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December 18, 2008
Legal scandal: Who’s who case grinds on . . .
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/18/8 With the sentencing of disbarred Booneville lawyer Joey Langston on Tuesday, the public would probably wish this was the end of the year-long legal scandal. But the wheels of justice – that lurched into motion on Nov. 29, 2007, when a federal grand jury indicted one of the nation’s most successful…
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December 18, 2008
Voter ID, early voting considered by legislators
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/17/8 Mississippi lawmakers began the process of drafting legislation today that could bring early voting, voter identification requirements and other election reforms to Mississippi. Members of the Senate Elections Committee considered a report from the Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann as they met at the state Capitol. The report stems from statewide meetings…
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December 18, 2008
YP – Follow the Money . . . Where did Joey Langston put money “to work”?
This whole Scruggs judicial/political scandal is about money . . . who gets it, and why. Campaign donations were a huge lever that this crowd used to get and keep their friends in political power. That’s not to say that anyone who received contributions from these folks did anything bad (though many right thinking pols…
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December 18, 2008
Right answer . . . Bush considering “orderly” auto bankruptcy
Bush considering “orderly” auto bankruptcy The Bush administration is seriously considering “orderly” bankruptcy as a way of dealing with the desperately ailing U.S. auto industry. “The president is not going to allow a disorderly collapse of the companies,” White House press secretary Dana Perino said Thursday. “A disorderly collapse would be something very chaotic that…
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December 18, 2008
Auburn hire: More incompetence than bad intent
Auburn hire: More incompetence than bad intent Whether Charles Barkley was right when he said “race was the No. 1 factor” why Auburn chose Gene Chizik over Turner Gill is something only a few higher-ups in the athletic department and the administration at his alma mater will ever know. But Barkley may be giving them…
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December 18, 2008
PERRY – The migration of politics online
PERRY/The migration of politics online Msgop.org was the first party web site in Mississippi. That year Bishop also worked on State Auditor Phil Bryant’s campaign web page, the first statewide official to have a web presence apart from a government site. Brad Morris, now chief-of-staff to First District Congressman Travis Childers, produced an early landmark…
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December 18, 2008
LNL – Like Scruggs, Langston gets maximum sentence
Like Scruggs, Langston gets maximum sentence Mills opined that he had never witnessed a more talented lawyer than Langston, calling him an ‘outstanding litigator.’ Still, Mills sentenced Langston to the maximum three-year stay in federal prison for his role in a judicial bribery scheme involving disgraced plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. Langston asked to be…
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December 18, 2008
NMC – Justice Diaz’s remarkable dissent in Doss v. State
Justice Diaz’s remarkable dissent in Doss v. State The most remarkable part is a long opinion by Justice Diaz about the failure of the death penalty. He is joined in full in that opinion by Justice Graves and in part by Justice Dickinson (the opinion has two parts, one about mental retardation and one about…
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December 18, 2008
Auburn’s football coach choice far from black and white
Auburn’s football coach choice far from black and white Jay Jacobs answered the question, and he didn’t lie. He didn’t lie because he didn’t answer the question. Not exactly. Not directly. The Auburn athletics director – the most maligned man in college football at the moment – wouldn’t allow himself to be painted into a…
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December 17, 2008
Auditor: Ex-Jones Co. worker embezzled
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/17/8 A former Jones County deputy court clerk could face up to 30 years in prison for embezzling more than $200,000 and altering public records to hide the crime, state officials said Tuesday. Natalie Brooke Ward, 30, surrendered to Jones County deputies Tuesday after she was indicted by a grand jury on two…
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December 17, 2008
Crime lab: State must modernize investigations
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/17/8 It’s past time to bring Mississippi criminal investigation into the modern era. That’s no slam on the people working in the existing system, but it is a slam on the system. Mississippi has consistently failed to adequately fund the state’s crime lab, to fund a state medical examiner or to enact…
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December 17, 2008
Blue Springs plant delay prompts ‘wait and see’ mindset in region
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/17/8 Toyota’s announced indefinite delay of its Blue Springs plant on Monday created a “wait and see” attitude for many businesses and projects related to the automaker’s arrival. Here is what some of them were saying Tuesday: – REAL ESTATE: “I don’t see the Toyota announcement negatively affecting our market…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 25, 2026
MUW earns second consecutive 100% Praxis pass rate for speech-language pathologists
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Frank Corder
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June 25, 2026
Governor likely to call special session to redistrict legislative seats later this year
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Frank Corder
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June 25, 2026
Reeves says elections have consequences, who Mississippi elects as its next governor matters
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Frank Corder
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June 23, 2026
Keytronic announces $8.89 million expansion in Corinth
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Frank Corder
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June 17, 2026
Gould Industries locating in southwest Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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June 16, 2026
U.S. Army contracts with General Atomics for long-range maneuvering projectile program
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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June 25, 2026
NCAA panel approves new eligibility rules giving Division I athletes 5 years to play 5 seasons
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Alistair Begg
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June 25, 2026
Thinking Christianly
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Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
, Steven Sloan, Associated Press
, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
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June 24, 2026
Trump berates Senate Republicans over Iran war vote after calling off bill signing
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Russ Latino
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June 25, 2026
An American Inheritance: The Longest Surviving Constitution on the Planet
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Sid Salter
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June 24, 2026
Neshoba County Fair continues to evolve, but the core family principle abides
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Russ Latino
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June 23, 2026
An American inheritance that nearly wasn’t
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