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June 30, 2008
DM – Ole Mississippians discuss Scruggs
Ole Miss faculty responds to Scruggs’ maximum sentence Faculty members at the University of Mississippi are speaking out concerning the 5-year prison sentence Richard “Dickie” Scruggs received Friday, including how his absence will affect the university. Associate Professor of journalism Curtis Wilkie is now working on a book about the Scruggs case. “I know him…
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June 30, 2008
CL EDITORIAL – Scruggs: Went from highest to lowest at bar
Scruggs: Went from highest to lowest at bar With his sentencing in federal court, the saga of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs reads like a Greek tragedy or a verse from the Bible, for, certainly, lo, the mighty are fallen. But if Scruggs, his family and associates were given tough sentences, the integrity of the Mississippi Bar…
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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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Bonnie Coblentz
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April 10, 2026
Strategic, unified vision transforms Carthage
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 10, 2026
Miss. Dept. of Health outlines upcoming fiscal year budget
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 10, 2026
Mississippi moves up to 48th in national health rankings
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Susan Marquez
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April 10, 2026
C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure
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Daniel Tyson
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April 9, 2026
Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Marilyn Tinnin
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April 10, 2026
Joan Williams: Gifted author and Faulkner’s protégé
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Alistair Begg
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April 10, 2026
Protected by His presence
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Marilyn Tinnin
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April 9, 2026
The Mississippi Gift Company spreads the best of the Magnolia State across the globe
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Roger Wicker
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April 10, 2026
Rebuilding the American arsenal
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Russ Latino
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April 8, 2026
The truth about ACA subsidies after the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
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Sid Salter
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April 8, 2026
A new take on an old question about who Mississippians trust with life-altering decisions
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