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August 6, 2008
Speaker Billy McCoy can’t take ‘yes’ for an answer
Lawmakers still up in arms over Medicaid deficit “We have spent enough time and taxpayer money without reaching an agreement on funding Medicaid,” said GOP Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, who presides over the Senate. Bryant and most senators back the measures Barbour announced Friday to change how the state taxes hospitals to draw additional federal…
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August 6, 2008
WICKER – Ronnie Musgrove lost jobs as Governor of Mississippi
Ronnie Musgrove’s story of lost jobs under his watch as Governor continues to change daily, if not by the minute. MYTH 1: Last Wednesday in his speech at the Neshoba county fair Musgrove claimed, “my administration led to the creation of 52,000 new jobs.” http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?s=8763202 MYTH 2: Minutes later, when being asked by WLBT about…
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August 6, 2008
Man heckles Obama about not saying Pledge of Allegiance
A man who wore press credentials and took photographs from a platform interrupted Barack Obama’s town-hall meeting Tuesday by shouting complaints that the Democratic presidential candidate had not called for the audience to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Obama invited the heckler to lead the audience in the pledge, and he did. Attendees at the…
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August 6, 2008
Senate Democrats and House Republicans stay for very different reasons
In the Senate, Democrats are refusing to adjourn for the August recess. Over in the House, Republicans are refusing to leave. Senate Democrats, repeating a tactic they have used all year, staged a lightning-fast pro forma session Tuesday, a procedure that keeps the Senate from officially adjourning and stops President Bush from making “recess appointments”…
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August 5, 2008
Greg Davis comments on “do-nothing Congress”
This morning, Greg Davis expressed his concern that the United States Congress has adjourned as the energy crisis rages on. While key democratic leaders vote to close session and head to their home states, Republican leaders are calling for a Special Session to convene as soon as possible. Davis said, “I am disappointed, but not…
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August 5, 2008
Officials don’t fix health lab woes
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/5/8 Lawmakers failed Monday during a special legislative session to bail out the state Public Health Lab, causing health officials to scramble for solutions. The lab processes more than 600,000 specimens a year, and unless health officials appeal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is set to revoke the lab’s license Aug.…
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August 5, 2008
Rankin supervisors OK tobacco ban
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/5/8 Along with cigarettes, the spit cups that rest atop many desks in Rankin County government are going the way of the spittoon or the lobby ashtray. They’re gone – banned Monday – after the county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to prohibit the use of all tobacco in county-owned buildings and vehicles.…
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August 5, 2008
Ethics: Barbour, as others, must obey the law
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/5/8 Gov. Haley Barbour signed into law a bill that included regulations for blind trusts, so it shouldn’t even be an issue that his trust remain confidential. He knew full well the stipulations he was signing into law, so why should he question – or seek to evade – it now? Until…
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August 5, 2008
Lawmakers end session at impasse
The Sun Herald, 8/5/8 Mississippi lawmakers have ended a marathon special session without resolving the Medicaid funding impasse, allowing the governor to proceed with his plan to raise taxes on hospitals to generate money for the program. But some legislators say Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to subject hospitals to higher gross revenue assessments, set to…
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August 5, 2008
Medicaid shortfall resolved, Barbour says
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/5/8 Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday his latest plan to fund Medicaid resolves a monthslong debate over the issue. But the plan has not received formal federal approval. Health-care providers are concerned about the plan’s effects, and there are questions over whether the governor can bypass lawmakers. The Republican governor, who oversees Medicaid,…
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August 5, 2008
Musgrove touts his own record as Miss. governor
The Sun Herald, 8/4/8 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ronnie Musgrove says Republican Roger Wicker is making false attacks on him and his record. Musgrove was governor from January 2000 to January 2004. At a press luncheon Monday in Jackson, Musgrove said Wicker is wrong to claim there was a budget deficit when Musgrove left the…
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August 5, 2008
Video of reporter cornering “Cold Cash” Jefferson (D-LA)
YouTube 8/5/8 hattip Malkin
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September 29, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: September 29, 2025
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 26, 2025
House committee hears arguments for, against more school choice in Mississippi
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Daniel Tyson
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September 26, 2025
Lawmakers express concerns over lengthy Arkabutla Dam modification project
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Lynne Jeter
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September 25, 2025
Jabil establishing $70 million facility in Marshall County
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Lynne Jeter
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September 23, 2025
Tandon to speak on trailblazing regenerative medicine at Southern Miss University Forum
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Magnolia Tribune
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September 17, 2025
Ridgeland-based HORNE to join BDO USA
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Parrish Alford
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September 29, 2025
Ole Miss remains unbeaten after miniature Mississippi Mayhem weekend
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Robert St. John
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September 29, 2025
He ain’t heavy
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Matt Friedeman
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September 29, 2025
What to do when the world is going crazy
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Mike Hurst
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September 29, 2025
Restoring hope and safety to our nation’s capital and other crime-ridden cities
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Cheikh Taylor
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September 29, 2025
We deserve real solutions, not political stunts with our troops
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Connie Dolan
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September 26, 2025
In Mississippi, safety and growth go hand in hand
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