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October 2, 2008
Why does Easley want apology?
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 10/2/8 State Supreme Court Justice Chuck Easley told one of this newspaper’s reporters that the reason he refused a meeting with The Clarion-Ledger’s editorial board was that I haven’t given him “an apology” for a May 14 column (“Easley’s ‘statement’ is one of lack of respect for women”). Well, Justice Easley,…
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October 2, 2008
Miss. officials: State pension fund is stable
Forbes, 10/1/8 Investments held by the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System have lost more than 10 percent of their value in the turbulent financial markets the past three months. But the executive director, Pat Robertson, says the fund is “financially sound” and members have no reason to worry about their pensions. Robertson told The Associated…
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October 2, 2008
Judge seeking reforms in change-of-venue law
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 The judge in Curtis Giovanni Flowers’ fifth trial, furious that two people may have lied to get on the jury, is pushing a change in state law to allow prosecutors to move trials out of concern for fairness. But Andre de Gruy, one of Flowers’ attorneys, said it’s a defendant’s constitutional right…
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October 2, 2008
Some public info destroyed
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 Without any official guidance from the state, some local governments are destroying untold numbers of public documents by hitting the “delete” key. The Local Government Records Committee, an obscure committee of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History that sets rules on government recordkeeping, held a special hearing Wednesday to discuss how…
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October 2, 2008
Bar owners say 2 a.m. closing law not needed
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 Local club owners got to weigh in publicly Wednesday on a proposed uniform-closing ordinance being considered by Jackson officials. The council’s Planning Committee discussed a change that would close all bars and nightclubs at 2 a.m. but took no action. The owner of Grown Folks on Medgar Evers Boulevard said he disagrees…
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October 2, 2008
Mississippians skeptical about plan for bailout
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 As the Senate prepared to vote on a revised $700 billion bailout plan, some Mississippians were skeptical Wednesday about the bill’s purpose and effect. Terry Hunt was among them. “We’re not given a lot of background,” the 45-year-old Jackson resident said. “We’re told that it can (help), but I’ve not heard how…
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October 2, 2008
Wicker-Musgrove race tightens for Senate seat
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 10/2/8 Friday night’s televised debate may prove significant for U.S. Senate hopefuls Republican Roger Wicker and Democrat Ronnie Musgrove. A new independent poll – with a margin of plus or minus 4.5 percent – shows Wicker with 49 percent to Musgrove’s 47 percent, making the Nov. 4 race a neck-and-neck…
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October 2, 2008
Melton rips feds for lack of help
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 Prompted by motions filed in court this week, Mayor Frank Melton blasted federal authorities for what he said was a failure to assist him in dealing with Jackson’s drug crime problem. A federal grand jury indicted Melton and his two former police bodyguards in July on charges related to their police-style raid…
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October 2, 2008
Taylor would have voted ‘hell no’ to plan
The Hattiesburg American, 10/2/8 Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, voted against the financial bailout package that was defeated in the U.S. House on Monday. On Wednesday, he said he would do it again. “If I had to choose between hell no, no and yes, I would have pushed the hell no button,” Taylor said…
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October 2, 2008
Unlike Clinton, Biden Gets Pass for Saying He Was ‘Shot At’ in Iraq
When Hillary Clinton told a tall tale about “landing under sniper fire” in Bosnia, she was accused of “inflating her war experience” by rival Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign. But the campaign has been silent about Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden, telling his own questionable story about being “shot at” in Iraq. “Let’s start telling the…
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October 2, 2008
Tuberville won’t play Chicken Little
Tuberville won’t play Chicken Little The sky above the Auburn football building isn’t falling. At least it was still up in the air Tuesday. I know. I came. I checked. “I’m very glad the people in Birmingham are interested in what we’re doing,” Tommy Tuberville said. The sharp objects have not been removed from the…
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October 2, 2008
Reminder for debate tonight – Joe Biden was close to now jailed felon Dickie Scruggs – gave back $
Dear Ms. Ifill, Remember that Joe Biden and Dickie Scruggs have big time ties. Fortunately, two days before he was selected to be Barack Obama’s running mate, Biden disgorged himself of Scruggs-related campaign $. However, there is still a lot of evidence of close ties out there. Here is an invite from a Fundraiser held…
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July 29, 2025
US health officials crack down on kratom-related products after complaints from supplement industry
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Frank Corder
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July 29, 2025
Are property taxes going up in Mississippi?
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Kevin Freking, Associated Press
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July 29, 2025
Government shutdown talk is starting early ahead of a difficult funding fight in Congress this fall
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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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Frank Corder
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July 9, 2025
Nissan delays EV production at Canton plant until 2028
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Lynne Jeter
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July 8, 2025
Mississippi tech companies featured at premier national defense innovation event
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Meredith Biesinger
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July 29, 2025
Smitty’s Super Service: Mississippi’s animatronic time machine
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C.H. Spurgeon
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July 29, 2025
Partial knowledge
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Parrish Alford
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July 28, 2025
Can Huff find early success for Southern Miss football?
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Russ Latino
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July 27, 2025
Facing the Darkness
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Kimberly Ross
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July 23, 2025
Caught in the Epstein web
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Sid Salter
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July 23, 2025
Jefferson’s gunboats, Nixon’s inflation-busting created Trump’s $9 billion in rescissions
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