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August 28, 2008
Delegates like what Hillary had to say
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 8/27/8 Four men from Northeast Mississippi were inspired Tuesday night by America’s first serious female candidate for president. And Pontotoc native Henderson Jones from Ridgeland said he’s been told that when Wednesday’s convention roll call gets under way in Denver, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York will stop the process…
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August 28, 2008
Biden Didn’t Disclose Son’s Asbestos Work But Don’t Blame Him For Bork
Biden Didn’t Disclose Son’s Asbestos Work But Don’t Blame Him For Bork We’ve mentioned Joe Biden’s tie to Mississippi’s legal community, in particular its famed plaintiffs lawyer Dickie Scruggs. But just how deep is Biden’s connection to the trial bar? USA Today takes a look, and reports that, according to the Center for Responsive Politics,…
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August 28, 2008
GOP Chair Brad White’s LTE on Tyrone Ellis/Billy McCoy DNC travel scandal – calls for MS Auditor
Dear Editor, I read with agreement your recent editorial (“House travel needs checking” 08/27/2008) regarding the Mississippi Travelgate in the House of Representatives. Mississippians do not pay taxes to fund political vacations for our legislators. The Mississippi Treasury is not the Billy McCoy Travel Agency. Democrat Representative Tyrone Ellis from Starkville was elected to represent…
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August 28, 2008
TATEDEMOCRAT – House travel needs checking in Rep. Tyrone Ellis/Billy McCoy DNC travel scandal
House travel needs checking At least two members of the Mississippi House of Representatives have filed letters requesting more information about House travel expenditures in the wake of what many consider Mississippi’s own “Travelgate.” The controversy involves the use of taxpayer money to finance a House member’s trip to a political convention under the guise…
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August 28, 2008
Ruling expected soon on Barbour’s Medicaid plan
At a hearing this morning, attorneys representing nearly 40 hospitals told Hinds County Judge William Singletary the plan violates his previous ruling. In July, Singletary ruled that the Republican governor cannot bypass lawmakers to raise hospital taxes to pay for Medicaid. A private attorney hired by Barbour’s office said the hospitals’ legal challenge is premature,…
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August 27, 2008
State Farm claims adjuster finally talks
After refusing to answer policyholders’ questions for almost two years, a State Farm claims manager accused of mishandling Katrina claims has talked to the Mississippi Insurance Department for a market conduct study of the company and also is prepared to testify in policyholder cases. MID’s long-awaited and overdue market conduct study of how the company…
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August 27, 2008
Gallo Notes: “Union Workers’ Wallets Labor For Childers”
Gallo Notes-August 27, 2008 Wall Street Journal-“ One of the most underreported stories at this week’s Democratic National Convention is that Big Labor is making a big comeback.” The article is called, “Big Labor’s Comeback” and it is worth reading. The battleground ledger in Mississippi has two names above the long list of Union contributions…
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August 27, 2008
Legal challenge against governor’s Medicaid plan intensifies
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 Fourteen Senate Democrats have joined the legal challenge of Gov. Haley Barbour’s latest plan to pay for Medicaid with a higher hospital tax and cut in provider payments. In court documents added Tuesday, they argue that only lawmakers can decide how state programs are funded. “The circumstance that the legislative process has…
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August 27, 2008
Mabus hitting campaign trail for Obama
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 Former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus has tackled the job of helping Barack Obama win the White House with the same zeal and determination that he brought to his effort to reform Mississippi politics. One of a couple of dozen surrogates for the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Mabus is making the rounds of…
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August 27, 2008
City budget: Priority is clear, hire more police!
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/27/8 As throughout his administration, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has shown himself inadequate to the task of presenting a meaningful budget. The City Council, again, is going to have to step in and build a budget from scratch. It’s nothing new, though. The first year Melton was in office, you may recall,…
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August 27, 2008
Thompson: No Clinton-Obama rift among Miss. delegation
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Mississippi delegate who is a federal elected official, had a moment on stage at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday as he participated in a Congressional Black Caucus tribute to Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who died last week. “To be a trailblazer you have to be strong,” Thompson…
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August 27, 2008
Beyond conventional thinking
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 The glamour’s out of town, the Democrats in Denver this week, the Republicans in Minneapolis-St. Paul the next. Limousine liberals. Chauffeur-driven neo-cons. Martinis, shaken and stirred. Meanwhile, on the homefront, far from hotel suites, fois gras and carefully orchestrated hoopla, the battle for the hearts and minds of Mississippians this presidential election…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 22, 2025
IHL Board initiates search for new Jackson State president
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
One dead, suspect in custody in Ingalls Shipbuilding shooting
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
Shooting reported inside Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Susan Marquez
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August 24, 2025
20 years: Remembering Hurricane Katrina
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Matt Friedeman
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August 24, 2025
When there is something better than empathy
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Ben Smith
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August 22, 2025
Women’s archery growing in Mississippi
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Kelley Williams
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August 24, 2025
Secret rates and subsidies
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Lesley Davis
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August 22, 2025
Sororities go woke – and taxpayers helped pay for it
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Sid Salter
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August 20, 2025
Natchez’s Greg Iles saved his best writing for his reflective “Natchez Burning” trilogy
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