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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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Magnolia Tribune
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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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June 7, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Spat Between Mississippi AG, Alabama Federal Judge Heats Up
Spat Between Mississippi AG, Alabama Federal Judge Heats Up We haven’t waded into the Dickie Scruggs story in some time, partly because the bigtime drama has wrapped, as they say in Tinseltown. The famed plaintiffs lawyer pleaded guilty in March to crimes related to a judicial-bribery scheme. All that’s left is the sentencing, which was…
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June 6, 2008
FOLO – Atty General Hood fires back at Judge Acker. One bullet is a blank
Atty General Hood fires back at Judge Acker. One bullet is a blank One of several remarkable things in Judge Acker’s opinion yesterday is the persistent sideswipes at Attorney General Hood’s status as a law enforcement officer. Hood is of course the chief legal officer of the state, and by definition a law enforcement officer.…
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December 18, 2025
Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 18, 2025
Treasurer’s office wants to help families save for college
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Magnolia Tribune
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December 18, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: December 18, 2025
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Frank Corder
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December 11, 2025
$100 million metallurgical biocarbon manufacturer locating in Pike County
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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December 18, 2025
College Football Playoff picks: Sooners, Aggies, Rebels and Ducks should advance to quarterfinals
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 18, 2025
Craving Crave: Tupelo’s dessert haven that keeps us coming back
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Alistair Begg
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December 18, 2025
A great lie about the Christian life
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Sid Salter
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December 17, 2025
PERS pension concerns remain volatile for state lawmakers in 2026 as markets rumble
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Kimberly Ross
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December 16, 2025
Lessons from Luigi: Quit lionizing cold-blooded murderers
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Dr. Patrick Miller
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December 16, 2025
The Hidden Gem: Why education freedom is the new economic development
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