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June 9, 2008
HAMPTON – Barbour off at the ol’ political ball game
Barbour off at the ol’ political ball game Is Haley Barbour slipping? Has the state’s best political tactician actually made a political blunder? Unthinkable. I consider Gov. Barbour the best at the game, Republican or Democrat. He is a man among boys when it comes to hardball politics. But he has made some mistakes lately…
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June 9, 2008
WILL – Not ‘drilling’ is costly
Not ‘drilling’ is costly One million barrels is what might today be flowing from ANWR if in 1995 President Clinton had not vetoed legislation to permit drilling there. One million barrels produce 27 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel. Seventy-two of today’s senators – including Schumer, of course, and 38 other Democrats, including Barack…
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June 9, 2008
Law prevents extra pay amid session breaks
Law prevents extra pay amid session breaks A state law that prevents Mississippi lawmakers from receiving extra pay while a special session is on hold is saving taxpayers money. And, because of it, some lawmakers aren’t as willing to travel to Jackson for committee meetings, especially amid rising gas prices. Committee members live all over…
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June 9, 2008
Miss. Dems rally for comeback
Miss. Dems rally for comeback Democratic Party chairman Wayne Dowdy is not seeking re-election, and a new leader will be chosen July 12. Party officials say they haven’t heard of any competition for Franks, a 35-year-old who represented parts of northeast Mississippi before he was defeated by Republican Phil Bryant in the lieutenant governor race…
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June 9, 2008
NATCHEZMS – Will Jim Hood support Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton as a Delegate?
Live From the MS State Convention II Attorney General Hood was elected as the unpledged delegate to the National Convention. Now they’re electing the 4 Pledged Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO) delegates – 3 for Obama and 1 for Clinton. Senator David Jordan, Representative Angela Cockerham, and former Governor Ray Mabus were elected as…
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June 8, 2008
Some Lawmakers afraid to work for free
Law prevents extra pay amid session breaks A state law that prevents Mississippi lawmakers from receiving extra pay while a special session is on hold is saving taxpayers money. And, because of it, some lawmakers aren’t as willing to travel to Jackson for committee meetings, especially amid rising gas prices. Committee members live all over…
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June 8, 2008
Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has few equals in the art of tradeoffs
Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has few equals in the art of tradeoffs Last year, Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, then a member on the House Appropriations Committee, slipped language into the Defense Appropriations Bill that directed the U.S. government to award the research grant to Radiance Technologies. This type of budget line item has become…
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June 7, 2008
Mayor supports teen amid plea in carjacking
Mayor supports teen amid plea in carjacking Jackson Mayor Frank Melton said he isn’t going to give up on a Jackson teen he’d taken into his home who was sentenced Friday to serve three years in prison for armed carjacking and extortion. On the recommendation of special prosecutors in the case, Circuit Judge Swan Yerger…
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June 7, 2008
Judge Senter: Policyholders are casualties
Judge: Policyholders are casualties Policyholders are casualties in a battle that has pitted State Farm and one of its vendors, E.A. Renfroe, against the Scruggs Katrina Group of attorneys, U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. wrote in an eight-page opinion filed this week. Senter issued the opinion and an accompanying order that denies Renfroe’s motion…
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June 7, 2008
ICLAWBLOG-Hammer time: more thoughts on Judge Acker’s civil contempt ruling on Scruggs, Rigsby Gals
Hammer time: more thoughts on Judge Acker’s civil contempt ruling on Scruggs, Rigsby sisters Judge Acker is perhaps the only person who knows all the facts that are known about the Rigsby sisters’ illicit taking of State Farm claims documents. He has seen the documents themselves — they are under lock and key under a…
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June 7, 2008
McCain’s Veepstakes: Haley Barbour
McCain’s Veepstakes: Haley Barbour Re-elected handsomely (58%) to his second term as governor of the Magnolia State in 2007, Barbour was neutral in this year’s GOP presidential race. Of nominee John McCain, Barbour recalled to me in December how he vigorously opposed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation while RNC chairman and joked: “[The law] is…
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June 7, 2008
Miss. Democratic Party convention Saturday at Jackson State
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/6/8 As many as 1,000 people are expected to attend the Mississippi Democratic Party convention, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday on the Jackson State University campus in Jackson. Democrats will elect remaining delegates to the national party convention and remaining members of the party’s state executive committee at JSU’s Lee E. Williams Athletic…
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Daniel Tyson
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October 13, 2025
Senate study committee looks at insurance market, health care delivery in Mississippi
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Darlene Superville, Associated Press
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October 13, 2025
Trump urges Israel to seize chance for peace ahead of Egypt summit on Gaza’s future
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Jeremy Pittari
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October 13, 2025
Miss. Dept. of Education preps Senate Committee for increased funding requests
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October 7, 2025
Averitt Express announces $9.6 million expansion in Richland
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October 2, 2025
Smurfit Westrock expanding in Saltillo
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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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Robert St. John
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October 13, 2025
In the blood
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Matt Friedeman
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October 13, 2025
Cheap and Christian
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Alistair Begg
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October 13, 2025
Weeping, pleading and speaking
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Russ Latino
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October 13, 2025
Here’s to Columbus: European settlement of the Americas was a good thing on net
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Jonathan Bain
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October 10, 2025
Don’t Mistake Medicaid Work Requirements for a Green Light on Medicaid Expansion
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Casey Anderson
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October 10, 2025
Support for Drax is support for Mississippi’s forests and economy
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