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August 7, 2008

ICLAWBLOG – Amazingly, Hood claims credit for State Farm payments, announces settlement of lawsuit

Hood claimed credit for State Farm paying an additional $74 million of Katrina settlement money. State Farm paid this money, following the collapse of a deal between State Farm and Dickie Scruggs, with Hood’s approval, to certify and then settle a class action involving some 36,000 Mississippi homeowners. The class action settlement was rejected by…
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August 7, 2008

Barbour wise to end endless special session

The Mississippi Press Editorial, 8/7/8 Gov. Haley Barbour was wise to shut down the special legislative session that was beginning to look as if it might never end. The session whimpered to a halt Monday without lawmakers solving the Medicaid budget problem. Instead, the governor acted unilaterally to fill the budget hole with a tax…