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May 21, 2008
Judge: AG’s failure to respond a mistake
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/20/8 A federal judge ruled the attorney general’s office did not deliberately fail to respond to a lethal injection challenge filed by four death row inmates. Attorney General Jim Hood had asked U.S. District Judge Allen Pepper to lift the default. Hood contended in court papers his office erred but it was an…
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May 21, 2008
JPD likely will forgo $12.5M in officer-salary grants
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/20/8 The Jackson Police Department apparently will miss out on about $12.5 million in federal grant money meant to pay the salaries of new police officers. Valerie Nevels, assistant chief administrative officer for the city, said Monday that the city has spent about $1.5 million of a $14.8 million COPS Universal Hire grant…
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May 21, 2008
Area officials cite glitch, hope for storm funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/20/8 A communication issue in the days after the April 4 tornados may have hurt Hinds County’s initial appeal for federal disaster assistance, but state and local officials say they are encouraged the money might still come. “If we had all worked more closely the first time around, we wouldn’t have had to…
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May 21, 2008
Much dissent, but all say change needed State tax structure studied
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/20/8 A group studying Mississippi’s tax structure is getting plenty of contradictory advice from business groups, elected officials and private residents. Owners of small businesses said during a public meeting Monday that they want to reduce or eliminate the inventory tax. City and county leaders warned the loss of revenue from inventory taxes…
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May 21, 2008
Berry appeals now going to US Supreme Court
WXTV, 5/20/8 Only the U.S. Supreme Court can stop Earl Wesley Berry’s scheduled execution now. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans yesterday (Monday) refused to stop Berry’s execution, now set for 6 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) at the state penitentiary at Parchman. Also, Gov. Haley Barbour’s office, as expected, says Barbour will…
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May 21, 2008
DSCC Poll Shows Musgrove Leading In Miss. Senate Race
DSCC poll shows Musgrove leading in Miss. Senate race Just one week after Democrats picked up Sen. Roger Wicker’s (R-Miss.) former House seat in northeast Mississippi, the party’s Senate campaign committee released a new poll showing Wicker trailing former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) in November’s special election Senate race. The poll shows Musgrove leading Wicker…
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May 21, 2008
Proposal to restrict casinos is sound
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 5/19/8 Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposal to restrict casinos to counties where they already exist is a good idea that merits serious legislative consideration. Barbour told the Southern Gaming Summit in Biloxi that he intended to put the matter on the agenda of an upcoming special legislative session. Whether there is sufficient…
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May 20, 2008
Special session: A useless taxpayer expense
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/20/8 MISSISSIPPI TAXPAYERS SHOULD TAKE NO JOY — nor let lawmakers forget – that the special session Gov. Haley Barbour has called for Wednesday is an extravagance. State lawmakers boasted they would be able to adjourn before the 125 days allotted for the regular session and still be able to do their…
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May 20, 2008
North Mississippi to finally get its congressman
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/20/8 Booneville’s Travis Childers is expected to take the oath as Mississippi’s newest U.S. House member today. Family and friends have traveled to the nation’s capital for the ceremony to officially seat the former Prentiss County chancery clerk to represent the 1st Congessional District. The self-described conservative Democrat succeeds Tupelo’s…
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May 20, 2008
Education: Fuel costs eat up financial gains?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/19/8 Public education supporters are satisfied after a legislative session that saw the state’s basic funding obligation filled for the first time in a nonelection year, but will “full funding” be robbed again? The Mississippi Adequate Education Program was fully funded as part of the nine-part public schools package of The Quality…
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May 20, 2008
Jackson Area officials cite glitch, hope for storm funds
Area officials cite glitch, hope for storm funds A communication issue in the days after the April 4 tornados may have hurt Hinds County’s initial appeal for federal disaster assistance, but state and local officials say they are encouraged the money might still come. “If we had all worked more closely the first time around,…
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May 20, 2008
Barkley loves the books
Barkley loves the books This $400,000 worth of markers that Charles Barkley evidently overlooked at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort really shouldn’t come as a surprise. Barkley, after all, once admitted that he lost $2.5 million over a six-hour period in a single sitting while playing blackjack. And he admitted in an ESPN interview in…
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November 26, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: November 26, 2025
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 25, 2025
Mississippi cracking down on non-English speaking commercial truckers
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November 25, 2025
Colom champions tax increase “for Mississippians to continue to have health insurance”
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Daniel Tyson
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November 20, 2025
Amazon investing $3 billion in Warren County data center campus
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Daniel Tyson
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November 18, 2025
Toyota investing $125 million in Blue Springs plant
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Meredith Biesinger
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November 27, 2025
A tale of two tables
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Alistair Begg
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November 27, 2025
Life under the sun
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Marilyn Tinnin
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November 26, 2025
Reflections on Thanksgiving, the one truly American holiday
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Sid Salter
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November 26, 2025
My wise grandmother taught me to be thankful for the power of the penny
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Kimberly Ross
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November 21, 2025
The political right needs to exorcize its Fuentes’ demons
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Sid Salter
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November 19, 2025
Term limits: Why small rural states like Mississippi lose when seniority is forced out
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