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January 9, 2009
Jim Hood vs. Entergy . . . ALL of the story
Certainly Jim “Friends and Family” Hood was successful in grabbing some headlines yesterday, but at YP, we know that all that glitters is certainly not gold. If you need any further evidence, ask yourself why a rash of crooked lawyers have been sentenced to federal prison, yet our state justice system, headed by Hood, hasn’t…
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January 9, 2009
New state Supreme Court justice wants Crime Lab funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 New state Supreme Court Chief Justice William Waller Jr. says he wants the Legislature to adequately fund the state Crime Lab to provide a system for preserving DNA evidence in all felony cases. Waller was sworn in Thursday as the 35th chief justice of the high court before an overflow crowd at…
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January 9, 2009
JATRAN in trouble
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 If it weren’t for JATRAN’s Route 13, Annette Stewart would not have her independence. She catches the bus most weekdays from her home in Presidential Hills and rides it to relatives’ houses or to run errands. “I get up every morning and I catch the bus, and I do what I need…
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January 9, 2009
Beef plant conviction sends man to prison instead of college
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 A Georgia businessman who irked a federal judge by asking to be sentenced to community service with the community and junior colleges was sentenced Thursday to eight months in federal prison for making an illegal campaign contribution to former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. Nixon Cawood is one of three former executives charged…
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January 9, 2009
House to vote on cig tax hike
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 Mississippi lawmakers began trying to raise new revenue Thursday with a proposed 82-cents-a-pack cigarette tax increase as state agencies prepared for deeper budget cuts that could affect more services, including Medicaid and schools. Legislation raising the 18-cent tobacco tax to $1 per pack cleared a key House committee hours after Gov. Haley…
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January 9, 2009
Utility: Contract sales led to refund
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 Entergy Corp. has acknowledged in a letter to state regulators that it sold power to Mississippi in 2005 from a subsidiary under a fuel contract that years earlier led to a refund of $72 million to Louisiana customers. The letter is the latest development in the legal battle between Entergy and Mississippi…
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January 9, 2009
Supreme Court upholds MDOC firings in 2004
The Hattiesburg American, 1/8/9 The removal of job protections for employees of the Mississippi Department of Corrections in 2004 as a cost-cutting tool was constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The decision came in a lawsuit filed by former MDOC employee Gary Hemba, who was one of 160 workers fired by MDOC in 2004.…
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January 9, 2009
Ga. man sentenced in beef plant scandal
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/8/9 Georgia businessman who irked a federal judge by asking for community service was sentenced Thursday to eight months in federal prison for making an illegal campaign contribution to former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills in north Mississippi sentenced Nixon Cawood Jr. on Thursday after telling the disgraced…
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January 9, 2009
House Dems want options for cigarette tax funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/8/9 Some Democrats in the Mississippi House are backing off their insistence that a cigarette tax hike be earmarked for Medicaid, citing a need for compromise as the state tries to generate new revenue. State Rep. George Flaggs, author of a bill that proposes using a tobacco tax hike for the health care…
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January 9, 2009
Tebow’s Performance a Perfect Ending (or Maybe Not)
Tebow’s Performance a Perfect Ending (or Maybe Not) If ever they should make a movie about a college career that in the northern part of this state is already the stuff of swampland legend, let me suggest Brendan Fraser for the lead and that Hollywood be allowed one courtesy fiction: Tim Tebow’s 2007 Heisman Trophy…
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January 9, 2009
House panel clears $1/pack tobacco tax-hike bill
House panel clears tobacco tax-hike bill House Bill 364 cleared a key committee today. It still needs approval from other House lawmakers before it heads to the Senate for consideration. The bill would increase the state’s 18-cent tobacco tax to $1 per pack. It would generate more than $200 million dollars for the state’s general…
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January 9, 2009
PERRY – Barbour, Bryant announce agendas
Barbour, Bryant announce agendas On Monday, Barbour addressed the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Capitol Press Corps luncheon. His priorities for 2009 are protecting and adding jobs, completing Katrina rebuilding, a “fair, permanent, sustainable funding solution” for Medicaid, Voter ID, workforce development and job training, and a health insurance exchange. Barbour spent the…
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Frank Corder
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May 13, 2026
Governor Reeves rescinding special session call intended to redistrict state Supreme Court lines
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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May 13, 2026
Producer prices shot up 6%, adding to pressure on companies to raise prices for customers
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Daniel Tyson
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May 13, 2026
Mississippi honors its fallen law enforcement officers and their families
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Frank Corder
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May 11, 2026
Lockers Manufacturing announces $9.7 million expansion in Batesville
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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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Marilyn Tinnin
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May 13, 2026
Pickenpaugh Pottery: A family business, not a factory
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Alistair Begg
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May 13, 2026
Knowing God
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Chris Burrows, Associated Press
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May 12, 2026
After a court win and first spring practice as Ole Miss’ No. 1 QB, Chambliss is ready to recharge
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Sid Salter
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May 13, 2026
Remembering the legacies of former GOP Gov. Kirk Fordice and First Lady Pat Fordice
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Trey Dellinger
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May 11, 2026
New Mississippi abortion pill law protects women
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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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