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August 31, 2007
Investigation into vote fraud in Benton County nets 14th arrest
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/31/7 Arrests continue to mount in an investigation into voter fraud in Benton County. On Thursday, state Attorney General Jim Hood announced the 14th arrest since the vote-buying investigation began several weeks before the August pri-mary.
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August 31, 2007
Cole continues to rip Spell over beef plant, other campaign issues
The Greenwood Commonwealth, 8/30/7 Rickey Cole, Democratic nominee for state commissioner of agriculture, began a Wednesday speech by discussing a familiar topic – the failed Mississippi Beef Processors plant. That 2004 beef plant, which saw $55 million of taxpayers’ money fund a cull cattle beef plant that was up and running for only three months,…
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August 31, 2007
Repub House Members – ‘Who will you support for Speaker?’
The Mississippi House Republican Conference unanimously agreed Thursday that GOP members will vote together as a group to elect a new Speaker of the House other than incumbent Rep. Billy McCoy (D-Rienzi) for a new four-year term of office beginning in January, 2008. “We’re going to have a new Speaker next January, and it’s not…
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August 31, 2007
Cory Wilson Update – 8/30
It’s about funding our priorities . . . As a fiscal conservative, Cory Wilson believes that government spending should get results for every taxpayer dollar spent. Government cannot spend enough to solve every problem, nor should it. We have to fund our priorities first. One of those priorities is public safety. . . . and…
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August 31, 2007
REDBLUE – Legislative Outlook
Legislative General Elections In summary, the chances of the Republicans gaining numerical control of the House do not look good at this point, while the chances of the Democrats regaining control of the Senate are looking better. BUT, the race for Speaker has the potential for being very close. Jere Nash RedBlue Clarion Ledger 8/31/7
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August 31, 2007
SALTERBLOG – Speaker’s race: Three blocs of votes in play
Speaker’s race: Three blocs of votes in play In the evolving race for Speaker of the House, current Speaker Billy McCoy already faces 47 Republican votes against him according to a statement from House Republicans today who vowed to vote as a bloc to defeat McCoy. That leaves McCoy with the task of cobbling together…
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August 30, 2007
Hood has taken $34K from Scruggs – now defends him
Jim Hood has taken in $34,000 in campaign contributions in the last 20 months and is now defending his honor to the feds after Scruggs was charged with criminal contempt. Here is the contribution in 2006. Here is the contribution in 2007.
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August 30, 2007
Rudy leads in 100 of 108 national polls since January
Rudy Giuliani continues to hold a double digit lead (11% average) in national republican polls in what is essentiall a four way race with himself, Thompson, Romney and McCain. Since January 2008, Giuliani has led all announced & unannounced candidates in 100 of 108 national polls conducted – most of them by double digits.
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August 30, 2007
Thompson announcement date likely to come today
Thompson announcement date likely to come today Fred Thompson’s campaign-in-waiting will hold a 4 p.m. conference call today with supporters to brief them on plans for the former Tennessee senator’s presidential announcement next week, according to an e-mail obtained by Politico.com. Randy Enwright, Thompson’s political director, said in the message that they will “discuss the…
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August 30, 2007
Health care access, service focus of summit
The Meridian Star, 8/29/7 Rural health care and telemedicine pilot programs were among topics at Tuesday’s Health Care Summit at the MSU Riley Center. Hosted by U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, the two-hour session was designed to improve health care access and health service, targeting the health care communities of Lauderdale, Kemper, Newton, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston,…
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August 30, 2007
Barbour’s financial ties to firm unclear
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/30/7 When Haley Barbour was sworn in as governor of Mississippi in 2004, he set up a blind trust to avoid conflicts of interest and said he had severed ties with the Washington lobbying firm he co-founded. Barbour is running for re-election this year. Brunini said the trustee of Barbour’s “blind trust has…
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August 30, 2007
Mississippi AG Hood calls Dickie Scruggs a ‘confidential informant,’ says he shouldn’t be prosecuted
Insurance Coverage Blog, 8/29/7 According to Mississippi AG Jim Hood, allegations that attorney Dickie Scruggs engaged in criminal contempt by willfully violating a federal judge’s injunction are all wet. Scruggs, Hood said in a July letter to U.S. Attorney Alice Martin, should be left alone because he is a crime buster and a “confidential informant.”…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 17, 2025
Regulating kratom in Mississippi: Age restriction, local bans, business concerns
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Daniel Tyson
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April 17, 2025
State Defender hopeful pilot program will receive funding in special session
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April 17, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: April 17, 2025
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Lynne Jeter
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April 9, 2025
Cultivating deep Magnolia State connections
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Matt Friedeman
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April 20, 2025
The Power of the Cross
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Laura Lee Leathers
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April 20, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Folk-rock singer and songwriter, Steve Forbert
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 20, 2025
Comfort in trial
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Jonathan Bain
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April 18, 2025
“One Door” is an open door for welfare expansion in Mississippi
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Sam Franklin
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April 17, 2025
Tariffs at the dawn of the American republic
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Lesley Davis
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April 16, 2025
Mississippi took bold steps this session but there’s more work to do
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