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June 6, 2008
From $15 Per Diem in Albany to N.B.A. Riches – Great piece
From $15 Per Diem in Albany to N.B.A. Riches – Great piece Coach Phil Jackson once had to complain that his road per diem wasn’t enough for a decent meal. He once had to lobby for a raise to $30,000 after winning his first championship on the bench. “I will never put a team in…
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June 6, 2008
Reining In the Kings of Tort
Reining In the Kings of Tort What destroyed Weiss and Scruggs was a system in which the money just got too big. The two had helped spawn an industry of class-action mega-cases that was so lucrative, the plaintiffs couldn’t bear the idea of losing. So the “good guys” began to cut corners. Weiss and Scruggs…
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June 6, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Judge Acker hammers Scruggs, Rigsby sisters for contempt
Judge Acker hammers Scruggs, Rigsby sisters for contempt Wow. Judge Acker found Scruggs and the Rigsby sisters jointly and severally liable for civil contempt and a fine of $65,000 in the Renfroe v. Rigsby case, relating to failure to promptly return the stolen State Farm claims files to Renfroe’s counsel. Here’s the order, and here’s…
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June 6, 2008
Alabama judge cites Rigsbys, Scruggs with contempt, orders them to pay $65,000
Alabama judge cites Rigsbys, Scruggs with contempt, orders them to pay $65,000 A federal judge in Alabama cited Dickie Scruggs and two former insurance adjusters for civil contempt, ordering them to pay $65,000 to attorneys for E.A. Renfroe, the Alabama company that employed the adjusters. The Rigsbys say they turned over all their records to…
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June 6, 2008
Session: Staying without agreement wasteful
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/5/8 Mississippi legislative leaders were right to recess the current special session. Continuing the current standoff over how to fund the state Medicaid program would only amount to wasting taxpayers’ money. House Speaker Billy McCoy and Gov. Haley Barbour on Wednesday agreed that there was an impasse and there was a need…
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June 6, 2008
After days at loggerheads, Medicaid debate postponed
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/5/8 The impasse over Medicaid funding that brought a halt Wednesday to a special legislative session is likely to still be there when lawmakers reconvene in three weeks. House Democrats are still pressing for a cigarette tax hike. Gov. Haley Barbour and the Republican-led Senate remain just as firm on a hospital tax,…
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June 6, 2008
House blasts FEMA, HUD
The Sun Herald, 6/5/8 At a congressional hearing of two House subcommittees Wednesday, officials from FEMA and HUD failed to satisfy congressional critics about their efforts to find housing for 22,000 Katrina victims still living in trailers nearly three years after the storm. House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank, D-Mass., who attended the hearing,…
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June 6, 2008
Another gun on airplane irks rep
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/5/8 Another breach of security at Jackson-Evers International Airport involving a firearm being brought aboard a plane has House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson demanding answers. In a letter sent this week, Thompson gave U.S. Transportation Security Administration Director Kip Hawley until Monday to explain how a Mississippi Department of Public Safety…
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June 6, 2008
Death penalty works, DA says
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/5/8 Jackson’s growing homicide rate has prompted Hinds County’s new district attorney to do something that hasn’t been done in at least two decades – seek the death penalty often in capital murder cases. Robert Shuler Smith said Wednesday he believes the death penalty is a crime deterrent. There have been 29 homicides…
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June 5, 2008
Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim
Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim Police released chilling surveillance video of a hit-and-run accident in hopes of catching the unidientified driver who ran down a 78-year-old pedestrian, paralyzing him, and to show the callousness of bystanders who did nothing to help. The gripping one-minute video shows the violent May 30 accident and bystanders’ apparent…
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June 5, 2008
Suspected 9/11 mastermind wants death penalty
Suspected 9/11 mastermind wants death penalty Mohammed sang verses from the Quran, rejected his attorneys and told Judge Ralph Kohlmann, a Marine colonel, that he wants to represent himself at the war crimes trial. The judge warned that he faces execution if convicted of organizing the attacks on America. But the former No. 3 leader…
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June 5, 2008
SEN MCDANIEL – Voter ID a must to maintain public’s trust in electoral process
Voter ID a must to maintain public’s trust in electoral process The idea behind Voter ID legislation is based on a foundation of common sense. Simply put, people in Mississippi need photo identification to cash a check, board a plane or apply for food stamps, in addition to countless other activities of life. It therefore…
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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 13, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: October 13, 2025
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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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