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November 12, 2008
Obama inauguration hottest ticket in D.C.
The Hattiesburg American, 11/12/8 Enthusiasm for President-elect Barack Obama’s swearing-in Jan. 20 has generated fierce competition for tickets to the event and is expected to draw 1 million people to Washington. According to Carole Florman, spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, each House member will receive about 200 tickets and each senator…
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November 12, 2008
State likely to see two Obama appointees
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 11/12/8 Two high-profile jobs in Mississippi will be open for new appointments when President-elect Barack Obama takes office. That’s because Mississippi’s two current U.S. attorneys are Republican appointees, and Obama likely will put Democrats into those important law enforcement offices in Oxford and Jackson. Jim Greenlee and Dunn Lampton, both…
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November 12, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour announces changes to FY ’09 budget – Ed and Medicaid have no change
Governor Haley Barbour today ordered Fiscal Year 2009 spending cuts totaling $41.9 million, or two percent, for most state agencies due to a shortfall in state tax collections. With revenue falling 2.3 percent below estimates, the Governor said the cuts are mandated by Mississippi Code §27-104-13, which requires the State Fiscal Officer to balance the…
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November 12, 2008
Tupelo to get new aviation facility
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 In two years, a bigger, better Army Aviation Support Facility will open near the Tupelo Regional Airport, and with it comes greater economic opportunity. The new facility, dubbed AASF No. 2 because it is one of three statewide, will be more than three times larger than the current facility. And the operations…
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November 12, 2008
City could take over JATRAN
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 The city of Jackson is planning to take over its public bus system for the first time in more than 30 years, the City Council was told Monday. The move comes in the wake of failing contract negotiations with an Ohio-based company that was expected to run JATRAN. City Attorney Sarah O’Reilly-Evans…
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November 12, 2008
State agencies brace for $42M in cuts
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 Gov. Haley Barbour said today he will announce Wednesday $42 million worth of budget cuts to state agencies. The Republican governor did not specify which agencies will be cut. At Barbour’s request, most departments have told him what the impact of 2 percent cuts would be. But an across-the-board, 2 percent cut…
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November 11, 2008
Council votes down $2-per-hour raise
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 The Jackson City Council on Monday voted down continuing to give low-paid public works employees a $2-per-hour raise. The raise, proposed by Mayor Frank Melton, would have been paid for with almost $1.3 million in city savings and the entire Department of Public Works’ overtime budget, which is about $218,000. Council members…
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November 11, 2008
Judge orders Draper to start repayments in beef case
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 11/11/8 James A. Draper, a Tennessee man found guilty in the Mississippi Beef Processors scandal, has been ordered to pay $187,725 in restitution to the State Auditor’s Office. In July, he was found guilty of defrauding the state and laundering that amount through his own personal account in 2002 in…
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November 11, 2008
Historic election drew record voters
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/11/8 Last Tuesday’s historic presidential election drew 113,358 more Mississippians to the polls than in 2004, according to unofficial numbers released Monday from the secretary of state. That record-setting total of 1.27 million is expected to increase as election workers continue counting affidavit and absentee ballots. Certified election results are not due to…
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November 11, 2008
Melton trial delayed
Melton trial delayed U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan this morning agreed to a request by defense attorneys to delay the civil rights violation trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former bodyguard until January. Defense attorneys had told the judge they needed more time to review thousands of pages of prosecution material. Jury…
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November 11, 2008
Saban will cash in on dream season
Saban will cash in on dream season Nick Saban doesn’t need any extra motivation to coach the next three games as if Alabama’s spot in the BCS Championship Game depended on them. Saban wouldn’t need extra motivation to pull stomach muscles if he were coaching in the Class 1A playoffs. But he has incentives just…
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November 11, 2008
Saban puts LSU fans in despair
Saban puts LSU fans in despair Walking out of Tiger Stadium on Saturday night, amid the wreckage and debauchery known as the LSU Nation, I couldn’t help but flip the calendar back 52 weeks. On that November night in 2007, LSU survived a bloody brawl in Bryant-Denny Stadium and a small group of their fans…
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Frank Corder
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April 8, 2026
Governor approves second disaster loan program for cities, counties effected by winter storm
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 8, 2026
Student cell phone use bans fail to find support in Mississippi House, Senate
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Daniel Tyson
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April 8, 2026
Dept. of Public Safety set to consolidate divisions, providing more strategic collaboration and cost savings
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2026
DG Foods announces $1.19 million expansion
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Frank Corder
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March 25, 2026
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
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Will Graves, Associated Press
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April 8, 2026
Pirates sign teenage shortstop Konnor Griffin to a 9-year deal worth at least $140 million
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Richelle Putnam
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April 8, 2026
Where the Light Falls: The landscape of Marshall Bouldin
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Alistair Begg
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April 8, 2026
More than a name
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Russ Latino
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April 8, 2026
The truth about ACA subsidies after the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
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Sid Salter
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April 8, 2026
A new take on an old question about who Mississippians trust with life-altering decisions
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Russ Latino
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April 3, 2026
Lawmakers owe Reeves a ‘thank you’ for stopping Medicaid expansion
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