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February 28, 2008
MS Senate Approves Death Penalty for Child Predators
WJTV, 2/27/8 The state senate has approved a bill that authorizes the death penalty for anyone convicted of raping or committing sexually battery against a child under the age of 12 at least twice. District 41 Sen. Joey Fillingane, principal sponsor of the legislation, says the bill was proposed by the state Department of Human…
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February 28, 2008
Senate restricts Medicaid lawsuits
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/28/8 Private physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants could be given some protection in medical malpractice lawsuits filed by Medicaid patients under a bill passed by the Mississippi Senate Wednesday. Senate Bill 2998 would limit the damages a recipient of the subsidized health-care program can receive to $500,000. Supporters say it could help…
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February 28, 2008
Lt. Gov. Bryant to teach part-time at MC
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/28/8 Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant this summer will become a part-time faculty member at his alma mater, Mississippi College. “As an alumnus, I look forward to returning and serving as a faculty member and teaching what I love best, Mississippi political history,” Bryant said in a news release. Bryant was an adjunct professor…
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February 28, 2008
AG-contract bill passes House
The Sun Herald, 2/28/8 A bill that passed the House would require the state attorney general’s office to disclose more information about its contracts with private lawyers. “This is referred to in some parts as the ‘Sunshine Bill,’ ” said Judiciary Chairman Ed Blackmon, D-Canton. He said Tuesday the attorney general would have to notify…
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February 28, 2008
FBI: Scruggs Paid 2 Men to Persuade AG
The Associated Press, 2/28/8 A prominent attorney embroiled in a judicial bribery case paid two associates $500,000 to convince Mississippi’s Attorney General not to file criminal charges against an insurance company, according to court records. Plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Cos. soon after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was…
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February 28, 2008
CHIP: Health care for kids a bipartisan concern
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/28/8 While the Democratic-majority Congress is considering an expanded Children’s Health Insurance Program bill – possibly for after the Nov. 4 election – it was good to have Republican Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speak up for kids’ health. Barbour testified Tuesday before the House Health Subcommittee that poor states are suffering under…
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February 28, 2008
CL – AG: No meeting if he had known of payment deal
AG: No meeting if he had known of payment deal “If I knew they were getting paid that much, I would have told them to get out of the office because it just didn’t smell right,” Hood said Wednesday. An FBI document made public this week as part of one judicial bribery case alleges embattled…
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February 28, 2008
DJ – Scruggs-Backstrom update: Defense gets most of what it asks for juror questionnaire
Scruggs-Backstrom update: Defense gets most of what it asks for juror questionnaire Potential jurors in the Scruggs-Backstrom judicial bribery case will receive a questionnaire amended with some questions proposed by defense attorneys, a late Wednesday ruling shows. However, Senior Judge Neal Biggers Jr. ruled he will not allow some questions which “can be best brought…
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February 28, 2008
FOLO – U.S. v. Scruggs: Jury stuff
U.S. v. Scruggs: Jury stuff Second, in all the blizzard of filings earlier in the week, I missed that the defense responded to the government’s motion for an anonymous sequestered jury. The response notes (with some accuracy) that many of the publicity-related concerns are exactly what the defense was talking about in the change of…
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February 28, 2008
FOLO – Documents in the Alabama US v. Scruggs contempt case provide interesting background
Documents in the Alabama US v. Scruggs contempt case provide interesting background 12/12/06 email Asst A.G. Courtney Schloemer to Scruggs (Ex2) “”I am not comfortable that the protective measures put in place by the Court will be effective in keeping these documents out of the grasp of State Farm. I would appreciate if you would…
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February 28, 2008
YP – From the Memory Division – Anyone heard from Grisham lately?
Just a rhetorical question from the Memory Division here at YallPolitics. Has anyone heard from John Grisham lately? At one point, he was out in front on this Scruggs defense program. That seems to have settled down a bit here lately.
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February 28, 2008
More on yesterday’s ruling from Judge Biggers in USA v. Scruggs (Northern Mississippi edition)
More on yesterday’s ruling from Judge Biggers in USA v. Scruggs (Northern Mississippi edition) Scruggs undoubtedly was involved, in the Alabama case, in sending the Rigsby documents to Hood instead of returning them to the attorneys for the sisters’ former employers as ordered. But even with that case, some presume he must have had some…
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Bonnie Coblentz
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April 10, 2026
Strategic, unified vision transforms Carthage
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 10, 2026
Miss. Dept. of Health outlines upcoming fiscal year budget
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 10, 2026
Mississippi moves up to 48th in national health rankings
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Susan Marquez
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April 10, 2026
C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure
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Daniel Tyson
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April 9, 2026
Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Marilyn Tinnin
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Joan Williams: Gifted author and Faulkner’s protégé
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Protected by His presence
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Marilyn Tinnin
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April 9, 2026
The Mississippi Gift Company spreads the best of the Magnolia State across the globe
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Roger Wicker
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