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August 28, 2008
Ruling expected soon on Barbour’s Medicaid plan
At a hearing this morning, attorneys representing nearly 40 hospitals told Hinds County Judge William Singletary the plan violates his previous ruling. In July, Singletary ruled that the Republican governor cannot bypass lawmakers to raise hospital taxes to pay for Medicaid. A private attorney hired by Barbour’s office said the hospitals’ legal challenge is premature,…
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August 27, 2008
State Farm claims adjuster finally talks
After refusing to answer policyholders’ questions for almost two years, a State Farm claims manager accused of mishandling Katrina claims has talked to the Mississippi Insurance Department for a market conduct study of the company and also is prepared to testify in policyholder cases. MID’s long-awaited and overdue market conduct study of how the company…
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August 27, 2008
Gallo Notes: “Union Workers’ Wallets Labor For Childers”
Gallo Notes-August 27, 2008 Wall Street Journal-“ One of the most underreported stories at this week’s Democratic National Convention is that Big Labor is making a big comeback.” The article is called, “Big Labor’s Comeback” and it is worth reading. The battleground ledger in Mississippi has two names above the long list of Union contributions…
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August 27, 2008
Legal challenge against governor’s Medicaid plan intensifies
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 Fourteen Senate Democrats have joined the legal challenge of Gov. Haley Barbour’s latest plan to pay for Medicaid with a higher hospital tax and cut in provider payments. In court documents added Tuesday, they argue that only lawmakers can decide how state programs are funded. “The circumstance that the legislative process has…
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August 27, 2008
Mabus hitting campaign trail for Obama
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 Former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus has tackled the job of helping Barack Obama win the White House with the same zeal and determination that he brought to his effort to reform Mississippi politics. One of a couple of dozen surrogates for the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Mabus is making the rounds of…
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August 27, 2008
City budget: Priority is clear, hire more police!
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/27/8 As throughout his administration, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has shown himself inadequate to the task of presenting a meaningful budget. The City Council, again, is going to have to step in and build a budget from scratch. It’s nothing new, though. The first year Melton was in office, you may recall,…
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August 27, 2008
Thompson: No Clinton-Obama rift among Miss. delegation
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Mississippi delegate who is a federal elected official, had a moment on stage at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday as he participated in a Congressional Black Caucus tribute to Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who died last week. “To be a trailblazer you have to be strong,” Thompson…
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August 27, 2008
Beyond conventional thinking
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/27/8 The glamour’s out of town, the Democrats in Denver this week, the Republicans in Minneapolis-St. Paul the next. Limousine liberals. Chauffeur-driven neo-cons. Martinis, shaken and stirred. Meanwhile, on the homefront, far from hotel suites, fois gras and carefully orchestrated hoopla, the battle for the hearts and minds of Mississippians this presidential election…
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August 27, 2008
McCoy made costly error
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 8/26/8 Billy McCoy has been serving in the Mississippi House since 1980 as a Democrat, but in reality he is a recent convert to the Democratic Party. During the majority of McCoy’s tenure in the House, he paid little, if any, attention to party politics. Of course, that has…
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August 27, 2008
Musgrove likely to face flag vote issue as he did in 2003
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/27/8 Like a bad penny, the issue of the 2001 referendum he led to give Mississippi voters an opportunity to change the state flag’s 1894 design to a new one which deleted the Confederate battle flag’s “stars and bars” is likely to come back to Democratic U.S. Senate nominee and former Gov.…
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August 27, 2008
Wicker stresses immigration enforcement
The Hattiesburg American, 8/27/8 Although U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker declined to speak specifically on Monday’s raid of Howard Industries in Laurel – resulting in the detaining of more than 500 employees suspected to be illegal workers – he did say Monday’s incident sheds light on the need for more “zealous” immigration enforcement in the country.…
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August 27, 2008
Put Senate race high on ballot, Hood says
Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, while conceding ambiguities in the law, says he believes the special U.S. Senate election between Republican Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Democrat Ronnie Musgrove should be placed high on the November general election ballot. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday afternoon his office is still studying where the Senate…
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May 5, 2026
Wall Street rallies to records after oil prices ease and corporate profits keep topping expectations
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Frank Corder
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May 5, 2026
Thompson says SCOTUS Callais ruling “equivalent to a second Civil War”
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Daniel Tyson
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May 5, 2026
Debate lingers over what, how to pay Jackson’s new police chief
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 5, 2026
Where the Wild Things Grow: Inside Maypop Art’s garage studio
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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May 5, 2026
Who do you say that I am?
Culture
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Robert St. John
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May 4, 2026
Table 19
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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May 5, 2026
Mississippi faces pressure to redistrict before congressional midterms, but also real world constraints
Opinion
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Susan Crabtree
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May 1, 2026
U.S. Secret Service Chief says Hilton site was ‘set up perfectly,’ critics disagree
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Russ Latino
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April 29, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court’s voting rights decision carries big implications for Mississippi
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