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March 31, 2008
Dickie Scruggs: A Legal Career Up In Smoke
Townhall.com Editorial, 3/31/8 Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs has a gentlemanly demeanor seemingly at odds with his profession as a take-no-prisoners trial litigator. A decade ago, the Mississippi native was riding high. Nobody in the plaintiffs’ bar struck as much fear in the hearts of the nation’s tobacco manufacturers as he. Now his career appears over,…
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March 31, 2008
Legislators confident ethics reforms will pass
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/30/8 Efforts to strengthen the state’s ethics laws soon enter a key phase in the 2008 legislative session. The legislation would require public officials to provide more details about their assets and sources of income and place greater penalties on them for violating state ethics laws. Probably this week House…
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March 31, 2008
Underdog draws fervid support despite hurdles
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/31/8 Jim Nix hadn’t heard of Republican candidate Gregg Harper before the race for the 3rd Congressional District cranked up in January. But in a small Mississippi town such as Meadville, where the honor system is still used to pay for a weekly newspaper, word of mouth is a powerful way to score…
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March 31, 2008
Miss. casino assessment could help fund Medicaid
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/31/8 There has been much published in the various media lately regarding the Medicaid deficit in our state. The initial solutions that have been proffered to us include a hospital “assessment” and lowering payments to physicians for services to Medicaid patients. Those who depend solely upon Medicaid already know the difficulty of getting…
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March 31, 2008
McCain visits Meridian ahead of ‘Service’ tour
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/31/8 Republican presidential hopeful John McCain returned to his aviator roots Sunday when he attended an airshow in Meridian, witnessed by 55,000 people. His appearance was a day ahead of his “Service to America” tour kickoff. McCain, R-Arizona, joined by his wife Cindy, attended the “Wings over Meridian” airshow at Naval Air Station…
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March 31, 2008
Does former police chief still work for Jackson?
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/31/8 Former Jackson Police Chief Shirlene Anderson apparently has been working for the city since mid-January, although she still is not on the city payroll. Council members are unaware of Anderson’s work status, based on a poll of several members. The council will have to approve payroll after her personnel paperwork process is…
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March 31, 2008
Tax study: Economy demands action
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/30/8 Gov. Haley Barbour’s tax study commission met for the first time this week as Barbour charged its members to focus on tax strategies that favor economic development. The commission, chaired by former Mississippi Development Authority director Leland Speed, is charged with recommending comprehensive new tax strategies by the end of August. Barbour’s…
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March 31, 2008
1st District could have been an tornado
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/30/8 The current boundaries of the 1st Congressional District are the result of an unusual set of circumstances that began in 2000 with the decennial census and ended in 2002 after a flurry of legal activity. The redrawing of congressional districts is normally left to the Legislature. But in the…
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March 31, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, March 31: the Scruggs is gone, long live the Scruggs?
Scruggs Nation, March 31: the Scruggs is gone, long live the Scruggs? Here’s a guy who bragged openly about “magic jurisdictions” where the outcome was rigged, and about using the legal system as a form of media/political/public relations insurrectionist coup, and as far as many were concerned, Superman came up short in comparison. He goes…
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March 31, 2008
Former Primary Candidate Greg Hatcher Endorses Charlie Ross
Experience Counts In Washington, D.C. As voters of Mississippi?s Third Congressional District go to the polls on Tuesday, April 1st, please remember that experience really counts in Washington D.C. We need a congressman with legislative experience, especially with the political climate currently prevailing on Capitol Hill. As a former Republican Primary candidate, I have endorsed…
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March 31, 2008
FOLO – Scruggs says Judge Biggers hasn’t accepted his plea?!? – UPDATED
Scruggs says Judge Biggers hasn’t accepted his plea?!? – UPDATED Once in a while, you read something in the newspaper and think: “That can’t be right.” There are so many reasons this would be a dumb move. (I can almost imagine a judge studying the pre-sentence report for a loophole that gets him above five…
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March 31, 2008
CQ – Tuesday’s MS-03 Republican Runoff: Neck and Neck
Tuesday’s Mississippi House Race: Neck and Neck Though Ross took first in the district’s primary race, the Republican vote was split seven ways in that contest and now both Ross and Harper are angling for the support of the other 38 percent of GOP primary participants. And analysts say Harper stands a good shot of…
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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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Marilyn Tinnin
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November 26, 2025
Reflections on Thanksgiving, the one truly American holiday
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Alistair Begg
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November 26, 2025
Recipients of God’s grace
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Robert St. John
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November 25, 2025
Robert St. John’s Thanksgiving memories
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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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