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May 28, 2008
CL EDITORIAL – Special session: Priorities finally on the table
Special session: Priorities finally on the table Now, it appears that the real – read: important – issues are finally on the table: Reauthorizing MDES with no “strings,” such as reevaluating the state’s advertising practices; Funding the Mississippi Division of Medicaid’s $90 million deficit. Of course, they could have done both of these in the…
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May 28, 2008
Dems question Medicaid fix
Dems question hospital tax proposal Hospital officials joined Barbour at a news conference explaining the plan. Although they agreed to it, they reiterated their support of a cigarette tax hike that he has rejected. Barbour urged lawmakers to approve a complicated formula to plug the $90 million hole Medicaid faces annually. Barbour said the proposal,…
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May 28, 2008
DM – Losing the stronghold
Losing the stronghold But was the election a portent of a change in the political currents? A review of the past Representatives from the 1st District tells a different tale. Of the last 4, beginning with the 1953 election of Thomas Abernathy, 3 were Democrats. In the entire history of the region wherein it has…
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May 28, 2008
NEWYORKER – The Bribe (abstract)
The Bribe At a football rally at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) last year, Chancellor Robert Khayat thanked Richard Scruggs for helping the university get Houston Nutt as the new football coach. Richard Scruggs, known as Dickie, was arguably the most successful tort lawyer in America and the man who took down Big Tobacco…
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May 28, 2008
The GOP Veep List: Pros and Cons
The GOP Veep List: Pros and Cons HALEY BARBOUR PRO: As with Bobby Jindal, the popular governor of Mississippi would perform an important function in turning the history of Hurricane Katrina from a big negative to a net positive for the national GOP. Barbour showed skill, fortitude and class in responding to the disaster —…
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May 28, 2008
National GOP Leaders to Expand Role in Congressional Primaries
National GOP Leaders to Expand Role in Congressional Primaries Placing Blame for Recent GOP Losses The change in the national Republican role in contested congressional primaries came about because of GOP concerns about two recent special elections for congress, in Louisiana 6 (Baton Rouge, etc.) and Mississippi 1 (Tupelo, etc.), as well as one in…
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May 28, 2008
Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville explains seven-finger salute
Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville explains seven-finger salute Oh, no, he didn’t. Oh, yes, he did. Tommy Tuberville, just back from his tour of the Middle East, admitted it here Tuesday at the SEC spring meetings. He did hold up seven fingers. Two on the right hand. All five on the left. And it did…
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May 28, 2008
Scruggs Update
Scruggs Update We noted earlier that the disqualified former SKG attorney Don Barrett had written his clients on April 18 to advise them that the Provost-Umphrey law firm (headquartered in Beaumont, Texas) had agreed to take over their cases. Both firms share a Nashville office. A May 10 Sun Herald story indicated that Provost-Umphrey had…
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May 28, 2008
Barbour adds biolab incentives to special session agenda
Barbour adds biolab incentives to special session agenda Gov. Haley Barbour added a 10th item to the agenda of a special session that is costing taxpayers thousands of extra dollars, saying it could help Mississippi land a $451 million laboratory. Barbour wants lawmakers to sign off on $88 million in bonds for the project. Flora…
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May 28, 2008
SSP – BruinKid’s Senate race rankings
BruinKid’s Senate race rankings 13. Mississippi-B: Roger Wicker (R), appointed by governor Haley Barbour (R) on New Year’s Eve after Trent Lott (R) resigned to become a lobbyist, won’t have all the incumbency power Lott had accumulated over the years. Wicker was the Congressman from MS-01, so he’s won elected office previously. But that seat…
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May 28, 2008
Results differ on Senate race poll
Results differ on Senate race poll Just after a poll commissioned by Democrats showed Ronnie Musgrove with a sizable lead over Republican opponent Roger Wicker, another contracted by a liberal political blog found the opposite result in the battle for Trent Lott’s old Senate seat. The most recent poll, commissioned by the blog Daily Kos…
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May 28, 2008
FOLO – Renfroes move for summary judgment, dismissal of qui tam suit
Renfroes move for summary judgment, dismissal of qui tam suit In a five-page motion supported by a nineteen-page memorandum of law, Gene and Jana Renfroe argue that For all of the reasons set forth fully in the Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment Under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4) that E. A.…
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December 16, 2025
Ole Miss playoff game gifts Oxford, region economic holiday surge
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 16, 2025
IHL requesting $130 million bond to address aging university facilities
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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December 16, 2025
The US gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October; unemployment rate at 4.6%
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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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Frank Corder
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December 2, 2025
BWC Terminals break ground in Pascagoula
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 16, 2025
Christmas magic on the Coast: Holiday wonder at Beau Rivage
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Alistair Begg
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December 16, 2025
Gospel ABC
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Robert St. John
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December 15, 2025
The last strand of tinsel
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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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Russ Latino
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December 10, 2025
University of Mississippi Chancellor responds to Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit, seeks dismissal
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