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July 14, 2008
Red/Blue on Musgrove
Ronnie Musgrove’s legacy Maybe Roger Wicker will have to defend the record of the Bush administration as Jere suggests. But lest Jere get to feeling too cheerful about that prospect, here’s a quick wrap-up of Ronnie Musgrove’s term as governor: Budget surplus of a quarter of a billion dollars turned into a $700 million budget…
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July 14, 2008
MANUFACTURED LAWSUITS – The cost of crooked lawyers
MANUFACTURED LAWSUITS – The cost of crooked lawyers Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once wryly observed that “10 percent of the politicians go around giving the other 90 percent a bad name.” These days, the same could be said for the growing ranks of disgraced personal injury trial lawyers who over just the last…
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July 13, 2008
KALICH – Feds going overboard in prosecuting Melton
Feds going overboard in prosecuting Melton As erratic as Melton is, though, it’s overkill for the U.S. Justice Department to be dogging him over an incident for which he has already been acquitted of criminal charges in a state court. Last week, Melton and his police bodyguards, Marcus Wright and Michael Recio, were charged with…
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July 13, 2008
PENDER – Medicaid crisis isn’t about health, it’s about politics
Medicaid crisis isn’t about health, it’s about politics But really, what we have here isn’t a crisis. It’s just politics. More specifically, it’s political detente – remember that French word from the Cold War? Translation: I dare you to push me off this cliff while I’ve got ahold of you. As a journalist, I’m required…
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July 13, 2008
HAMPTON – Haley Barbour in Medicaid ‘Snake Pit’
Politics of Medicaid dangerous territory Gov. Haley Barbour is knee-deep in that snake pit right now. The program faces a $90 million deficit due not to state overspending or anything irresponsible, but from federal rule changes. This has been developing since 2005, but additional federal funding after Hurricane Katrina and other means kept it in…
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July 13, 2008
AGNEW – Federal case may prove hard to beat
Federal case may prove hard to beat As an investigatory agency, they don’t get more thorough than the FBI and Melton knows it. The indictment spells trouble for the mayor, who has fought one battle after another since he’s occupied the city’s top office, largely because of his own actions. Melton has never denied having…
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July 13, 2008
Federal trial different ballgame
Federal trial different ballgame When facing state charges, Melton assembled a legal team that included former Mayor Dale Danks Jr., his associate Michael Cory and criminal specialist Buddy Coxwell as well as Robert Shuler Smith and Winston Thompson. Smith now is Hinds County district attorney and Thompson his assistant. In the trial, Melton’s assemblage of…
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July 13, 2008
Can Ronnie Musgrove win by raising only 14% that of Roger Wicker?
Challenger’s Challenge So how do this year’s Democratic challengers stack up? A couple of candidates are in good shape, at least on the fundraising front. Through May 21, Maine Rep. Tom Allen (D) raised $3.9 million, giving him 72 percent of Sen. Susan Collins’ (R) total raised. And in Minnesota, comedian Al Franken (D) actually…
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July 13, 2008
ZIEMBA – Why Scruggs matters to you
Why Scruggs matters to you Poking fun of politically connected fat cats is easy, but what do Dickie Scruggs’ crimes have to do with you? Plenty. Corruption of public officials does far more damage to the average citizen than any robber wielding a gun. Trial lawyers who pervert our justice systems in order to win…
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July 13, 2008
No Surprise . . . Jamie Franks elected Miss. Democratic Party chairman
Franks elected Miss. Democratic Party chairman Running unopposed, 35-year-old Jamie Franks elected chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party on Saturday. Franks served in the state House from 1996-2008. He was elected at the Democratic Party State Executive Committee meeting Saturday in Jackson. Franks said the party is in a good position to take back both…
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July 13, 2008
Acker may take the Rigsbys’ houses . . . or trailers as the case may be
Sisters told to pay $65K Former insurance adjusters Cori and Kerri Rigsby are on the hook for $65,000 that attorney Dickie Scruggs refuses to fork over to their former employers, Alabama-based E.A. Renfroe. Scruggs has placed the money with the federal court while he appeals Judge William M. Acker Jr.’s decision to fine him and…
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July 13, 2008
Beef plant businessman wants to block testimony
Beef plant businessman wants to block testimony Robert Moultrie, chairman and chief executive of the Facility Group of Smyrna, Ga., and two other company executives were charged in a 16-count indictment in June. Moultrie, Nixon Cawood Jr. and Charles Morehead all are free on bond and deny wrongdoing. They are charged with submitting invoices for…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 18, 2026
Budget for Mississippi universities increases 14%, now up to nearly $6.7 billion
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Frank Corder
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June 18, 2026
Mobile camera units using AI coming to Mississippi roadways
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Frank Corder
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June 18, 2026
Wicker questions Iran deal, opposes U.S. lifting any sanctions
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Frank Corder
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June 17, 2026
Gould Industries locating in southwest Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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June 16, 2026
U.S. Army contracts with General Atomics for long-range maneuvering projectile program
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Frank Corder
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June 10, 2026
NPL Construction locating fabrication, manufacturing operations in Greenwood
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Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
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June 18, 2026
College sports bill clears key Senate hurdle despite SEC, Big Ten opposition
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Michelle Chapman, Associated Press
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June 18, 2026
U.S. gas prices fall below $4 for first time since March, but still 25% higher than last year
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Alistair Begg
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June 18, 2026
Gracious gratitude
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Gregory Kiley
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June 18, 2026
How China attacks U.S. interests in Mississippi
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Sid Salter
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June 17, 2026
State Supreme Court holds firm in seeking justice for Quitman County family in 1990
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Roger Wicker
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June 12, 2026
Wicker: Mississippi leads in national defense
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