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January 23, 2008
Educators React To Governor Barbour’s Education Promises
WLOX, 1/22/8 Under Governor Haley Barbour’s proposal, teachers who mentor would get a $1,000 bonus. The governor also promised 100-percent funding for school districts, and he announced a plan to keep veteran teachers in the classroom. He wants to raise the salaries of teachers who have more than 25 years experience. Educators say a boost…
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January 23, 2008
Lt. Gov. Bryant Launches New Site
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January 23, 2008
Editorials increasingly upset with AG Hood
Legal Newsline, 1/22/8 On Nov. 6, state Attorney General Jim Hood was the most popular man in Mississippi. The Democrat won re-election that day over Al Hopkins, earning 60 percent of the vote while receiving the most votes of any candidate running for a statewide office. More than 440,000 Mississippians wanted Hood back for a…
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January 23, 2008
DJ – Legal eagles feel pain from bribery cases
Legal eagles feel pain from bribery cases Driving the perception problem and the concern are the indictments and guilty pleas in federal judicial bribery cases that have ensnared famed Oxford attorney Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs, prominent Booneville attorney Joey Langston and half a dozen others, most of them attorneys. However, Houchins notes that while the…
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January 23, 2008
FOLO – Jim Hood restarts fight with State Farm
Jim Hood restarts fight with State Farm Apparently, State Farm and the Attorney General’s office must have had some back-and-forth about a potential subpoenaing of State Farm, leading to a letter in which State Farm said no, it would not respond to a subpoena. And now, against (at least my) expectations, on January 18th, Hood…
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January 23, 2008
Barbour: $100M more for housing
The Sun Herald, 1/23/8 Gov. Haley Barbour announced Tuesday $100 million has been set aside for work-force housing in South Mississippi. Barbour’s office said the money would be added to $150 million already approved for the program. The $250 million is part of the Long-Term Work-Force Housing program, which uses Community Development Block Grants offered…
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January 23, 2008
Hood says Barbour wrong on Senate special election date
The Sun Herald, 1/22/8 Attorney General Jim Hood told the Mississippi Supreme Court in written documents Tuesday that Gov. Haley Barbour misinterpreted state law and erred in setting a Nov. 4 special election date to fill the unexpired term of former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott. At issue before the Supreme Court is the timing of…
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January 23, 2008
Thompson abandons White House bid
CNN, 1/23/8 Former Sen. Fred Thompson on Tuesday ended his run for the presidency, coming off the heels of a disappointing third-place finish in South Carolina’s GOP primary and heading into the showdown state of Florida next week. “Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States,” Thompson said in a statement.…
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January 23, 2008
YP – My take on the Speekah’s Committee Appointments
While many on the left are praising Speekah McCoy’s political retribution tactics, which lie in stark contrast to those of Lt. Governor Phil Bryant, here’s something that no one else has pointed out. By stiffening his opposition, he does not have a veto proof margin. In fact, he does not even have enough votes to…
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January 23, 2008
SALTERBLOG – Grisham’s new novel “The Appeal”: Snatched from Mississippi headlines
Grisham’s new novel “The Appeal”: Snatched from Mississippi headlines Because Grisham spoke a word of support in a national newspaper for Dickie Scruggs after he was indicted in the federal judicial bribery case, some here at home have tried to connect the dots and have raised questions about Grisham’s integrity. Sid Salter Blog Clarion Ledger…
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January 23, 2008
The Case for Rudy Giuliani
The Case for Rudy Giuliani Rudy Giuliani may have made a great mistake by not campaigning in New Hampshire, Nevada, Iowa and South Carolina. But between Rudy Giuliani (and, for that matter, Mitt Romney) on the one hand and John McCain on the other, there is little question as to who more embodies mainstream conservative…
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January 23, 2008
FOLO – Mike Moore’s narrative of his role in the Katrina Cases
Mike Moore’s narrative of his role in the Katrina Cases He begins by saying his role in the Katrina litigation “was primarily as a facilitator and negotiator between the parties which included Attorney General Hood, the Scruggs Katrina Group (the SKG), Insurance Commissioner George Dale and State Farm. The cases which were being negotiated involved…
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 5, 2025
Mississippi 98% compliant as REAL ID deadline nears
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Daniel Tyson
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May 5, 2025
Crockett reminds Tougaloo grads “how to use a chair” in commencement address
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Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
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May 5, 2025
Trump administration says it’ll pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Parrish Alford
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May 5, 2025
Selmon under pressure to protect Mississippi State’s baseball legacy with next hire
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Robert St. John
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May 5, 2025
A spring of celebrations
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 5, 2025
The storm of God’s wrath
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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