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February 5, 2008
Judge Mills Slams The Door on Scruggs’ Lawyers’ Legal Shenanigans
Judge Mike Mills has just ordered the Scruggs deposition to begin “immediately”. Order can be found here. It is an amazing risk for Scruggs’ lawyers to have run with their client out on bond and under indictment currently in two different cases.
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February 5, 2008
All hell breaks loose in Oxford – State Farm v. Hood
As it always happens, I leave the office for an hour and all hell breaks loose. Hattip to FOLO for their reporting. Lawyers for State Farm and Dickie Scruggs exchanged emails fast and furious over the weekend. They can be found here inside of an affidavit by State Farm attorney Barney Robinson. Apparently, Scruggs’ lawyers…
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February 4, 2008
Money chase for 3rd District seat begins
The Hattieburg American, 2/4/8 David Landrum, a businessman from Madison, led his rivals in campaign fundraising at the end of the year, according to the latest reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Landrum is one of eight Republicans running for the seat of retiring Rep. Chip Pickering, R-3rd District. He reported raising $519,268 with…
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February 4, 2008
What is working well in Jackson?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/3/8 Several Clarion-Ledger editors met with a group of Jacksonians last week to talk about the newspaper and our community. Members of 100 Black Men, 100 Black Women, Leadership Jackson, Jackson 2000 and Delta Sigma Theta meet regularly to discuss the future of Jackson and moving the community forward. They were kind…
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February 4, 2008
Education: Onus is now on Barbour, Senate
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/4/8 The Mississippi House has approved most of the provisions in The Quality Education Act of 2008. It is now up to the Senate to approve the act, and perhaps expand on it. For those who say Mississippi can’t afford improvement and should just stick to basic funding, Nancy Loome, executive director…
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February 4, 2008
A good start
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 2/4/8 Legislators had their first chance last week to live up to 2007 campaign promises to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, and the House of Representatives followed through on the pledge. The House also added a 3 percent teacher pay raise as well as a funding start…
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February 4, 2008
Medicaid, education funding on agenda
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/4/8 Today is the deadline for introduction of general bills in the Legislature, but many hot-topic issues already have hit the committee tables and chamber floors. Funds for Medicaid and education – two of the highest-dollar appropriations – are expected to dominate debate this week. An election-reform package, a bill placing more restrictions…
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February 4, 2008
DA to launch investigation into Melton death threats
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/4/8 Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith said Sunday he will investigate reported death threats against Mayor Frank Melton after an arrest last week in the 1995 slaying of a Jackson police officer. Melton said he was notified last week of threats made against him and several others involved in Friday’s arrest…
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February 4, 2008
Rational, extensive energy policy needed
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/3/8 Members of Congress went home for the holidays only to have political pundits accuse them of having accomplished little or nothing of consequence. But a “do-nothing” Congress sometimes is, as Martha Stewart would say, a good thing – especially when the alternative is enacting legislation that hurts the economy. More often than…
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February 4, 2008
Senate: Timing aside, issues matter
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/3/8 Gov. Haley Barbour has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to decide if he was correct in setting a Nov. 4 special election date to fill the seat of Republican U.S. Sen. Trent Lott. While there’s more than a little political intrigue in the argument between Barbour and Hood over the election…
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February 4, 2008
Barbour plan diverts money to roads
The Sun Herald, 2/2/8 Coast legislators have mixed feelings over Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to use millions lawmakers had socked away in case the state needed it for Katrina expenses. Since a rules change allowed the state to avoid paying millions to match federal spending, Barbour wants to use about $108 million of the $268…
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February 4, 2008
Melton aims to fire builder
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/3/8 By now, a two-block stretch of Farish Street in Jackson between Amite and Hamilton streets was supposed to be a main downtown attraction for entertainment. But with little progress made on the project, Mayor Frank Melton again has said he is ready to “pull the plug” on the developer of the Farish…
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January 19, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: January 19, 2026
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Jeremy Pittari
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January 16, 2026
MDES, AccelerateMS, Community College Board make budget requests to Senate
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Frank Corder
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January 16, 2026
Guest to chair hearing on non-intrusive inspection technology use along U.S. borders
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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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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Robert St. John
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January 19, 2026
Tea, over time
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Alistair Begg
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January 19, 2026
A song of faith
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Matt Friedeman
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January 18, 2026
The abundant life, in a nutshell
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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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Chris Brown
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January 14, 2026
Advanced nuclear is America’s strategic energy advantage
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