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April 7, 2008
House puts ‘sin tax’ hike on the table
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/5/8 The Mississippi House decided Friday that a tax increase on cigarettes and liquor should be considered in negotiations to solve the Medicaid shortfall. “You negotiate with all the cards on the table,” said Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg. “If Medicaid is so important, why don’t we place all the cards…
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April 7, 2008
Mississippi may help test Medicare project
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/5/8 Mississippi may be in the running to serve as one of a dozen test sites across the country for a new Medicare project that would provide incentives for private physicians to start using electronic health records. Gov. Haley Barbour and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt met this week…
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April 7, 2008
Scruggs Nation, April 5: the fall of the Scruggs Katrina Empire
The Insurance Coverage Blog, 4/5/8 Regarding yesterday’s news of the disqualification from Katrina cases of the Katrina Litigation Group, the entity derived from the former Scruggs Katrina Group and containing three of the original five firms, what will happen now? It’s hard to overstate how big a development in Katrina litigation this is. Remember as…
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April 7, 2008
Senate: Unique factors shaping race
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/6/8 As Mississippi State University Stennis Institute of Government director Marty Wiseman points out in his commentary in “Perspective” today, state voters haven’t chosen a new U.S. senator in a special election since they chose John Stennis in 1947. It was a fateful choice. Stennis went on to amass vast power and…
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April 7, 2008
Legislature ’08: Much work remains
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/6/8 The 2008 legislative session has seen “progress” on feel-good legislation to snooker voters into thinking they’ve actually done something that will have any miniscule impact on the flow of illegal immigration. There has also been “progress” on that crucial issue of how best to put corn on the ground so that…
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April 7, 2008
Scruggs scandal developments, February 5
Overlawyered, 4/5/8 * Pertinacious Scruggs effort to evade deposition by State Farm attorneys results in “testosterone fiesta” of swaggering counsel (Folo; sequel; YallPolitics; Rossmiller); (P.S. Yes, Ted and I independently noticed and posted on this just minutes apart.) * Remember when Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood declared his political patron Scruggs a “confidential informant”, thus…
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April 7, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Lawyers in State Farm Suits Barred for Payments to Witnesses
Lawyers in State Farm Suits Barred for Payments to Witnesses Last June, long before L’Affaire Scruggs was even a glimmer in the public’s eye, the Law Blog noted that a judge recommended that the feds prosecute Scruggs for violating a court order related to the handling of documents in Hurricane Katrina insurance cases. The judge…
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April 5, 2008
SH – Katrina lawyers disqualified
Katrina lawyers disqualified Former Attorney General Mike Moore advised Hood during settlement negotiations that ended the criminal investigation and later worked with Scruggs on policyholder cases, but he had withdrawn from those cases before Senter’s ruling. Another SKG member firm withdrew from the group in early 2007 and sued Scruggs, saying he was not fairly…
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April 5, 2008
FOLO – Judge Senter disqualifies Katrina Group lawyers
Judge Senter disqualifies Katrina Group lawyers, excludes Rigsby documents, and bars Rigsbys as witnesses This is a devastating blow to the cases against State Farm, so serious that it is hard to imagine how those cases will go forward. It is really sad for the plaintiffs in those cases– who now have really spectacular malpractice…
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April 5, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Judge Senter disqualifies Katrina(less) Litigation Group, ousts Rigsby sisters
Judge Senter disqualifies Katrina(less) Litigation Group, ousts Rigsby sisters as witnesses in Southern District of Mississippi I joked about it before, but now it is a reality. The Katrina Litigation Group is now the Katrina(less) Litigation Group, just as its predecessor, the Scruggs Katrina Group, became the Scruggs(less) Katrina Group when Scruggs was indicted. My…
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April 5, 2008
SH – Senter disqualifies Katrina Litigation attorneys from representing policyholders
Senter disqualifies Katrina Litigation attorneys from representing policyholders U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. has disqualified the Katrina Litigation Group of attorneys from representing State Farm policyholders, throwing into limbo the most contentious lawsuits filed against the insurance companies. Sun Herald 4/3/8
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April 5, 2008
YP BREAKING – Katrina Litigation Group & Risgby Gals disqualified in all State Farm cases
Today, Federal Judge L.T. Senter disqualified the Katrina Litigation Group and associated attorneys from pursuing cases against State Farm. He further ruled that the Rigsby Gals could no longer be considered witnesses and that the evidence that they stole from State Farm would be inadmissable. This is an earthshattering development in that ongoing litigation. Here…
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December 18, 2025
Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 18, 2025
Treasurer’s office wants to help families save for college
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December 18, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: December 18, 2025
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Frank Corder
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December 11, 2025
$100 million metallurgical biocarbon manufacturer locating in Pike County
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December 18, 2025
College Football Playoff picks: Sooners, Aggies, Rebels and Ducks should advance to quarterfinals
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 18, 2025
Craving Crave: Tupelo’s dessert haven that keeps us coming back
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Alistair Begg
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December 18, 2025
A great lie about the Christian life
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Sid Salter
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December 17, 2025
PERS pension concerns remain volatile for state lawmakers in 2026 as markets rumble
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Kimberly Ross
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December 16, 2025
Lessons from Luigi: Quit lionizing cold-blooded murderers
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Dr. Patrick Miller
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December 16, 2025
The Hidden Gem: Why education freedom is the new economic development
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