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February 14, 2008
Secretary of Education to speak in Jackson
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/8 U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will speak at the Mississippi Board of Education meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday in the fourth floor board room in the Central High School Building, 359 N. West St. in Jackson. She will discuss the No Child Left Behind Act and will announce a school improvement…
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February 14, 2008
McCain legacy runs deep in Mississippi
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/14/8 The possibility now of a John McCain presidency causes me to recall that three generations of John S. McCains, starting with the grandfather back in World War II, have in different ways crossed my personal life track. Scruggs and McCain had become close the previous year when Scruggs and…
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February 14, 2008
Senate approves deficit bill
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/14/8 Senators on Wednesday approved a bill that would put the state prison system in the black for the current year but leave 15 Community Mental Health Centers still in need. Also, Senate Bill 3051 covers less than a third of Medicaid’s $90 million money shortage, setting the stage for a battle in…
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February 14, 2008
Legislators Trying To Get Current State Budget In Shape
WLOX, 2/13/8 Mississippi lawmakers are taking steps to plug holes in the current state budget for Medicaid, community mental health centers and several other programs. Appropriations Chairman Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, told the Senate that any dollar spent in the current year, which ends June 30, is a dollar that will not be available for the…
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February 14, 2008
Booze after hours on radar
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/14/8 Bargoers and police officers working the late shift stream into her down-home place – Sylvia’s – off of Medgar Evers Boulevard for catfish, pork chops, shrimp, burgers and wings. She offers beer, but some either pass or bring a bagged drink. The atmosphere of her after-hours restaurant will change if Jackson Police…
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February 14, 2008
State hogs funding of earmarks
The Sun Herald, 2/14/8 We’re No. 1! Mississippi lawmakers ranked first in the House and in the Senate in a comprehensive study of earmarks being released today by Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group sharply critical of the practice. That gives Mississippi Republicans Sen. Thad Cochran and Sen. Roger Wicker, formerly a congressman, a dubious…
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February 14, 2008
Taylor votes against plan
The Hattiesburg American, 2/13/8 President Bush is expected to sign an economic stimulus bill Wednesday that will give thousands of Mississippi taxpayers checks of at least $300 to $600. But Rep. Gene Taylor, said the distribution of billions of dollars is a bad idea. The only Mississippi lawmaker to vote against the plan, Taylor said…
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February 14, 2008
LNL – ‘Insider’ Wigand compensated generously as unpaid tobacco fact witness
‘Insider’ Wigand compensated generously as unpaid tobacco fact witness Wigand doesn’t discourage such suspicion. He has testified that lawyers gave Smoke Free Kids $2 million; that South Carolina lawyer Ron Motley loaned him $505,000 so he could buy a condominium in Charleston, S.C., that he has stayed at Motley’s home and on his yacht; that…
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February 14, 2008
DJ – Federal grand jury returns to its session
Federal grand jury returns to its session The men and women convened Wednesday morning at the downtown federal courthouse, chatting with front-door security guards they’ve come to know during their extended duty considering information from government prosecutors. It was unclear if Wednesday was their last day since grand jury activity is secret. “Looks like this…
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February 14, 2008
SETR – Legally Speaking: Justice for sale?
Legally Speaking: Justice for sale? The question of who is responsible for this perception may depend largely on your political leanings. But one thing is clear – corporate defendants are not the monolithic evildoers, nor are plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyers the shining virtuous knights, that John Grisham’s black and white world would have you believe.…
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February 14, 2008
FOLO – Patterson and Balducci talk about P.L. Blake
Patterson and Balducci talk about P.L. Blake Balducci then responds, “Well, that’s exactly what I was gonna tell him today, is that I was just gonna tell him that I’ve taken care of somethin’ you and I had gotten handled and that I was gonna get you to talk to P.L. and let P.L. visit…
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February 14, 2008
Hurt suspends campaign for House District 1
Hurt suspends campaign for House District 1 Hurt, who faced four challengers in the Democratic bid for 1st District U.S. House Representatives, said poor health and a lucrative book deal prompted his decision. Because it’s too late to remove his name from the March 11 election ballot, Hurt said he will participate in debates if…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 15, 2025
Twelve states are restricting junk food purchases from SNAP. Mississippi could be next
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Daniel Tyson
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August 15, 2025
Grant funding in 5 Mississippi counties aimed at reducing financial strain in Youth Courts
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Frank Corder
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August 15, 2025
MSU Ag report: Row crop producers in Mississippi facing a very tough road ahead
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
Business
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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August 15, 2025
The weight of glory
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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August 14, 2025
A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this season
Culture
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Ben Smith
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August 14, 2025
Passing the time until deer season
Opinion
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Dr. Kendall Conger
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August 15, 2025
I challenged Duke’s DEI dogma – and paid with my job
Opinion
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Kimberly Ross
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August 13, 2025
Americans aren’t having enough babies
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Sid Salter
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August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
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