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June 21, 2008
SH – Rigsbys attorney-less in whistle-blower case
Rigsbys attorney-less in whistle-blower case U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. today gave two former Katrina claims adjusters 45 days to find new attorneys in their whistle-blower lawsuit against State Farm. Senter refused to reinstate two Missouri law firms that had represented sisters Cori and Kerri Rigsby, who filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against State Farm…
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June 20, 2008
Physicians group decries Medicaid funding stalemate
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/20/8 A special session to address Medicaid funding likely will resume next week with an impasse between Gov. Haley Barbour and House leaders, despite a meeting Thursday intended to reach a compromise. Discussions between House and Senate leaders are expected to continue. A group representing physicians statewide blasted the standoff that has resulted…
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June 20, 2008
YP – More bad news in the Scruggs legal maneuvering empire
Dickie et. al. sufferred two more setbacks that I don’t have time to opine on, but I will just put out there. Yesterday, Judge Senter ruled against the Trailer Lawyers (AGAIN!). Today, in the McIntosh case, Judge Senter upheld a Magistrate Court ruling that Dickie and Zach would be compelled for discovery. Basically, now that…
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June 20, 2008
Melton and Council Still at Odds over Summer Jobs
WLBT, 6/19/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton says his summer jobs program is back on track, though the city council would disagree. The City of Ridgeland has paid Jackson $1.2 million in arrears for service from the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, and the mayor wants to use some of that cash to employ 300 teenagers.…
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June 20, 2008
Council rejects Melton’s jobs plan
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/18/8 In an emotionally charged atmosphere Tuesday night, Mayor Frank Melton accused City Council members of callous indifference to the plight of young people, and council members bickered over the financial strength of the city. But after more than an hour of debate and political grandstanding, the mayor’s plan to spend up to…
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June 20, 2008
Legislative pay: Should not be politically hot
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/20/8 The required annual report on legislative pay is out, which usually brings on criticism of how much public officials are paid. For the record, state taxpayers were paid about $19 million to operate the Legislature last year, which includes pay and travel for the 174 members of the Legislature, legislative staff,…
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June 20, 2008
Medicaid: Tensions rising, solutions still elusive
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/20/8 After closed-door meetings Thursday between Gov. Haley Barbour, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, House Speaker Billy McCoy and Senate and House leaders in the trenches of the ongoing battle to fund a $90 million Medicaid deficit, leaders emerged using words like “progress” and “optimism.” But it is obvious that as the June…
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June 20, 2008
To drill or not to drill?
The Hattiesburg American, 6/20/8 Some say it is exactly the clarion call that the country needs to heed in the age of $4-a-gallon gasoline. Others place it in the category of brazen politics, a lead straw thrown to a nation drowning in the higher energy costs. President George W. Bush’s request of Congress this week…
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June 20, 2008
Legislative tab tops $19M for year’s time
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/19/8 Mississippi taxpayers are footing the bill for more than $19 million in legislative expenses, including salaries and travel expenses, over a one-year period that ended in April, according to the state auditor’s annual report. Last year, it cost more than $18 million in total expenses for state lawmakers, legislative pages, assistants and…
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June 20, 2008
House bill breaks logjam on rebuilding public housing
The Sun Herald, 6/19/8 Just two weeks after a critical joint House committee hearing, the House on Wednesday approved a bill to break a federal impasse on rebuilding public housing after a disaster. The bill, which was done on a bipartisan basis and passed on a voice vote, removes a conflict between FEMA and the…
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June 20, 2008
Amicable Medicaid pact eludes lawmakers
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/19/8 A long-term funding solution for Medicaid remained unresolved today after a meeting between Gov. Haley Barbour and legislative leaders failed to produce results. A long-term funding solution for Medicaid remained unresolved today after a meeting between Gov. Haley Barbour and legislative leaders failed to produce results. Their meeting convened a week before…
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June 20, 2008
U.S. lawmakers try to stop Katrina funds from going to port
U.S. lawmakers try to stop Katrina funds from going to port Rep. Bennie Thompson and other lawmakers have asked a key House committee to block Gov. Haley Barbour’s move to redirect $600 million in hurricane housing money toward enlarging the Port of Gulfport. “This transfer is unreasonable in light of the fact that the state…
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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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