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March 17, 2008
Senate Passes “Miss Breland’s Law”
WLBT, 3/16/8 She taught for years at Murrah and Central High Schools in Jackson and loved her job. In July 2006, long after she retired, Irene Breland was attacked as she walked out of her home. Beaten and robbed, Breland later died as a result of her injuries. The offenders stole her purse, and used…
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March 17, 2008
Legislature considers diverse marriage proposals
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/17/8 Both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature have passed bills dealing with marriage. But other than both having the word marriage in them – the bills have little in common. The Senate passed new legislation that would create what are referred to as covenant marriages that would be harder to…
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March 17, 2008
Medicaid-fix debate heats up house bill 1013
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/17/8 If a bill that would hike the cigarette tax dies in a Senate committee this week, many believe a special session could be called to deal with a $90 million shortfall Medicaid is facing. House Bill 1013 is the only piece of surviving legislation that would allow lawmakers to either raise the…
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March 17, 2008
DJ – Scruggs trial ties together a complex web of cases
Scruggs trial ties together a complex web of cases If you want a quick explanation of the ins and outs of the legal situations involving Oxford mega-lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, here’s an explainer. Friday, Scruggs and lawyer colleague Sidney Backstrom of Oxford pleaded guilty to one county of conspiring to bribe Circuit Judge Henry L.…
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March 17, 2008
Deadline looms for measures
Deadline looms for measures Clarion Ledger 3/17/8
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March 17, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, March 17
Scruggs Nation, March 17 Now, come on here, with all due respect, Scruggs “thought he couldn’t trust the system”? He got nailed in the Luckey lawsuit for holding back on a partner. What does it mean, under those circumstances, to say “He thought he couldn’t trust the system”? He lost a fair fight, so he…
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March 17, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Scruggs: Notes from the Transcript
Scruggs: Notes from the Transcript A Bribe? No! An Earwig!: At one point, the following colloquy broke out between Scruggs and Judge Neal Biggers: THE COURT : All right. Mr. Scruggs, then, did you do what the prosecutor just said you did, as far as your acts in this charge are concerned? THE DEFENDANT :…
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March 17, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, post-Ides of March, pre-St. Patrick’s Day edition
Scruggs Nation, post-Ides of March, pre-St. Patrick’s Day edition So it wasn’t just pride or arrogance, it also had something to do with the special conditions found in Mississippi. As we’ve talked about before, not every legal endeavor Scruggs engaged in was successful. We can ask ourselves — has he had any successes at all,…
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March 17, 2008
Defendant in DUI death to be tried 3 years later
Defendant in DUI death to be tried 3 years later The taped conversations have recently been made public. It was within those transcripts that South found part of her answer why her husband’s accused killer had not gone to trial in November. South said her niece found the transcripts on the Internet. South read over…
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March 17, 2008
LNL – Hood: Federal justice effective against Scruggs
Hood: Federal justice effective against Scruggs “The federal government effectively used its wiretap authority to prosecute a rare judicial bribery case,” Hood said. “It would be an effective deterrent in other white collar crime cases, if the Legislature would give wiretap authority to state prosecutors.” Hood has drawn criticism since the November indictment of Scruggs,…
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March 17, 2008
WLOX – Mississippi Lawyer Speak Out On Scruggs’ Guilty Plea
Mississippi Lawyer Speak Out On Scruggs’ Guilty Plea “The truth of the matter is the system worked. They did wrong, and they got caught,” says Criminal Defense Attorney Tim Holleman. “This should prove to the folks of our state that no illegal or unethical activity will be tolerated,” says Attorney Quentin Whitwell. “Short of violence,…
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March 17, 2008
BRUMFIELD – A close-up look from the courtroom
A close-up look from the courtroom Friday, when I came into the third-floor courtroom, Dickie was seated on the second row, his wife on his left, his lawyer on his right, then co-defendant Sidney Backstrom next to the lawyer. It didn’t look right. Mrs. Scruggs was not a usual sight in the courthouse with her…
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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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