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June 24, 2008
Backstrom objects to release of pre-sentencing letters in Scruggs case
Backstrom objects to release of pre-sentencing letters in Scruggs case Attorney Sidney Backstrom, a co-defendant of attorney Dickie Scruggs in a judicial bribery case, objects to the public release of letters being sent to the judge before they are sentenced Friday. U.S. District Judge Neal B. Biggers Jr. ruled Friday that the letters should be…
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June 24, 2008
FOLO – The MPB story about Scruggs blogging is online.
The MPB story about Scruggs blogging is online. Sandra Knispel’s story on blogging about Scruggs can be found here. FOLO 6/23/8
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June 24, 2008
Obama distorting Presidential Seal
Obama campaign retires altered presidential seal (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) A presidential seal graphically altered with symbols representing Barack Obama’s campaign of change was just for one-time use and will not be used again, a spokeswoman for the Democrat’s campaign said Monday. The seal, with its blue background and an eagle in the center clutching arrows…
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June 24, 2008
Obama distorting the Bible
Dobson accuses Obama of ‘distorting’ Bible As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement’s biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution. Dobson took aim at examples Obama cited in asking which Biblical passages should guide…
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June 24, 2008
Adviser says Toyota to still build SUVs in Miss.
The Sun Herald, 6/23/8 A consultant for Toyota Motor Corp. says the automaker won’t retool its plans to build Highlander sport utility vehicles at a plant under construction in north Mississippi, despite the trend of people seeking more fuel-efficient cars. Dennis Cuneo said the Highlander is a car-based SUV and that “its sales are doing…
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June 24, 2008
Medicaid: Bottom line remains the bottom line
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/22/8 Medicaid is a program that has remained in perpetual crisis over the three decades that I’ve been writing about Mississippi state government. “Crisis” is a word we in the media like a lot – almost as much a politicians trying to gig a political enemy like it. The current Medicaid “crisis”…
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June 24, 2008
Katrina funds: Don’t let politics stall recovery
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/22/8 No one disputes the fact that housing is the No. 1 priority for the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Haley Barbour, when asked about the top three needs after Katrina, would often reply: “Housing, housing and housing.” Significant progress has been made in the past three years, but there is…
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June 24, 2008
Speaker: Compromises are on the table, but ignored
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/22/8 Gov. Haley Barbour’s spokesman recently told a reporter that “the governor doesn’t compromise.” Never has this attitude been more apparent than in the current dispute between the governor and the House of Representatives over funding for Medicaid. The governor wants to tax hospitals while the House opposes additional taxes on health…
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June 24, 2008
Civil rights killings need closer look, some say
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/22/8 It is one of the most investigated cases of mass murder in FBI history, and yet, 44 years later, the Klan’s killings of three young men in Neshoba County remain mostly unpunished. The FBI is examining more than 100 unpunished killings from the civil rights era, many of them deaths with little…
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June 23, 2008
UPDATE:Backstrom asks court to reconsider release of letters
UPDATE:Backstrom asks court to reconsider release of letters Attorney Sidney Backstrom wants the federal judge who will sentence him Friday to reconsider showing pre-sentencing letters to the media. The letters, generally from close friends and professional associates, ask the judge for leniency and offer reasons for their requests. An attorney for Backstrom, who admitted in…
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June 23, 2008
WSJ – Sentencing Doesn’t End Scruggs’s Legal Woes
Sentencing Doesn’t End Scruggs’s Legal Woes Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, the high-profile plaintiffs lawyer who pleaded guilty in March to conspiring to bribe a Mississippi judge, will likely learn his fate Friday, when he is scheduled to be sentenced for his crime. But the sentencing won’t necessarily put an end to the legal woes of Mr.…
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June 23, 2008
As usual, the hypersensitives take themselves too seriously
As usual, the hypersensitives take themselves too seriously Johnny Miller, you have gone too far. As a former pool boy, I demand an apology and that NBC send you to pool-boy sensitivity training. Miller thinks a camera clicking during a backswing is tough? Try hitting a 3-iron after inhaling chlorine gas. He hates it when…
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Frank Corder
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May 1, 2025
Voter registration deadline for upcoming Municipal General Election is May 5
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Zeke Miller, Associated Press
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May 1, 2025
Trump names Secretary of State Rubio as acting national security adviser, taps Waltz for UN Ambassador
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May 1, 2025
The number of Americans filing for jobless claims jumps last week, but remains at healthy levels
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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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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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Jim Beaugez
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April 30, 2025
New ‘Super Chikan’ documentary takes viewers into the life of a modern Delta bluesman
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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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