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February 17, 2008
McCain’s Victory Lap on the Senate Floor
McCain’s Victory Lap on the Senate Floor The best moment may have been McCain bumping into Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. Cochran recently gave McCain a half-hearted endorsement, a couple weeks after telling reporters: “He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.” (They’ve had brutal battles over earmarks.) When McCain…
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February 17, 2008
SALTER – Candidates serving up ‘red meat’ rhetoric
Candidates serving up ‘red meat’ rhetoric Anyone expecting a maverick position from this group of candidates on the “red meat” issues – immigration, abortion, gun rights, taxes and such – will be disappointed. These guys are a lot alike. At some point in this campaign, voters need less “red meat” and more focus on character,…
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February 17, 2008
FOLO – Pt. 4: 9/24-10/10, Balducci, Lackey and Patterson
Pt. 4: 9/24-10/10, Balducci, Lackey and Patterson September 27th, Patterson and Balducci conversation, right after Balducci has left the meeting with Judge Lackey. There is a partial transcript, detailed here. At the beginning of the conversation, Patterson describes talking to P.L. Blake about getting the $40,000 from him (although Balducci implied to Judge Lackey in…
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February 17, 2008
FOLO – Pt. 3: September 18th-21st, Balducci, Patterson, and Lackey
Pt. 3: September 18th-21st, Balducci, Patterson, and Lackey This series of posts outlines what is public about the conversations that lead to the indictment of Dickie Scruggs and others for judicial bribery. Part 1 outlined Tim Balducci’s initial off-the-record approach of Judge Lackey and Part 2 described conversations between the two from late May until…
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February 16, 2008
FOLO – Pt. 2: May 29th-September 11th, Balducci and Lackey
Pt. 2: May 29th-September 11th, Balducci and Lackey There are three recorded conversations in this period: On May 29th, a phone call between Balducci and Judge Lackey, and then a meeting between the two on May 30th, and then on June 28th, a meeting between Judge Lackey and Tim Balducci. I haven’t found anything in…
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February 16, 2008
Melton truancy initiative taking shape
Melton truancy initiative taking shape Melton has appointed Goldia Revies, director of the city Department of Constituent Services and Public Information, to oversee his program. Revies said the city has transferred Gregory Riley from the Parks and Recreation Division to manage the truancy initiative. City Attorney Sarah O’Reilly Evans said City Council approval is not…
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February 16, 2008
Melton’s house payment overdue
Melton’s house payment overdue Clarion Ledger 2/16/8
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February 16, 2008
FOLO – A narrative of the bribery case, pt. 1: March-May
A narrative of the bribery case, pt. 1: March-May FOLO 2/15/8
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February 16, 2008
LAWANDMORE – All in the Family – The Scruggs, Sopranos, Corleone
All in the Family – The Scruggs, Sopranos, Corleone The great crime stories, real and fictional, require a family. That’s exactly what’s making the Scruggs saga totally intriguing. There is a father Dickie and a son Zack. We have all sorts of questions about what struggle, if any, did the son have following the path…
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February 16, 2008
LNL – State Farm continues quest for KLG disqualification
State Farm continues quest for KLG disqualification “This motion seeks disqualification based on the fact that SKG attorneys — including those who are still in this case — offered a different State Farm ‘insider’ and material fact witness in this case, engineer Brian Ford, thousands of dollars a month to ‘consult’ for them.” State Farm…
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February 16, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – A Q&A With Colm Feore, the Man Who Played Dickie Scruggs
A Q&A With Colm Feore, the Man Who Played Dickie Scruggs Back in November, Scruggs was indicted for allegedly bribing a judge in Mississippi, and it’s turned into quite a mess. In fact, we call it The Mess in Mississippi. The case might go to trial in March. Have you heard about any of this?…
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February 16, 2008
Herring to Gene Taylor and Bennie Thompson – “Stop playing games with national security”
One day remains until core intelligence authorities under the Protect America Act (PAA) expire, yet Democrats in Congress have dodged the issue, refusing to address a permanent update to this critical piece of legislation. Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Jim Herring released the following statement, urging Mississippi’s Congressional Democrats to extend the PAA indefinitely, which will…
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 24, 2025
IHL exploring updated funding formula for Mississippi’s public universities
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Jill Colvin, Associated Press
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November 24, 2025
Potential presidential candidates are less coy about 2028 plans: ‘Of course I’m thinking about it’
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Frank Corder
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November 24, 2025
Two state Senate special runoff elections to be decided December 2
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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 24, 2025
Time well spent
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Alistair Begg
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November 24, 2025
Remembered no more
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Matt Friedeman
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November 23, 2025
Hard work of evangelism
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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
Keep opportunity in Mississippi: Put AI to work
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