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June 24, 2008
Medicaid: Bottom line remains the bottom line
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/22/8 Medicaid is a program that has remained in perpetual crisis over the three decades that I’ve been writing about Mississippi state government. “Crisis” is a word we in the media like a lot – almost as much a politicians trying to gig a political enemy like it. The current Medicaid “crisis”…
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June 24, 2008
Katrina funds: Don’t let politics stall recovery
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/22/8 No one disputes the fact that housing is the No. 1 priority for the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Haley Barbour, when asked about the top three needs after Katrina, would often reply: “Housing, housing and housing.” Significant progress has been made in the past three years, but there is…
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June 24, 2008
Speaker: Compromises are on the table, but ignored
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/22/8 Gov. Haley Barbour’s spokesman recently told a reporter that “the governor doesn’t compromise.” Never has this attitude been more apparent than in the current dispute between the governor and the House of Representatives over funding for Medicaid. The governor wants to tax hospitals while the House opposes additional taxes on health…
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June 24, 2008
Civil rights killings need closer look, some say
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/22/8 It is one of the most investigated cases of mass murder in FBI history, and yet, 44 years later, the Klan’s killings of three young men in Neshoba County remain mostly unpunished. The FBI is examining more than 100 unpunished killings from the civil rights era, many of them deaths with little…
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June 23, 2008
UPDATE:Backstrom asks court to reconsider release of letters
UPDATE:Backstrom asks court to reconsider release of letters Attorney Sidney Backstrom wants the federal judge who will sentence him Friday to reconsider showing pre-sentencing letters to the media. The letters, generally from close friends and professional associates, ask the judge for leniency and offer reasons for their requests. An attorney for Backstrom, who admitted in…
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June 23, 2008
WSJ – Sentencing Doesn’t End Scruggs’s Legal Woes
Sentencing Doesn’t End Scruggs’s Legal Woes Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, the high-profile plaintiffs lawyer who pleaded guilty in March to conspiring to bribe a Mississippi judge, will likely learn his fate Friday, when he is scheduled to be sentenced for his crime. But the sentencing won’t necessarily put an end to the legal woes of Mr.…
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June 23, 2008
As usual, the hypersensitives take themselves too seriously
As usual, the hypersensitives take themselves too seriously Johnny Miller, you have gone too far. As a former pool boy, I demand an apology and that NBC send you to pool-boy sensitivity training. Miller thinks a camera clicking during a backswing is tough? Try hitting a 3-iron after inhaling chlorine gas. He hates it when…
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June 22, 2008
A Mother’s Tortured Journey Toward the Truth
A Mother’s Tortured Journey Toward the Truth HUNTSVILLE, Tex. — Gilreatha Stoltzfus fussed with the bandanna in her hair while she zigzagged across a patch of dried grass. Fidgety, annoyed, towing her cluttered purse over her left shoulder as if it were a backpack, the hard-featured woman of 43 stopped suddenly and slithered her fingers…
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June 22, 2008
Honk if you committed to Auburn
Honk if you committed to Auburn Get ready to squeeze the Charmin. The national rankings are out, and Auburn football fans will be in a mood to party. The Tigers are No.3 in the nation. AP poll? No. And who cares if it’s not part of the BCS? Harris Poll? No. Those dinosaurs wait for…
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June 22, 2008
Patience can pay off with coaches
Patience can pay off with coaches Does your favorite team need a little boost, specifically a new and improved coach in place of the guy who, though not a disaster, lacks the artistry, precision or passion needed to reach the highest level? Well, get started on Fire (Insert name here).com. Call a few radio stations.…
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June 21, 2008
YP – The continued attempt to ‘buff-up’ jailed felon Paul Minor
Courtesy of our friends at Slabbed (who apparently never met a criminal they didn’t like), we find this Legal Schnauzer article, which quotes from controversial “retired” bishop-turned-courtroom-advocate-for-his-buddies, Bishop Joe Doss. From Mr. Doss’s legal/theological thinktank . . . Statement of Bishop Joe Doss of Free America’s Political Prisoners: It should be abhorrent to every American…
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June 21, 2008
Rigsby gals trailer lawyer attorney-less in so called ‘whistle-blower’ case
Rigsbys attorney-less in whistle-blower case U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. today gave two former Katrina claims adjusters 45 days to find new attorneys in their whistle-blower lawsuit against State Farm. Senter refused to reinstate two Missouri law firms that had represented sisters Cori and Kerri Rigsby, who filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against State Farm…
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 7, 2026
Wednesday night storm spawns several tornadoes that damage hundreds of homes in three counties
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Frank Corder
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May 6, 2026
Speaker White names House Select Committees to tackle property taxes, school consolidation, redistricting, more
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Daniel Tyson
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May 6, 2026
Job training life-affirming for inmates in MAGCOR programs
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Alistair Begg
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May 8, 2026
The cost of complaining
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Susan Marquez
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May 7, 2026
Noah “Soggy” Sweat’s “The Whiskey Speech” to be presented at Two Mississippi Museums
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Alistair Begg
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May 7, 2026
Purchased for God
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Russ Latino
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May 8, 2026
Something for everyone to hate in the redistricting debate
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Christy Hovanetz
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May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
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Russ Latino
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May 5, 2026
Mississippi faces pressure to redistrict before congressional midterms, but also real world constraints
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