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July 10, 2008
CL – Melton, bodyguards indicted for alleged civil rights violations
Melton, bodyguards indicted for alleged civil rights violations A federal grand jury has indicted Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his two police bodyguards on charges related to damage caused to an alleged drug house on Ridgeway Street on Aug. 26, 2006. The charges allege that Melton and bodyguards Marcus Wright and Michael Recio conspired to…
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July 10, 2008
Jackson Mayor Frank Melton indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Mayor Frank Melton and Jackson Police Officers serving as Melton body guards, Marcus Wright and Michael Recio have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury
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July 9, 2008
US Senate Approves Immunity for Telecom Cos in Wiretapping
By a vote of 69-28, the Senate approved a bill granting immunity to telecommunications companies that aided in the wiretapping of Americans without warrants.
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July 9, 2008
Pelosi: Tap emergency oil reserve to lower prices
Pelosi: Tap emergency oil reserve to lower prices House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on President Bush to release oil from the government’s emergency reserve to knock down gasoline prices she says “are helping push the economy toward recession.” Pelosi, D-Calif., in a letter to Bush noted that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been used three…
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July 9, 2008
Minor wants out of prison to care for sick wife
Minor wants out of prison to care for sick wife Former attorney Paul Minor is asking a federal court to release him from prison so he can care for his sick wife during appeals of a bribery conviction that he claims was politically motivated. Laura E. Sweeney, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said Wednesday: “With this…
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July 9, 2008
Red/Blue – Jere, what am I going to do with you?
Jere, what am I going to do with you? Nash wrote that back in the day, “the Democratic governor and Democratic legislature usually resolved problems.” Then, “all of a sudden,” Republicans came on the scene and bogged down the works. First of all, that’s just not good history. Examples abound of how governors Bill Allain,…
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July 9, 2008
State’s health officer to fight
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/9/8 The state Department of Health’s lab will have its license revoked for a year for violating federal protocol on lab tests – unless it wins an appeal. State Health Officer Dr. Ed Thompson is vowing to fight. Mississippi’s lab processes more than 600,000 specimens a year, including everything from suspected West Nile…
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July 9, 2008
Medicaid: Budget figures should add pressure
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/9/8 If Gov. Haley Barbour and state lawmakers didn’t already have pressure on them to find compromise for a $90 million shortfall in Medicaid funding, the state’s declining revenue estimate should add yet more. Despite spending thousands of taxpayer dollars for a special session called primarily to make up the Medicaid deficit,…
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July 9, 2008
Miss. Democratic Party to get new leaders
The Sun Herald, 7/8/8 The Mississippi Democratic Party will meet Saturday to elect its new leaders. Former state Rep. Jamie Franks of Mooreville is the only person who has publicly announced as a candidate for the party chairmanship. The current chairman, former U.S. Rep. Wayne Dowdy of Magnolia, said earlier this year that he wouldn’t…
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July 9, 2008
Youth programs: Annual budget is key to plan
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/9/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has been single-minded about the need for summer youth programs, defying the City Council to stop him from diverting funds to youth. Over the July 4 holiday, Melton hosted about 50 boys and girls he had invited over for a barbecue as a reward for their participation…
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July 9, 2008
Inmate’s lawyers: State dismissive of evidence
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/9/8 Attorneys for Mississippi death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop said Tuesday the state has a “dismissive attitude” about concerns that the prisoner’s former lawyer intentionally sabotaged his appeal. The new attorneys have made serious allegations about the legal work of Bob Ryan, the former director of a state agency responsible for representing…
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July 9, 2008
Barbour fights House Democrats
Barbour fights House Democrats Republican Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he’s puzzled why the House Democratic leadership is against a tax that amounts to less than one percent of a hospital’s gross revenue but brings six times that amount in federal funds back to the medical centers. The governor said in a meeting with the…
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Frank Corder
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May 27, 2026
Owens, Lumumba, Banks have until Friday to change their plea in Jackson bribery case
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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May 27, 2026
Key Senators Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill
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Frank Corder
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May 27, 2026
Mississippi looks to capitalize on new critical minerals industry
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Marilyn Tinnin
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May 27, 2026
Mississippi Legends: Leontyne Price
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Alistair Begg
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May 27, 2026
Forgiven and forgiving
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Frank Corder
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May 26, 2026
Southern Miss, Miss. State hosting NCAA baseball regionals; Ole Miss heads to Lincoln
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Brent Sadler
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May 27, 2026
The Navy needs a strategic industrial plan to realize the Golden Fleet
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Sid Salter
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May 27, 2026
For most Americans, gas prices are the top public policy concern rising from Iran conflict
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Roger Wicker
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May 26, 2026
Deterrence is cheaper than war
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