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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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February 28, 2008
SNS – Witness says Scruggs Paid Bagman; $50 Million goes to Mystery Man
Witness says Scruggs Paid Bagman; $50 Million goes to Mystery Man State News Shot 2/27/8
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February 28, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Another Not-so-Good Day for the Scruggs Defendants
Another Not-so-Good Day for the Scruggs Defendants On Tuesday, Hood told press outlets that his decision not to indict State Farm was based solely on advice from senior prosecutors. According to the FBI memo, “Dickie Scruggs reneged on his pledge to pay Patterson Balducci $500,000, but later agreed to pay the firm $100,000 per month…
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February 28, 2008
LNL – Scruggs allegedly offered sum to influence Hood
Scruggs allegedly offered sum to influence Hood Worried a state-run criminal investigation might interfere with his payday, indicted trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs may have attempted to sway Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s decision to prosecute State Farm Insurance Cos. Legal Newsline 2/27/8
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February 28, 2008
FOLO – Another Hood-Langston-Balducci bleg
Another Hood-Langston-Balducci bleg FOLO 2/27/8
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February 28, 2008
SALTERBLOG – Hood: What’s Balducci REALLY said about Hood on Page 49…
Hood: What’s Balducci REALLY said about Hood on Page 49… Hood cited Balducci as saying: “He (Hood) ain’t gonna dance with the one who brought him to, to the dance.” What Hood left out was the previous utterance by Balducci on the transcript. In that conversation, Balducci tells Backstrom: “I haven seen or talked to…
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September 1, 2026
U.S. House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election
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September 1, 2026
Oil giant Chevron is expected to announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, U.S. official says
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Clara Turnage
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September 1, 2026
Engineering team aims to make carbon conversion simpler, more affordable
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Frank Corder
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August 28, 2026
Ocean Aero creating 45 jobs with $4 million expansion in Gulfport
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Frank Corder
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August 27, 2026
Raytheon announces completion of $50 million expansion in Forest
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Cass Rutledge
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August 20, 2026
Solero Technologies announces $14 million expansion in Water Valley
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Alistair Begg
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September 2, 2026
God of the ordinary
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 1, 2026
A little bit petty, a whole lot creative: Inside Tupelo’s Petty Betty’s Art Studio
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Alistair Begg
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September 1, 2026
The valley of decision
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Sid Salter
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September 2, 2026
For over 40 years, Mississippi workers have exceeded expectations at Raytheon
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Ashby Foote
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September 1, 2026
Energy Wars: Attack of the drones
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Roger Wicker
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August 28, 2026
Reports of Mississippi momentum are true
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