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January 4, 2008
Budgets and taxes
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/4/8 Legislators resuming their annual, unenviable struggles with taxes and budgets next week in the 2008 session face official forecasts of a diminished rate of growth in revenues – which could prove problematic. Gov. Barbour vetoed during his first term a bipartisan “tax swap” – reductions in Mississippi’s highest-in-the-nation 7…
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January 4, 2008
‘Tax swap’ could get shelved in Legislature
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/4/8 With a newly appointed committee studying the state’s tax structure, some believe legislation calling for an increase in the state’s cigarette tax while decreasing the grocery tax will be set aside this session. Others, skeptical about why the study wasn’t commissioned years ago, say they’ll continue to push the so-called “tax swap”…
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January 4, 2008
Barbour unveils health insurance plan, tax study
The Sun Herald, 1/3/8 Gov. Haley Barbour said Thursday he will propose a Mississippi health insurance exchange for small businesses during the upcoming legislative session. Meeting with reporters, the governor also called for a comprehensive study of Mississippi’s tax system and said Leland Speed, former director of the Mississippi Development Authority, would lead the study…
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January 4, 2008
State Farm wants remaining Scruggs-affiliated attorneys removed from Katrina case
The Sun Herald, 1/3/8 State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. is seeking to disqualify several former members of the Scruggs Katrina Group – a legal team led by embattled attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs – from representing a couple suing the insurer over Hurricane Katrina damage. In court papers filed Thursday, State Farm accuses lawyers from…
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January 4, 2008
Mayor’s bodyguard sent back to streets
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/4/8 A Jackson police officer assigned to guard Mayor Frank Melton about three months ago is back patrolling city streets. Assistant Police Chief Lee Vance confirmed Thursday the police chief reassigned Nathaniel Rushing about a week ago to Precinct 1. Vance said it was because the officer was needed in patrol. “It’s a…
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January 3, 2008
Education funding fight expected
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/3/8 All three state education entities will seek to increase their portions of the budget pie during the 2008 legislative session. For the current budget year, which began July 1, the education entities receive $3.07 billion or 62.3 percent of the total general fund. Together the kindergarten through 12th grade…
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January 3, 2008
City attorney again will sign off on city payments
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/3/8 Jackson’s city attorney again will start signing the document that approves payment of the city’s bills, Mayor Frank Melton said Wednesday. City Council members have been reluctant to sign the claims docket, fearful they personally would be liable if an improper payment were made from the document. City Attorney Sarah O’Reilly-Evans’ signature…
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January 3, 2008
Bryant, senators get head start
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/3/8 The 2008 session doesn’t begin until Tuesday, but Mississippi senators will get a jump on forming and debating legislation the chamber could pass this year. Democrats and Republicans, veterans and freshmen, are expected to gather this morning in Jackson for a two-day policy summit hosted by Phil Bryant. The incoming lieutenant governor…
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January 3, 2008
Franks unsure about bid for Wicker’s post
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/2/8 Outgoing state Rep. Jamie Franks said it’s unlikely he will run against state Rep. Steve Holland for the congressional seat Roger Wicker’s recent appointment to the U.S. Senate left vacant. “And I don’t believe he would run against me either,” Franks said of his friend and fellow representative. Both are Democrats from…
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January 3, 2008
Hood files lawsuit over Senate seat election
The Sun Herald, 1/2/8 The dispute over an election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Republican Trent Lott is now headed to court. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood on Wednesday filed a complaint in Hinds County Circuit Court against the Nov. 4 election date set by Gov. Haley Barbour. The two have…
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January 3, 2008
2 qualify for Pickering’s House seat
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/2/8 Two Republicans announced that they have qualified with the state GOP to run for U.S. representative in the 3rd District. Both John Rounsaville, of Madison, and Charlie Ross, of Brandon, filed the necessary paperwork today, according to news releases from their respective campaigns. U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, who announced in 2007 that…
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January 3, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 36: the Kerri Rigsby deposition
Scruggs Nation, Day 36: the Kerri Rigsby deposition Note that on page 2 of the deposition, Sid Backstrom of the Scruggs Law Firm (now under indictment in the alleged bribery case) says he is there representing the plaintiffs, the McIntoshes. Another lawyer from another firm was defending Rigsby’s deposition. But when the questioning turned to…
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Frank Corder
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September 18, 2025
Autopsy findings show Delta State student’s manner of death was suicide
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 18, 2025
Change in U.S. Department of Education funding will mean more one-time funds for HBCUs
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Daniel Tyson
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September 18, 2025
Raymond Detention Center to be overseen by federal receiver, court orders
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Magnolia Tribune
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September 17, 2025
Ridgeland-based HORNE to join BDO USA
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Lynne Jeter
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September 16, 2025
Port Pascagoula drives $18.3 billion in economic impact for Mississippi
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September 15, 2025
A framework deal on TikTok has been reached between the US and China
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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September 18, 2025
Robert St. John roasted by Mississippi Press Foundation
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Alistair Begg
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September 18, 2025
The power of proper thinking
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Richelle Putnam
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September 17, 2025
Mississippi Songwriters Performing Arts Center: From the dream to digging dirt
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Russ Latino
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September 18, 2025
Kimmel’s “the FCC won’t let me be” moment
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Russ Latino
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September 18, 2025
Sticks and stones: Navigating ‘free speech’ after Charlie Kirk’s murder
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Sid Salter
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September 17, 2025
Nash’s book chronicles a new take on the realities of ‘Reconstruction in Mississippi’
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