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July 8, 2008
Think Bush is unpopular? Congress pulls SINGLE digit approval ratings.
Congressional Performance The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Most voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job, which ties the record high…
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July 8, 2008
MSGOP – Pushback on Ronnie Musgrove’s (D) tax liens from 2003 campaign
Documents show former Governor turned U.S. Senate candidate Ronnie Musgrove was stuck with a hefty fine after refusing to pay his payroll taxes for his employees. During his failed re-election bid in 2003, Musgrove neglected to pay payroll taxes for his campaign employees. In August of 2005, a Notice of Federal Tax Lien was issued…
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July 8, 2008
Was the Musgrove tale just the beginning?
Attorneys challenge Maddox Foundation transfer of $34 million The motion (available at this link) asserts that Costa last year moved $34 million of the trust’s assets from Merrill Lynch to a community bank in Hernando, Miss., without approval. Costa shifted the money while Tennessee courts were attempting to establish who controlled the foundation. An appeals…
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July 8, 2008
Barbour will lose without compromise
The Greenwood Commonwealth, 7/7/8 Gov. Haley Barbour is a gifted politician, but he is running a huge risk by refusing to compromise with Democrats over how to pay for medical care for the state’s low-income residents. The Legislature, in a special session that has now been adjourned until Aug. 4, has been deadlocked over where…
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July 8, 2008
AG office: Execution should not be stopped
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/8/8 When Dale Leo Bishop stood in court eight years ago to be sentenced for his role in the brutal murder of a friend, he asked for the death penalty and thanked the judge when he got it. Now he’s scheduled to die July 23 and wants a higher court to spare his…
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July 8, 2008
Property values up and taxes following
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/8/8 Property values are up across the metro area, and most residents can expect higher tax bills this year. For the first time in seven years, Madison County officials are considering a tax- rate increase. Madison County’s draft tax assessment for 2008 places the county’s assessed value at about $1.283 billion – up…
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July 8, 2008
Odds growing that cigarette taxes will rise
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 7/8/8 Slowly but surely the debate about whether to increase the cigarette tax has evolved. The fight no longer is about whether to raise the cigarette tax, but about what to do with the revenue generated by the increase. Lt. Gov. Phil Byrant wants to use the revenue –…
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July 8, 2008
Farish St.: Alcohol sales a ‘must’ for district
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/8/8 The Mississippi College School of Law’s quietly lobbying against state lawmakers allowing sales of alcohol near its campus is understandable. But alcohol sales are essential for the Farish Street Entertainment District to be a success, so it was imperative that the Legislature approve it and that Gov. Haley Barbour now sign…
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July 8, 2008
Millions coming to Hancock County
The Sun Herald, 7/8/8 Hancock supervisors moved ahead on the purchase of land for a new county complex Monday, the same day they learned that federal officials had agreed to pump millions in long-term recovery funds into the county. It was a double dose of good news in the agonizing recovery of a county that…
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July 8, 2008
Wicker: Dems playing politics with Medicare
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 7/8/8 U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo said Monday the current Medicare debate is designed to make him and other Republicans look bad before this November’s general election. Wicker spoke Monday at the Mississippi State Stennis Institute of Government/Capitol press corps luncheon in Jackson. Wicker and senior Mississippi Sen. Thad…
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Magnolia Tribune
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July 8, 2008
Time to find stable funding for Medicaid
Time to find stable funding for Medicaid With so many numbers being thrown around, fingers pointed and political threats being unleashed it has become a mismatch of confusion and ill tempers. To sum it up in a few sentences, the bottom line is that between 20 and 25 percent of our state’s citizens depend on…
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July 8, 2008
Hewes: Tax would hurt only a few hospitals
Hewes: Tax would hurt only a few hospitals Senate President Pro Tempore Billy Hewes said Monday lawmakers should have solved Medicaid funding shortfalls long ago by passing the hospital tax, which has been touted by Republican Gov. Haley Barbour but staunchly opposed by House Democrats. Hewes, R-Gulfport, met with the Sun Herald on Monday and…
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Frank Corder
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June 13, 2025
Nearly 280 from Mississippi National Guard deployed to D.C. in support of Saturday’s military parade
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Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press
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June 13, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 13, 2025
Mississippi Medicaid appropriation increases by $58 million for new fiscal year, state support nears $1 billion
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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Marilyn Tinnin
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June 15, 2025
Mississippi Legends: The Magnolia State’s own New York Times editor Turner Catledge
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Matt Friedeman
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June 15, 2025
Prayer is great, unless it’s not
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 15, 2025
Affection for the Savior
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Russ Latino
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June 15, 2025
A house divided against itself cannot stand
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Lesley Davis
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June 12, 2025
A victory for sorority sisters: The DOE affirmed what every 18-year-old pledge already knew
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Russ Latino
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June 11, 2025
Gipson in for Governor. What’s the state of play for 2027?
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