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July 29, 2008
US Sen. Stevens (R) indicted: 7 false statements counts
Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, has been indicted on seven counts of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home. Stevens, 84, has been dogged by a federal investigation into whether he pushed…
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July 29, 2008
Bill to renew probes into civil rights killings stalls
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/29/8 The U.S. Senate on Monday halted legislation that would have created a cold-cases unit inside the Justice Department to pursue unpunished killings from the civil rights era. The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act would give the department $10 million a year to examine civil rights killings from before 1970. Another…
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July 29, 2008
Madison fighting oil firm
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/29/8 The city of Madison has filed a trespassing charge against affiliates of a Texas-based oil company that is in Madison County surveying for carbon dioxide that could be used to increase oil production. Crews working for Denbury Resources have set up seismic survey equipment across the county from Flora to the Ross…
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July 29, 2008
Ex-legislator nominated for city judge post
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/29/8 In a city dominated by black Democratic politics, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has nominated a second conservative, white male in two months to an important post in city government. The nomination of former state Rep. John Reeves to replace Municipal Court Judge Melvin Priester is on today’s City Council agenda, but action…
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July 29, 2008
GO Zone funds mostly miss Hancock
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/29/8 An effort to offer tax-free construction bonds to spur reconstruction of Mississippi after Katrina has largely bypassed the place the help is needed most – Hancock County. A recent Government Accountability Office report disclosed that of the nearly $5 billion allocated for Gulf Opportunity Zone tax-free bonds in Mississippi, less than $200…
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July 29, 2008
The Rigsby Files, July 29: the unraveling begins
The Insurance Coverage Blog, 7/29/8 I grew up in a tough school with a lot of colorful characters who used a lot of colorful language, and consequently I have a wide repertoire of colorful expressions for a variety of situations in life, such as when stuff surprises or amazes me. For public consumption, though, I…
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July 29, 2008
Gas prices spark debate in Miss. election
The Sun Herald, 7/28/8 andidates in a U.S. Senate race in Mississippi are exchanging jabs over legislation designed to lower gasoline prices. Democratic challenger Ronnie Musgrove says Republican Roger Wicker voted to block debate last week on a bill that would’ve cracked down on Wall Street speculators who are making profits off high prices. “We…
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July 29, 2008
Pardons: Barbour’s misstep still reverberating
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/29/8 Gov. Haley Barbour’s inconsistency over convicted murderers is still reverberating, raising questions about the role of governors in granting clemency. Last week could be considered a bizarre sort of Tale of Two Cities. One convicted murderer, Michael David Graham, serving as a trusty in the Governor’s Mansion, got a suspension of…
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July 29, 2008
SH – Scruggs wants testimony sealed
Convicted attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and his son want to prevent their sworn testimony in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit from becoming public and “undermining the presumption of innocence” if they face criminal charges in the future. Federal investigators, meanwhile, are looking into at least one other case in which Richard Scruggs and his son have…
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July 29, 2008
Info sought to clarify ex-DA’s role in $1B suit
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/29/8 A judge has ordered documents to be presented in court to determine whether former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters was hired by a Jackson company to try to influence Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter in a $1 billion lawsuit. The Eaton Corp. v. Jeffrey Frisby is one of at least…
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July 29, 2008
Senator Alan Nunnelee appointed to NCSL Health Committee
District 6 Mississippi Senator Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, has been appointed Vice Chairman of the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Health Committee. North Carolina Speaker of the House and incoming NCSL President Joe Hackney recently announced the appointment. “I am honored to represent the interests of state legislatures in the continuing debate over the changing…
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July 29, 2008
REDBLUE – Les McLemore on “balance” of John Reeves nomination
Les McLemore on “balance” of John Reeves nomination Jackson City Council President Leslie McLemore is better than his stated reason for opposing the nomination of former State Rep. John Reeves for the position of Jackson Municipal Judge. Reeves served honorably and well in the Mississippi House of Representatives for 24 years, serving a district in…
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Maxwell appointed USDA State Director by President Trump
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Senator Wicker on Trump’s budget request: President’s advisors “were apparently not listening”
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Ole Miss pulls support of Oxford Pride Parade citing new DEI law
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 2, 2025
He promises you
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Susan Marquez
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May 1, 2025
What’s Happening, Mississippi? Things to do in the Magnolia State in May 2025
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 1, 2025
The mighty one
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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