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February 29, 2008
Jim Hood Interview on Mississippi Edition on MPB
MPB OXFORD REPORTER SANDRA KNISPEL TALKS ONE-ON-ONE WITH STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD ABOUT RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF PERSUASION IN THE DICK SCRUGGS JUDICIAL BRIBERY CASE. MPB Online 2/28/8
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February 29, 2008
Ross Endorsed by NAIFP
On Thursday, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors – Mississippi (NAIFA-MS) formally endorsed Charlie Ross for his Third Congressional District campaign. “I am very grateful that the NAIFA-MS has endorsed me for the Third Congressional District,” Ross said. “While in the Mississippi Senate, I served as sub-chairman of the Insurance Committee. I understand…
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February 28, 2008
FOLO – Jim Hood speaks! (on Mississippi public radio)
Jim Hood speaks! (on Mississippi public radio) At 8:35 on Mississippi edition (which will be online later), five minutes of interview with Hood was played. Asked about Scruggs, Hood said, “I know him from cases we have worked on together. I think he did a great service to the state in his” suit in the…
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February 28, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Hood discusses meeting with Balducci, Patterson
Hood discusses meeting with Balducci, Patterson I know what he’s intending to say, but it sure didn’t come out right, did it? “If I knew they were getting paid that much.” I mean, a couple hundred K is all a job like that is worth, max! Right? That’s what it sounds like. Hood’s quote also…
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February 28, 2008
Barbour pushing port to south
The Sun Herald, 2/28/8 Gov. Haley Barbour said last week he wants the state Port of Gulfport to consider a southward expansion instead of the port’s plan to go west. And he expects a decision in “weeks, not months.” Island View Casino executives have become the biggest critics of the port’s plan to expand west…
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February 28, 2008
MS Senate Approves Death Penalty for Child Predators
WJTV, 2/27/8 The state senate has approved a bill that authorizes the death penalty for anyone convicted of raping or committing sexually battery against a child under the age of 12 at least twice. District 41 Sen. Joey Fillingane, principal sponsor of the legislation, says the bill was proposed by the state Department of Human…
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February 28, 2008
Senate restricts Medicaid lawsuits
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/28/8 Private physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants could be given some protection in medical malpractice lawsuits filed by Medicaid patients under a bill passed by the Mississippi Senate Wednesday. Senate Bill 2998 would limit the damages a recipient of the subsidized health-care program can receive to $500,000. Supporters say it could help…
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February 28, 2008
Lt. Gov. Bryant to teach part-time at MC
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/28/8 Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant this summer will become a part-time faculty member at his alma mater, Mississippi College. “As an alumnus, I look forward to returning and serving as a faculty member and teaching what I love best, Mississippi political history,” Bryant said in a news release. Bryant was an adjunct professor…
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February 28, 2008
AG-contract bill passes House
The Sun Herald, 2/28/8 A bill that passed the House would require the state attorney general’s office to disclose more information about its contracts with private lawyers. “This is referred to in some parts as the ‘Sunshine Bill,’ ” said Judiciary Chairman Ed Blackmon, D-Canton. He said Tuesday the attorney general would have to notify…
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February 28, 2008
FBI: Scruggs Paid 2 Men to Persuade AG
The Associated Press, 2/28/8 A prominent attorney embroiled in a judicial bribery case paid two associates $500,000 to convince Mississippi’s Attorney General not to file criminal charges against an insurance company, according to court records. Plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Cos. soon after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was…
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February 28, 2008
CHIP: Health care for kids a bipartisan concern
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/28/8 While the Democratic-majority Congress is considering an expanded Children’s Health Insurance Program bill – possibly for after the Nov. 4 election – it was good to have Republican Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speak up for kids’ health. Barbour testified Tuesday before the House Health Subcommittee that poor states are suffering under…
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February 28, 2008
CL – AG: No meeting if he had known of payment deal
AG: No meeting if he had known of payment deal “If I knew they were getting paid that much, I would have told them to get out of the office because it just didn’t smell right,” Hood said Wednesday. An FBI document made public this week as part of one judicial bribery case alleges embattled…
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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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Sophie Bates, Associated Press
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November 25, 2025
New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site
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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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Robert St. John
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November 25, 2025
Robert St. John’s Thanksgiving memories
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Alistair Begg
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November 25, 2025
In this world for good
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Robert St. John
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November 24, 2025
Time well spent
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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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Jill Ford
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November 18, 2025
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