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November 20, 2008
Ethics panel weighs regulating agencies contracting lobbyists
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/20/8 Some Mississippi officials are calling for more oversight in lobbying on behalf of state agencies. Senate Ethics Committee Chairman Merle Flowers, R-Southaven, said he anticipates legislation to “either ban the practice outright or make it transparent.” The 2009 legislative session begins in January. The Senate Ethics Committee has uncovered nearly $2 million…
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November 20, 2008
Surgery sidelines Jackson mayor
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/20/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is expected to be out of the office for the rest of the week, recovering from surgery. But officials are not saying much about why Melton was hospitalized at St. Dominic Hospital on Tuesday and underwent surgery the following morning. Melton has been in and out of the…
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November 20, 2008
Race played its usual role in Mississippi voting this month
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 11/20/8 The Nov. 4 election did more than result in the election of the first African-American president. It well could have sounded the death knell of the Nixon-era-born Republican Southern Strategy that for three decades converted the once-solid Democratic South to a GOP bastion. Mississippi began soldiering along with…
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November 20, 2008
Tobacco: State can finally start to catch up
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 11/20/8 When then-state Attorney General Mike Moore was the first to successfully sue Big Tobacco for its responsibility in smoking-related illnesses, it appeared Mississippi would lead the nation in such health issues. After Mississippi received a $3.6 billion settlement from cigarette makers, Moore created the nonprofit Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi to…
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November 20, 2008
NASH on MPB – ‘Mississippi will be a conservative state for the forseeable future’
Nash and Taggart interview on Mississippi Public Broadcasting MPB Online 11/19/8
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November 20, 2008
Whatever it is isn’t enough in Saban’s world
Whatever it is isn’t enough in Saban’s world What is, is. Sometimes that sounds like a cop-out, an act of resignation, as if to say, “nothing is going to change, so why talk about it?” It is one of Alabama coach Nick Saban’s favorite answers when he is asked one of those hypothetical questions he…
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November 20, 2008
Tide ready to roll toward Iron Bowl
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20081118/SPORTS0401/811180341 Alabama has “a lot of bumps and bruises” and can could use a week off, head coach Nick Saban said, before the top-ranked Crimson Tide prepares for its annual Iron Bowl showdown with Auburn on Nov. 29. Saban addressed the media on Monday but gave the players the day off. Alabama will resume practice…
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November 20, 2008
Attorneys want Seale released from prison
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/19/8 A reputed Ku Klux Klansman should not face months of “potentially unnecessary and unlawful imprisonment” as the government appeals his acquittal in the kidnappings of two black teenagers found dead in 1964, his attorneys argue. James Ford Seale, 73, was convicted last year on kidnapping and conspiracy charges in the abductions of…
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November 20, 2008
Tobacco study critical of Miss.
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/19/8 Mississippi was the first in the nation to sue the tobacco industry in the 1990s but spends about a fourth of what a Washington-based advocacy group says it should on tobacco-prevention efforts. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, in a report released Tuesday, ranks Mississippi 23rd in the nation for its funding of…
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November 20, 2008
Council votes down pay hike
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/19/8 A plan to dig into city savings to pay for $2-per-hour raises for Jackson public works employees did not muster enough support Tuesday from the City Council. Before a council chamber filled with city workers, officials exchanged heated remarks and then voted down the plan in a 3-3 vote. It was the…
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November 20, 2008
State lawmakers review use of lobbyists
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/19/8 A legislative hearing into state agencies’ use of contract lobbyists will continue this afternoon with testimony from the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Division of Medicaid. During morning testimony, the Senate Ethics Committee heard from state College Board President Amy Whitten and former Higher Education Commissioner Tom Meredith about universities’ lobbying…
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November 20, 2008
Officer alleges Melton reprisal
The Clarion-Ledger, 11/19/8 A Jackson police officer who was transferred from his job riding a Segway scooter around downtown alleges his transfer to the night shift in west Jackson was Mayor Frank Melton’s way of getting back at him for cooperating with federal investigators. Officer Robert Watts filed a notice Tuesday of intent to sue…
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Frank Corder
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May 28, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court sends Mississippi death row inmate’s appeal back to Fifth Circuit
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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May 28, 2026
Key inflation gauge worsens as Americans’ income and spending power erodes
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Frank Corder
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May 28, 2026
State Rep. Owen will run for DA in the 15th Circuit Court District
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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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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Associated Press
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May 28, 2026
SEC formally eliminates ‘cupcake weekend’ beginning in 2027
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Susan Marquez
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May 28, 2026
Things to do in the Magnolia State this June
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Alistair Begg
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May 28, 2026
God is for us
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Brent Sadler
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May 27, 2026
The Navy needs a strategic industrial plan to realize the Golden Fleet
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Sid Salter
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May 27, 2026
For most Americans, gas prices are the top public policy concern rising from Iran conflict
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Roger Wicker
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May 26, 2026
Deterrence is cheaper than war
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