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February 22, 2008
Hood hasn’t turned money over to Boys & Girls clubs
Hood hasn’t turned money over to clubs The Boys and Girls Clubs Alliance of Mississippi is expecting $800,000 of a $5 million settlement State Farm paid Hood’s office in exchange for his agreement to end an investigation of the company. Hood has said he planned to cover the cost of the criminal investigation, then turn…
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February 22, 2008
Chaney hopes to cut wind pool rates
The Sun Herald, 2/22/8 Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney told members of the Biloxi Businessmen’s Club on Thursday he hopes to lower residential rates in the state wind pool by at least 10 percent. Chaney said he would like to see a decrease of up to 40 percent in rates for the coverage offered by South…
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February 22, 2008
House cigarette tax hike may be DOA
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/22/8 Cigarette taxes would go up to pay for Medicaid, utility rates would increase to pay for additional power and voters would be required to show identification under separate legislation approved Thursday in the House and Senate chambers. The three bills are among the most contentious this session. Each faces hurdles in opposing…
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February 22, 2008
Hood hasn’t turned money over to clubs
The Sun Herald, 2/22/8 Rural Boys and Girls Clubs could be in dire straights unless Attorney General Jim Hood turns over money pledged from a settlement with State Farm insurance companies. The Boys and Girls Clubs Alliance of Mississippi is expecting $800,000 of a $5 million settlement State Farm paid Hood’s office in exchange for…
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February 22, 2008
Melton behind in paying $10K in property taxes
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/22/8 Mayor Frank Melton, who this week faced foreclosure proceedings on his northeast Jackson home, is late in paying almost $10,000 in property taxes. The taxes on his property at 2 Carter’s Grove and four nearby lots were due to the Hinds County taxcollector’s office by Feb. 1. Melton also owes about $9,000…
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February 22, 2008
Republicans pull plug on wiretap plan
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/21/8 Republican lawmakers on Wednesday defended their vote against extending wiretap authority to crimes other than drug offenses, saying it would turn Attorney General Jim Hood into a supercop at the expense of civil liberties. We just have to be really careful when you give that kind of authority for everyone,” said Rep.…
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February 22, 2008
Special election set for Wicker’s old seat
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/21/8 A special election to fill the unexpired term of former U.S. Rep. and current U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker in Mississippi’s First Congressional District has been set for April 22, according to a news release from Gov. Haley Barbour’s office. In a Writ of Election filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State, Barbour…
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February 22, 2008
LNL – Forecast gloomy for rainmaker Scruggs
Forecast gloomy for rainmaker Scruggs With overcast skies outside, the prospects of legal superstar-turned-criminal-defendant Richard “Dickie” Scruggs did not appear too sunny either inside a federal courthouse Wednesday. U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi Senior Judge Neal Biggers heard motions tendered on behalf of Scruggs and his two remaining co-defendants, son Zach…
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February 22, 2008
Scruggs prosecutors want Lott testimony
Scruggs prosecutors want Lott testimony And U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran could be called as a defense witness. That’s because prosecutors want to use evidence of other alleged “bad acts” by Scruggs at his March 31 trial – specifically an alleged Hinds County bribery scheme in 2006 involving Scruggs, Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter and…
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February 22, 2008
Scruggs judge: Fair jury possible
Scruggs judge: Fair jury possible The trial site, Oxford, may be one of the few certainties for mega-litigator Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, his attorney-son Zach and their legal associate Sidney Backstrom – if they are tried as originally scheduled by Senior U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. Biggers said no Thursday to a defense motion to…
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February 22, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, February 22: home sour home
Scruggs Nation, February 22: home sour home There was a new motion filed in USA v. Scruggs (Northern Mississippi edition) yesterday — a motion by the government to empanel an anonymous jury and sequester jurors for the length of the trial. Let’s take a look at the factors a court ponders when considering whether the…
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February 22, 2008
YP – Landrum enables opponents higher limits via FEC ‘millionaire amendment’
By virtue of the fact that MS 3rd Republican candidate David Landrum has exceeded $350K worth of campaign contributions into his own campaign, he has tripled the per person FEC limits for his campaign opponents. According to his filing, Landrum has actually put $410K into his own campaign coffers. FEC election law has a ‘millionaire…
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Daniel Tyson
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January 20, 2026
Senate unanimously votes to eliminate 22 state boards, commissions
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 20, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: January 20, 2026
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Jeremy Pittari
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January 19, 2026
Tim Tebow to keynote EmpowerMS Solutions Summit
Business
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Frank Corder
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January 20, 2026
SouthWorth acquires Mississippi-based American Furniture Manufacturing
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Frank Corder
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January 13, 2026
Higgins contracted to lead Tate County economic development
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Frank Corder
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January 8, 2026
xAI investing more than $20 billion in Southaven data center
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Alistair Begg
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January 20, 2026
Victory is the Lord’s
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Mark Pratt, Associated Press
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January 19, 2026
Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss sues NCAA for extra year of eligibility
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Robert St. John
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January 19, 2026
Tea, over time
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Russ Latino
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January 20, 2026
The Legislature’s added billions in new education funding, their opponents still accuse them of ‘underfunding’
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Patricia Levesque
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January 16, 2026
Mississippi continues to raise educational standards, with opportunities ahead
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Russ Latino
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January 16, 2026
The House passed school choice, but what is it and why do conservatives want it?
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