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January 10, 2008
Senate shortens regular session
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/10/8 Taxpayers may not have to foot $500,000 this year for lawmakers’ salaries, mileage and other costs incurred by the regular legislative session. On Wednesday, the Mississippi Senate agreed without any objections to shorten the 125-day session by 21 days. The proposal could face trouble in the unpredictable House, where state representatives said…
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January 10, 2008
Miss. may play bigger role in president race
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/10/8 It’s possible Mississippians could choose other candidates. Democrats and Republicans are divided over who to support. On the GOP side, the state’s congressional delegation is also split. Former Sen. Trent Lott and 3rd District Rep. Chip Pickering support McCain. Sen. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, appointed to replace Lott until a…
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January 10, 2008
Melton: Time to Retire
The Jackson Free Press Editorial, 1/9/8 Mayor Frank Melton’s fainting session at Monday’s county inaugural event was the latest warning he needs to heed: It is time for him to retire as mayor of Jackson. It would also be a good idea for him to return to Tyler, Texas, where his wife is an esteemed…
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January 10, 2008
Rudy Giuliani Proposes `Biggest Tax Cut’ in U.S. History
Bloomberg, 1/10/8 Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani proposed a tax overhaul plan that would reduce capital gains and corporate tax rates and allow many Americans to file a one-page return. The plan would reduce the corporate tax rate to 25 percent and the capital-gains tax to 10 percent. The current corporate tax rate is 35…
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January 10, 2008
Wicker Fires Back at Musgrove
WLBT, 1/9/8 Newly-appointed senator Roger Wicker fired back at Democratic opponent and longtime friend Ronnie Musgrove Wednesday night. Wicker, a Republican, was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour to fill the Senate seat vacated by Trent Lott’s retirement. The former 1st-District congressman has launched a statewide bus tour kicking off his campaign to keep the Senate…
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January 10, 2008
A Democrat trying to follow Lott had better get funding first
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/10/8 The caucuses and primaries have begun. The political outcome is yet to be known, but there was one substantial impact in Iowa. TV stations there took in about $40 million from ad sales to Republican and Democratic candidates, nearly double what was spent four years ago. Overall spending to lure the…
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January 10, 2008
Jonathan Turley Hops On Scruggs Scandal
Famous Torts Lawyer Dickie Scruggs Indicted With Son for Bribery: Defense Counsel Withdraw From Case The withdrawal of counsel seems likely to be related to this aspect of the case. U.S. Dist. Judge Neal Biggers in Oxford has granted the withdraw motion of Joey Langston and Billy Quin of the Langston Law Firm -though no…
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January 10, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Report: Monday to be Big Day in L’Affaire Scruggs
Report: Monday to be Big Day in L’Affaire Scruggs Yesterday we said there were wisps of smoke emanating from Northern Mississippi. To continue the somewhat pedestrian metaphor, today we’re seeing sparks. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that Monday is expected to be big day at the federal court in Oxford, with the unsealing of…
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January 10, 2008
WHITECOLLAR – Can’t Tell the Attorneys in the Scruggs Case Without a Scorecard
Can’t Tell the Attorneys in the Scruggs Case Without a Scorecard The prosecution of famed plaintiffs tort attorney Dickie Scruggs and three other defendants accused of bribing a Mississippi state court judge in a case involving a fee dispute has seen a whirlwind of motions by attorneys seeking to withdraw or appear in the case,…
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January 10, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 44: the swap meet
Scruggs Nation, Day 44: the swap meet I haven’t seen so many lawyers move around this fast since they evacuated my building last year because of a gas leak. Seems like everyone in the Scruggs case either wants someone else’s lawyer or the lawyer wants someone else’s client. Sounds like a writer’s-strike Boston Legal script…
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January 10, 2008
Judge Senter – Scruggs wore ‘two hats’ – must be deposed
In an order yesterday, Judge LT Senter upheld a lower court ruling that Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and his son Zach could be deposed by opposing counsel in the McIntosh case. A copy of the order can be found here. From the order . . . Much of the argument with respect to the Scruggses’ depositions…
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January 10, 2008
FOLO – When the FBI searches your lawyer’s office
When the FBI searches your lawyer’s office I seem to recall that two separate taint teams are at work in U.S. v. Scruggs — and they should be. Neither side’s motion on discovery issues implies that Team Scruggs has in any way yet participated in these taint-team examinations (as they’re described in Westheimer Road’s footnote).…
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April 30, 2025
US stocks sink after a weak report on the economy but then halve their losses after inflation update
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Daniel Tyson
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April 30, 2025
Plans to construct new Entergy power plant in Ridgeland moving forward
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Frank Corder
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April 30, 2025
Thompson among Congressional Democrats to meet with ICE detainees in Louisiana
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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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Jim Beaugez
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April 30, 2025
New ‘Super Chikan’ documentary takes viewers into the life of a modern Delta bluesman
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 30, 2025
He has said
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi’s U-Pick Farms: A trend that’s growing
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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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