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December 27, 2007
Overtime: City forced to face facts with JPD
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/27/7 Hinds County Sheriff/Jackson Police Chief Malcolm McMillin isn’t being insensitive or heartless in cutting out overtime pay for police officers. He’s being realistic. Ask any manager in the private sector: Overtime is the least efficient, most expensive, and worst management practice for dealing with personnel requirements. “There will be no overtime in…
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December 27, 2007
Taylor to urge wind coverage again
The Sun Herald, 12/27/7 Vacant waterfront lots motivate U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor to fight even harder for a multiple-perils insurance bill when he returns to Washington. “Look at this,” Taylor said Wednesday, of properties in Gulfport, the state’s second-largest city. He said people won’t build back until they are able to buy insurance they can…
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December 27, 2007
Some states pushing voter ID laws
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/27/7 When they head to the voting booth to choose a 2008 presidential candidate, some voters also will have to make sure they take proper identification to the polls. In some states, voters will have to show a current, government-issued photo ID. Other states want to impose the same requirement but are waiting…
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December 27, 2007
Taylor Back From Iraq After Visiting Mississippi Troops
WLOX, 12/26/7 Another $70 billion will be spent on the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Bush signed legislation Wednesday that funds the Iraq war well into 2008. More than 600 Mississippi National Guardsmen are currently part of that war. Right before Christmas, many of them got a taste of home courtesy fourth district…
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December 27, 2007
Dale resigns post, Chaney in early
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/27/7 Incoming Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney will takE office a few days early as Gov. Haley Barbour appointed him to replace longtime Commissioner George Dale, who resigned effective Dec. 31. Chaney, elected commissioner in the November general election, will serve on an appointed basis from Jan. 1 until he is…
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December 27, 2007
Landrum says he’s no D.C. insider
Landrum says he’s no D.C. insider When Rep. Chip Pickering vacates his 3rd District seat in Congress in 2008, there will be an ample supply of people aiming to replace him. Businessman David Landrum, 52, is on that list. Landrum, a Republican has said he’ll be “rolling out” his legislative agenda over the next three…
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December 27, 2007
2 former Miss. judges to report to prison Thursday for bribery
2 former Miss. judges to report to prison Thursday for bribery Two former judges report to federal prison Thursday to begin serving lengthy sentences for their roles in a judicial bribery scandal that entangled one of the state’s most prominent plaintiffs attorneys. Former Circuit Judge John Whitfield and former Chancery Judge Wes Teel, both of…
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December 27, 2007
Dale to Resign 12/31 – Barbour to Appoint Chaney as Interim
DALE TO RESIGN DECEMBER 31, GOVERNOR APPOINTS CHANEY INSURANCE COMMISSIONER EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 Incoming Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney will be taking office a few days early as Governor Haley Barbour has appointed him to replace longtime Commissioner George Dale, who has resigned effective December 31, 2007. Chaney, who was elected Insurance Commissioner in the general…
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December 27, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 28
Scruggs Nation, Day 28 Balducci “did it on his own,” Keker says. “Now he’s trying to spread the pain around.” I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. This seems remarkably weak as a defense. I keep waiting to see what else Keker has got in his magic act, and he keeps going back…
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December 27, 2007
LNL – Scruggs gets extra month before trial
Scruggs gets extra month before trial Though the deadline for discovery will stay the same, U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers has pushed the bribery trial of prominent trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, back more than a month. On Friday, Biggers claimed that Scruggs’ defense team did not make a convincing argument to stay proceedings based…
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December 27, 2007
USATODAY – Bribery case stemming from Katrina lawsuits makes waves
Bribery case stemming from Katrina lawsuits makes waves The indictment and the criminal contempt charge stem from Scruggs’ work on behalf of Katrina victims. Scruggs, who lost his Pascagoula home in the storm, gathered prominent trial attorneys to sue State Farm, saying it had shortchanged Gulf Coast residents who lost homes and businesses. State Farm…
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December 27, 2007
WSJ – Mississippi Tort Inc.
Mississippi Tort Inc. The bribery case against tort baron Dickie Scruggs promises to be the trial of 2008 in legal and business circles. But whatever the verdict, the prosecution is already doing a public service by exposing the incestuous relationship among prosecutors and trial lawyers in Mississippi. It’s a pattern that deserves similar scrutiny across…
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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
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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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