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March 18, 2008
Senator backs catfish-origin label bill
The Daily Leader, 3/17/8 District 39 Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has been at the center of a country of origin catfish labeling bill designed to give consumers more information about what they’re eating. The bill has passed out of Hyde-Smith’s Agriculture Committee and has been sent to the Public Health Committee. “The bill would require restaurants…
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March 18, 2008
Cig/hospital taxes: It’s not either/or but both
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 3/18/8 Mississippi lawmakers are about to start tossing political footballs back and forth, but citizens shouldn’t participate. Specifically, the game is how to fund Medicaid, and if the state’s cigarette tax or the state’s tax on hospitals should be raised. The game pits Gov. Haley Barbour who has opposed raising the cigarette…
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March 18, 2008
Barbour OKs illegal-worker bill
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/18/8 Companies in Mississippi soon will be required to use a federal pilot program called eVerify to determine whether potential workers are legal U.S. residents, under a bill Gov. Haley Barbour signed into law Monday. But shortly after he signed off on Senate Bill 2988, Barbour cautioned that the language needs some alterations,…
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March 18, 2008
Bill would pressure top brass in schools
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/18/8 Better leadership is one way to help chronically underperforming schools improve, state Board of Education members said Monday. So they’re encouraging the Legislature to pass a bill that would take to task superintendents whose districts repeatedly miss the achievement mark. “Failure’s not an option; you’re talking about kids,” said Claude Hartley, State…
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March 18, 2008
Miss. Ed. Board encourages House to pass accountability bill
The Sun Herald, 3/18/8 The Mississippi Board of Education is urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would make school superintendents more accountable for academic performance in their districts. Under the bill, a superintendent in a district that is low-performing for two consecutive years will be removed from office. If that superintendent is elected, his…
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March 18, 2008
(Zach) Scruggs Nation, March 18
Insurance Coverage Blog, 3/18/8 As I wrote in one of my posts yesterday, Judge Biggers’ order of yesterday afternoon made it clear that the deadline for plea agreements remained March 17. Some people have asked me whether this is an absolute deadline — for example, if Zach Scruggs wanted to enter into a plea agreement…
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March 18, 2008
Obama as nominee could give boost to other Mississippi Dems
Obama as nominee could give boost to other Mississippi Dems So, given the historic voting patterns in Mississippi, does that then hurt the Republicans? “It probably means that more of Gov. Musgrove’s base will turn out to vote,” Barbour said. “But, you know, at the end of the day I think most Mississippians’ views are…
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March 18, 2008
YP – Your daily dose of Jim Hood quotes re: Dickie Scruggs scandal
In response to a WLBT report on returning political contributions from convicted felons (see the video as well), Jim Hood today responded . . . Has this entire sad and disappointing chapter in Mississippi history dissolved into ruinous partisan politics? For the sake of our citizens I hope not” For those of you in the…
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March 18, 2008
Yet more lawyers for Zach Scruggs
Yet more lawyers for Zach Scruggs I looked back at PACER to see if there are new developments, and two new lawyers are requesting pro hac vice admittance to represent Zach Scruggs. Here they are: Edward Robertson, Jr. and Mary Winter. Haven’t had much time to do any research on them, but here is a…
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March 18, 2008
FOLO – News and views from NMC
News and views from NMC Also consider the many big guns who were operating that vaunted “united defense” that’s no longer required. Well, if he’s going to trial, Zach best fill in all these fresh craters around him, right? So has he now got the heavy-duty Mississippi crim-defense chops he was missing? You’d think the…
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March 18, 2008
“I PLEAD GUILTY”: Three words, so hard for Scruggs to say
“I PLEAD GUILTY”: Three words, so hard for Scruggs to say Reading the transcript, first posted online Friday by the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Jackson attorney Vicki Slater was not surprised to find Scruggs appeared reluctant to confess. He was forced to admit his guilt so he would face only a maximum of five…
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March 18, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Zach Scruggs’s Latest Lawyer, Ex-Miss AG Mike Moore
Zach Scruggs’s Latest Lawyer, Ex-Miss AG Mike Moore We caught up with Todd Graves, the former U.S. attorney who’s been representing Zach. He and Mike Moore, he says, have been “working together on this. Mike will be trying the case with me and Nathan Garrett,” a colleague of Graves’s. Mike Moore sent this prepared statement…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 15, 2026
Governor appoints Howell to fill 3rd Chancery District Judge seat
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Frank Corder
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June 15, 2026
Independent U.S. Senate candidate Pinkins believes many Mississippi voters want something different
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June 15, 2026
Trump heads to G7 summit with wind at his back after announcing agreement aimed at ending Iran war
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Frank Corder
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June 10, 2026
NPL Construction locating fabrication, manufacturing operations in Greenwood
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Frank Corder
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June 8, 2026
EVE Energy makes U.S. Dept. of War’s roster of “Chinese military companies”
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Robert St. John
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June 15, 2026
The unlived life
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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June 15, 2026
Troy ramps up its offense to rally for 12-8 win that knocks Mississippi out of College World Series
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Alistair Begg
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June 15, 2026
Delivered by prayer
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Roger Wicker
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June 12, 2026
Wicker: Mississippi leads in national defense
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Ashby Foote
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June 11, 2026
A Jackson data center: Threat or opportunity?
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Andy Gipson
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June 10, 2026
Working with the Trump administration to eliminate welfare fraud
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