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January 11, 2008
City Council defends travel tab
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/11/8 The Jackson City Council and Mayor Frank Melton combined to spend more than $13,000 on travel during the same period the city was struggling to balance a $2.3 million budget shortfall, records show. But officials defended the travel as important for the city and unrelated to Jackson’s money problems. Five City Council…
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January 11, 2008
Some Barbour GOP colleagues ignore ‘no-new-taxes’ concept
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/11/8 Gov. Haley Barbour, who chants his no-new-taxes mantra as though it came from Holy Writ, finds himself in company now with two other Republicans in the news recently who have records of supporting tax raises for necessary causes. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, the ex-1st District congressman Barbour last week appointed as…
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January 11, 2008
Dowdy’s word: No 2nd term
The Sun Herald, 1/11/8 Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Dowdy said Thursday he will not seek election to a second term when a chairman is chosen in May. Dowdy, a 64-year-old lawyer from McComb, said he told party members he would only serve one term and is sticking to his word. “Democrats in Mississippi need…
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January 11, 2008
State officials take oaths in Jackson
The Sun Herald, 1/11/8 Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, State Treasurer Tate Reeves, Attorney General Jim Hood and other state officials were sworn in during a ceremony Thursday in the state House chamber. After he was sworn in, Bryant, flanked by his family and World War II Medal of Honor winner Jack Lucas, said he was…
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January 11, 2008
State Senate releases committee assignments
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/11/8 Three Republicans and two Democrats will lead the “big five” committees in the Mississippi Senate the next four years. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, who was sworn in Thursday, released the list after the chamber convened at 9 a.m. This morning is Bryant’s first time presiding over the chamber and until now, him…
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January 11, 2008
Giuliani floats tax-cut plan; Richardson exits
Market Watch, 1/10/8 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani floated a new plan to cut taxes while Bill Richardson was reportedly set to give up his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, as White House hopefuls sped toward the next primary-election contests. Speaking in Melbourne, Fla. on Wednesday, Republican contender Giuliani outlined a…
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January 11, 2008
Musgrove’s Ties to Big Insurance Smells to High Heaven
Musgrove’s Ties to Big Insurance Smells to High Heaven No amount of Musgrove’s snake oil salesman, smooth-talking mumbo jumbo—even if it is delivered with his soft Southern accent—is going to overcome the fact that he is a member of the law firm that defended George Dale, that represents State Farm, that houses the hired guns…
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January 11, 2008
FOLO – On the Jones v. Scruggs schedule for next week
On the Jones v. Scruggs schedule for next week Another event next week (probably the biggest yet scheduled. Perhaps more will be bigger later, but this is what we have for now) is a hearing set on the Jones, Funderburg preliminary injunction motion in the Jones, Funderberg v. Scruggs case. For those not following this…
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January 11, 2008
FOLO – Another Cat 5
Another Cat 5 Yesterday and last night I spent emailing back-and-forth with various reporters, lawyers, and other well-placed sources, all of us having freshly received similar warnings: Think bigger now. All right, y’all in Oxford, the Delta, the red-clay hills — even beyond Mississippi — here comes your Cat 5. Yes, board-up your place this…
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January 11, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 45: the reckoning
Scruggs Nation, Day 45: the reckoning This thing in Mississippi is starting to rock around and bounce like a pressure cooker with no safety valve and the burner underneath turned up to flamethrower level. Feels like it’s about ready to blow up and spray strawberry preserves and shrapnel all over the kitchen. They say if…
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January 11, 2008
Party chairmen will not seek re-election
Party chairmen will not seek re-election Both Mississippi Republican and Democratic party chairmen will not seek re-election, The Clarion-Ledger learned today. Jim Herring said in a letter that he would not seek re-election for another four-year term as chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party at the state convention in May. Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Wayne…
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January 11, 2008
DJ – Biggers sets hearing on Scruggs request
Biggers sets hearing on Scruggs request Work out your differences before a Wednesday hearing, Senior Judge Neal Biggers Jr. ordered attorneys in the judicial bribery case of famed attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and four others, court records showed late Thursday. Biggers set a 10 a.m. Wednesday hearing in U.S. District Court to hear arguments in…
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 21, 2025
Mississippi lawmakers react as SNAP work requirement modifications take effect
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Alcorn’s Sound of Dyn-O-Mite to represent Mississippi in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Daniel Tyson
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November 20, 2025
Amazon investing $3 billion in Warren County data center campus
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Daniel Tyson
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November 18, 2025
Toyota investing $125 million in Blue Springs plant
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Daniel Tyson
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October 30, 2025
Mississippi senators hear concerns from farmers as state’s agriculture industry struggles
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Matt Friedeman
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November 23, 2025
Hard work of evangelism
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Susan Marquez
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November 21, 2025
It’s not Thanksgiving for Chef Austin Sumrall without his Oyster Hand Pie
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Alistair Begg
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November 21, 2025
Preaching the Kingdom of God
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Kimberly Ross
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November 21, 2025
The political right needs to exorcize its Fuentes’ demons
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Sid Salter
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November 19, 2025
Term limits: Why small rural states like Mississippi lose when seniority is forced out
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Jill Ford
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November 18, 2025
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