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August 30, 2007
Moak, Boone, Reeves, Porter claim runoff victories
The Daily Leader, 8/29/7 Anxiety was palpable in the courtroom of the Lincoln County-Brookhaven Government Complex Tuesday night as candidates waited expectantly for the final results of the runoff elections. It was a “nail-biter” of an election, with just under 250 votes being the largest margin of victory in any of the races. Two races…
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August 30, 2007
Officials: Tax increase still on table for cash-strapped Jackson
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/30/7 City of Jackson officials, already dealing with a money shortage this year, have not ruled out a tax increase for the upcoming budget year. Mayor Frank Melton’s office sent out a news release late Wednesday stating a tax increase was one option for balancing the budget as a legal requirement in the…
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August 30, 2007
Gary Anderson’s benefactor Scruggs criminally charged for contempt
Gary Anderson, Democratic nominee for Insurance Commission, has had the misfortune of watching his largest benefactor, Dickie Scruggs, charged with criminal contempt of court by special federal prosecutors in Alabama. Serious kudos to Right of Mississippi for finding this. Majority in MS has added a great deal more to the story as well A more…
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August 30, 2007
Phil Bryant E-newsletter 8/29/7
eVideo Message from Phil – Boy Scout tribute to Billy Mounger Watch the latest eVideo Message from Phil Bryant at the Boy Scout dinner in Jackson, MS, by clicking here – http://www.philbryant.com/videos/video13.html Countdown to the Election With only 69 days until the general election, every day is vital to the campaign. Phil would like to…
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August 29, 2007
Democrats try to make political jabs on the backs of Katrina Victims
Katrina’s second anniversary highlights recovery problems Today’s two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina highlights the failed policies of President Bush and Gov. Haley Barbour in helping all Mississippi storm victims rebuild their lives. While some people are back in their homes, the fact that the Federal Emergency Management Agency reports 17,538 FEMA trailers remain in service…
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August 29, 2007
Eaves Lobs Innuendo Against Barbour
Did Barbour Profit from Katrina Contracts? Today, on the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, an article by Bloomberg News raises serious doubts about how Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour directed the billions of dollars of Katrina recovery funds. “The Bloomberg report raises some troubling questions, especially about the financial interest Barbour may still have in…
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August 29, 2007
Mississippi Governor Barbour Held Stock in Parent of Lobby Firm
Bloomberg, 8/29/7 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. The blind trust document he signed about six weeks later says that on Jan. 13, 2004, the…
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August 29, 2007
Beef plant: Keep your eye on the campaign finance money trail
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/29/7 In the case of the Mississippi Beef Processors Inc. fiasco, prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers in open court on Aug. 17 during the recent sentencing of MBP president Richard Hall Jr. that the judge could expect either additional plea bargains or additional federal indictments in the case. For his…
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August 29, 2007
Sumrall, Pickering to face off in Nov.
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/29/7 Mike Sumrall led a rough Democratic primary for state auditor late Tuesday that threw an odd racial twist into a political contest. Late allegations by his opponent that Sumrall tried to convince black voters he was black did not appear to affect the shoestring campaign of the former audit agency worker. Sumrall,…
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August 29, 2007
Sun Herald gains release of jail video
The Sun Herald, 8/29/7 The Sun Herald on Tuesday made public the videotaped beating of a Harrison County jail inmate whose death 18 months ago spawned a federal investigation and a growing list of civil lawsuits. Until the recent trial of two former jailers, the graphic images of what happened under color of law to…
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Magnolia Tribune
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August 29, 2007
Immigrants feel fallout on Coast
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/29/7 After Hurricane Katrina, the immigrant population here helped brave storm-ravaged homes, working among the corpses of dogs, cats and humans and cleaning rotten food from refrigerators. They rebuilt casinos, poured concrete, repaired roofs, installed wallboard and took on jobs when the battered Mississippi Gulf Coast had no solid work force of its…
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August 29, 2007
Katrina: Problems continue two years later
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/29/7 As President Bush tours the Gulf Coast on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina destroying the region, the nation’s media will flock to point out the good and the bad. The good is obvious: New condos and casinos are towering along the Coast here in Mississippi. Jobs are flourishing, federal money…
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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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Magnolia Tribune
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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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