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August 9, 2007
Which Campaign Ads Will You Remember?
WLBT, 8/9/7 We now get a reprieve from the barrage of campaign ads. Which commercials stand out in your mind the most? Some candidates chose to sling mud at their opponents. And while some of them won their races, others did not. Positive ads seemed more popular this time around. Candidates such as Governor Haley…
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August 9, 2007
Health Department requesting $16M more to boost field staff
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/8/7 The state Department of Health needs $16 million in additional funding to hire an adequate field staff to stem the spread of syphilis, TB and other diseases, Interim State Officer Dr. Ed Thompson said today. Without an adequate staff, “you can’t interrupt the transmission of disease,” Thompson told the state Board of…
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August 9, 2007
Chapter of Miss. political history closes with primary votes
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/9/7 In a column two weeks ago, I wrote that the Mississippi Democratic Party did not know about the lawsuit filed last year on their behalf by Cleveland attorney Ellis Turnage. That was incorrect. Some officials did know. Some wish they had known more, however. Minutes show Turnage got a favorable nod…
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August 8, 2007
EAVES – Post primary Op-ed
I AM A DEMOCRAT BECAUSE I AM A CHRISTIAN OpEd/Letter to the Editor from the Democratic Nominee for Governor JACKSON – The following is an OpEd/Letter to the Editor from the Democratic nominee for Governor of Mississippi, John Eaves. Yesterday, Eaves won the nomination of his party to face Governor Haley Barbour in November’s general…
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August 8, 2007
TRENTLOTT – Dignity & Duty
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to allow Mississippi Judge Leslie Southwick to stand for the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The action means his nomination no longer is bottled up in the committee but is headed for a vote in the full Senate sometime this fall. It’s not a victory for Republicans or…
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August 8, 2007
DEMS – Barbour’s political coattails frayed
Barbour’s political coattails frayed JACKSON (Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007) – When a powerful state Senate ally of Republican Gov. Haley Barbour lost a bid for re-election, it became more clear than ever that the governor’s political coattails aren’t as long as he thought. Barbour endorsed state Sen. Tommy Robertson of Moss Point – the Senate…
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August 8, 2007
Landslide upset in DA’s race
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/8/7 Rankin and Madison residents voted for a change in leadership in the district attorney’s office in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Michael Guest, 37, beat his former boss, District Attorney David Clark, for the position. Guest does not have an opponent in November’s general election and will take office in January.
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August 8, 2007
After Easy Primary, Eaves is Longshot Against Mississippi Gov. Barbour
CQ Politics, 8/8/7 John Arthur Eaves Jr. got to celebrate early on primary night Tuesday as he was declared the easy winner of the Democratic nomination to take on Republican Gov. Haley Barbour in November’s election. But the easier part of the campaign is clearly over for Eaves, who now faces formidable odds in his…
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August 8, 2007
Anti-incumbent sentiment throws out some veterans
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/8/7 “Katrina appears to be claiming another victim,” said Joe Parker, political science professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. In the past, nine of 10 Mississippians wouldn’t know the insurance commissioner or what the commissioner did, he said. But Katrina changed all that, he said. “Mississippians just don’t like change fundamentally, emotionally,…
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August 8, 2007
McMillin prevails
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/8/7 The seemingly unbeatable Malcolm McMillin will keep his office as Hinds County sheriff for at least another four years. Some saw McMillin’s opponents as more of a ploy hatched by Jackson Mayor Frank Melton than a serious threat to the sheriff’s incumbency. Saying Melton put Lewis and Williams up to running against…
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August 8, 2007
Bryant prevails
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/8/7 Democratic state Rep. Jamie Franks finally knows whom he will face in the November lieutenant governor contest: Phil Bryant. Bryant, the state auditor, prevailed over Sen. Charlie Ross in a grueling, expensive and often ugly Republican primary.
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August 8, 2007
Spell wins GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner
The Sun Herald, 8/8/7 Incumbent Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell survived criticism over his role in promoting a failed beef plant project to win Tuesday’s Republican primary. Spell, who was running for the first time as a Republican after being elected three times as a Democrat, defeated Max Phillips of Taylorsville. Incomplete and unofficial returns show…
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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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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 18, 2025
Imitate Jesus
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Ben Smith
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April 17, 2025
Stoned on turkeys
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 17, 2025
Harder to be full than empty
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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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