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July 31, 2008
Wicker Opens Up Nine Point Lead Over Musgrove
Appointed U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R), seeking to win the job for a full term, has opened a modest lead over former Governor Ronnie Musgrove (D). The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Mississippi found Wicker attracts 48% of the vote, while Musgrove earns support from 42%. When “leaners” are included, Wicker’s lead expands to…
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July 31, 2008
Scruggs pleads Fifth, State Farm wants answers
State Farm has filed an emergency motion asking a federal judge to compel Dickie Scruggs to answer the insurance company’s questions before he is sent off to prison Aug. 4. “The Scruggs stonewall continues unabated,” the insurance company says in its motion, filed in the contentious case McIntosh vs. State Farm. State Farm has been…
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July 31, 2008
Rigsbys request mediation
Their former employer’s lawsuit against them should be resolved through mediation, former insurance adjusters Cori and Kerri Rigsby propose in a motion filed today. The Rigsbys asked Judge William Acker Jr. to send the case to mediation. Also today, Acker accepted the request of attorney Dickie Scruggs to pay a $65,098.24 civil contempt fine, which…
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July 30, 2008
Oil crews set up at Madison City Hall
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/30/8 The city of Madison filed a trespassing charge against crews working for a Texas-based oil company this week, but that didn’t stop workers from setting up equipment on City Hall grounds Tuesday. “I would certainly say they are bold,” Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler said. Denbury Resources, the largest oil and gas…
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July 30, 2008
Rigsby Sister Act May Be Nearing Final Curtain
It’s beyond our scope to delve into all the filings in ex rel. Rigsby, the qui tam case filed by Kerri Rigsby and Cori Rigsby Moran, formerly represented by Dickie Scruggs. But the latest ones are of importance because if true, they confirm what those of us without blinders have suspected all along: that the…
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July 30, 2008
Beef plant document subpoena draws legal fire in U.S. court
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 7/30/8 Legal arguments escalated this week over a subpoena issued for documents reportedly needed to prepare for the Aug. 25 Beef Plant trial in U.S. District Court. Tuesday, attorneys for Carothers Construction Co. submitted a 17-page memorandum supporting Carothers’ motion to stop a subpoena of company records. They also asked…
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July 30, 2008
Wicker hosts telephone town halls’ to answer questions
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 7/30/8 If you get an evening phone call from somebody claiming to be interim U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, don’t hang up – it could be him, really. Wicker, appointed to the seat in late 2007, has hosted a series of telephone “town hall” meetings with Mississippi residents since April, Wicker’s…
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July 30, 2008
Will blogger’s moniker of ‘Republican Woodstock’ hold true?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/30/8 What the state’s premier political stump will lose in volume this year with a third fewer speakers than last year’s crowded field of candidates, “Mississippi’s Giant Houseparty” will make up for in intensity in several key races. Republican interim U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Democratic challenger former Gov. Ronnie…
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July 30, 2008
EDITORIAL:Taking the lead
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 7/30/8 Northern District Transportation Commissioner Bill Minor’s comments in the Sunday Journal about highway construction illustrate the difficulties caused by the state’s failure to fully engage priorities once they’re set – and temporizing about challenging opportunities like infrastructure supporting Toyota. The Legislature enacted the Vision 21 highway program in…
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July 30, 2008
Judge likely to rule this week on Medicaid hearing
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/30/8 Hinds County Chancery Judge Patricia Wise is expected to decide this week whether an administrative hearing on proposed deep cuts in Medicaid can proceed as planned. If the hearing is halted, so would the immediate cuts to Medicaid. Wise is expected to rule before Friday, when the hearing is scheduled, on a…
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July 30, 2008
Pardons Common For Mississippi Governors
WLOX, 7/29/8 Earlier this month, Governor Haley Barbour suspended the sentence of an inmate for the first time during his tenure as governor. His decision to release convicted murderer David Michael Graham sent shock waves across the state. But what the Governor did has been a common practice for many years in Mississippi. For killing…
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July 30, 2008
Crean will earn every penny – IU Hoops
Crean will earn every penny – IU Hoops Finally, the people at Indiana University got it right. (Parade, anybody? How about a celebratory beer?) Hoosiers basketball coach Tom Crean will finalize the extension to his contract this week, and his deal now will be for 10 years instead of the original eight. That is money…
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July 25, 2025
Education Department says it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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July 25, 2025
US stocks coast toward the finish of a record-setting week
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 25, 2025
Public hearing set as Mississippi lawmakers consider the efficacy of Ibogaine
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Lynne Jeter
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July 17, 2025
Southern Miss, Integer Technologies land $25 million defense contract
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Frank Corder
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July 9, 2025
Nissan delays EV production at Canton plant until 2028
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Lynne Jeter
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July 8, 2025
Mississippi tech companies featured at premier national defense innovation event
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Susan Marquez
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July 25, 2025
Natchez Food & Wine Festival, one of the most highly anticipated culinary events in Mississippi
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C.H. Spurgeon
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July 25, 2025
A new house
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Ben Smith
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July 24, 2025
What’s the best tasting freshwater fish?
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Kimberly Ross
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July 23, 2025
Caught in the Epstein web
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Sid Salter
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July 23, 2025
Jefferson’s gunboats, Nixon’s inflation-busting created Trump’s $9 billion in rescissions
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Patrick Sullivan
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July 22, 2025
Is an American nuclear energy renaissance coming?
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