fate of nearly $80 million in funds earmarked by…
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March 5, 2009
Melton denies claims in officer’s lawsuit
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton denied Wednesday he had anything to do with the transfer of a police officer who cooperated with federal agents investigating him. “I had no knowledge of him being moved. I don’t even know his name,” Melton said. Jackson police officer Robert Watts, who has been on the force…
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March 5, 2009
Stanford investors look to Fri.
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Investors with Stanford accounts under $100,000 may get access to their funds as soon as Friday, a state official said Wednesday. “(The receiver is working) to accelerate the March 16 date to release funds to folks by Friday,” Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said. Mississippians have $391 million managed by the Stanford…
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March 5, 2009
Fed brass visit Coast today
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The heads of the federal housing and homeland security agencies plan to visit the Gulf Coast today to assess federal recovery efforts since hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will stop in New Orleans as part of a two-day tour of…
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March 5, 2009
Lawyer defending DeLaughter ironic pick
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 A prominent Chicago defense lawyer who represented a white supremacist in the killing of a federal judge is now representing a Hinds County judge who successfully prosecuted a white supremacist. Thomas Anthony Durkin is representing Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter, who in 1994 as an assistant district attorney prosecuted Byron De…
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March 5, 2009
YP – US Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Paul Gallo Show 3/5/9
YallPolitics 3/5/9
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March 5, 2009
Miss. House votes to bypass governor on stimulus
Forbes, 3/4/9 After a three-hour debate that stretched from Pharisees to fried bologna, the Democratic-controlled Mississippi House voted Wednesday to bypass Republican Gov. Haley Barbour so the state can get its full share of federal stimulus money. Only a relatively small portion of the state’s $2.8 billion from the stimulus package is in question. Barbour…
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March 5, 2009
Judicial probe puts $1B Hinds case on hold
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/4/9 A $1 billion lawsuit in a theft of trade secret case has been put on hold because of the involvement of a Hinds County Circuit judge now under indictment and a former county district attorney. Eaton Corp. alleges in the lawsuit that former employees, all engineers, stole trade secrets for military contracts…
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March 5, 2009
PSC tells utilities to cut interest rates
PSC tells utilities to cut interest rates “This is just one baby step in an effort to reform how Mississippi ratepayers have been charged,” Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley said Wednesday. “A lot more has to be done.” Southern District Commissioner Leonard Bentz said it’s “unacceptable for utility companies to charge 13 percent…
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March 5, 2009
CL – Voter ID: Supporters missed opportunity
Voter ID: Supporters missed opportunity Sen. Merle Flowers, R-Southaven, said he didn’t like parts of the bill that allowed early voting, and GOP Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant agreed in a statement issued afterward. But the legislation’s death prompted outrage from other Republicans who had pushed for further negotiations. House Democrats also voiced disbelief. Senate Elections…
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Cass Rutledge
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September 11, 2026
PEER points to concerns with MAGCOR, MDOC reporting
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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September 11, 2026
U.S. inflation picked up as gas prices marched higher due to conflict in the Middle East
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Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
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September 11, 2026
U.S. marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks
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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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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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Susan Marquez
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September 10, 2026
Pumpkin spice lattes are back
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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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