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June 30, 2008
DJ EDITORIAL – Justice trumps arrogance
EDITORIAL:Justice trumps arrogance The federal judiciary and its prosecutors delivered a humiliating blow on Friday to the enemies of integrity in the Mississippi state judiciary. The sentencing of famed plaintiffs’ attorney Richard Scruggs and his former law firm associate, Sidney Backstrom, on charges of attempting to bribe a state circuit court judge, reverberates among all…
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June 30, 2008
Nut Roots Reach for 60 Seats
Net Roots Reach for 60 Seats Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove’s inclusion on the list shows more pragmatism from a group of activists generally known for supporting only liberal candidates. Other Democratic efforts are focused on the purification of the party. “Admittedly, this campaign is a bit more tactical and less ideological than others,” Orton…
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June 30, 2008
LOA – Scruggs Redux: Transcripts, Reactions and Editorials
Scruggs Redux: Transcripts, Reactions and Editorials The Sun Herald has the Dickie Scruggs sentencing transcript in plain text, Folo has a partial transcript from the Backstrom sentencing. The Clarion-Ledger has reactions from various parties, including Judge Henry Lackey. Alan Lange at Y’all Politics criticizes the questionable post-sentencing comments of AG Jim Hood and former AG…
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June 29, 2008
Prominent Democrats will skip convention
Prominent Democrats will skip convention Reps. Gene Taylor of the 4th District and Travis Childers of the 1st District are delegates. But they don’t plan to go to Denver to vote for their party’s presidential nominee. It’s customary for Taylor, one of the most rebellious Democrats in the House, to skip his party’s conventions. Childers,…
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June 29, 2008
SH EDITORIAL – Scruggs did not stain Lackey or Biggers
Scruggs did not stain Lackey or Biggers Scruggs, 62, has not only tainted decades of legendary legal work, he has deepened the doubts of those who do not trust the judicial system. Lackey cannot be commended enough for courageously helping bring Scruggs to justice. And Biggers cannot be thanked enough for imposing as powerful a…
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June 29, 2008
FOLO – Keker’s sentencing remarks and Southern Literature
Keker’s sentencing remarks and Southern Literature I’m not sure this is really a time to be asking for the likes of Faulkner to explain what I presume Keker thinks is a tragic fall by a self-made man. Because, really, the only of Faulkner’s books that comes to mind (unless you want to think Flem Snopes,…
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June 29, 2008
Reflections on Dickie Scruggs’ Sentencing
We're just getting warmed up by Alan Lange
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June 29, 2008
Challengers outpacing incumbents
Challengers outpacing incumbents State Supreme Court races used to draw little attention and not much money was spent on campaigns, but Diaz said that changed in 2000 when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce pumped about $1 million into ads to help his opponent and other candidates the group thought were pro-business. Mississippi trial lawyers opposed…
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June 29, 2008
Mal Moore last of a dying breed
Mal Moore last of a dying breed TUSCALOOSA — Doug Dickey. Vince Dooley. Frank Broyles. Larry Templeton. Skip Bertman. One by one, the dinosaurs have been disappearing from the Southeastern Conference. There’s only one left in an AD’s chair. “I have to admit,” Mal Moore said a week ago, before Jimmy Johns’ mug shot became…
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June 29, 2008
CL – Scruggs’ downfall remains baffling
Scruggs’ downfall remains baffling Scruggs received the maximum under the plea agreement, despite hundreds of letters from the poor and the powerful detailing his generosity to institutions such as the University of Mississippi, where he has contributed millions. Defense attorneys called Scruggs’ guilty plea “an aberration in an otherwise exemplary life.” Hollywood director Michael Mann,…
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June 29, 2008
NPR – How a $50K bribe led to Dickie Scruggs Downfall
How a $50K bribe led to Dickie Scruggs Downfall A $50,000 bribe has landed one of America’s top tort lawyers in prison. Mississippi-native Dickie Scruggs was sentenced Friday to five years behind bars. Journalist Peter J. Boyer, who profiled Scruggs in the May 19th issue of The New Yorker magazine, discusses the case. NPR 6/28/8
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June 28, 2008
CL – Scruggs gets max
Scruggs gets max After the hearing, U.S. Attorney Jim Greenlee said Scruggs’ sentencing doesn’t end the federal government’s probe. “Our investigation continues,” he said. Clarion Ledger 6/27/8
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Jeremy Pittari
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January 23, 2026
From vehicle registrations to school nurse pay, House Education Committee moves bills forward
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Frank Corder
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January 23, 2026
Bill filed to provide guidance to retailers, cash customers when rounding to the nearest five-cent
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Daniel Tyson
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January 23, 2026
USDA streamlines reporting of foreign-owned farmland
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Frank Corder
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January 20, 2026
SouthWorth acquires Mississippi-based American Furniture Manufacturing
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Frank Corder
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January 13, 2026
Higgins contracted to lead Tate County economic development
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Frank Corder
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January 8, 2026
xAI investing more than $20 billion in Southaven data center
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Matt Friedeman
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January 25, 2026
Repentance
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Susan Marquez
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January 23, 2026
Embrace the cozy practice of hygge
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Alistair Begg
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January 23, 2026
Now is the time
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Hunter Estes
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January 21, 2026
Mississippi Legislators: Be bold this session
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Philip Wegmann
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January 21, 2026
Trump OMB launches full review of federal funds sent to blue states
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Russ Latino
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January 21, 2026
Quit the hysteria, Mississippi already allows students to transfer between public schools
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