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December 26, 2007
Delta task force making plans for ’08 session
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/26/7 For the upcoming legislative session, members of a Delta task force hope to use a divide-and-conquer strategy to push through another set of recommendations for the 18-county region. The group introduced a hefty set of measures in the 2007 Legislature to transform the nation’s poorest and least educated region with housing, educational,…
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December 26, 2007
Scruggs’ troubles spur political finger-pointing
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/26/7 While famed Oxford attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and four others wait for the Feb. 25 start of their judicial bribery trial, political campaigns across America may be wondering if they will continue to reap the financial benefits of the successful law firms’ largesse. Political sniping has begun in at…
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December 26, 2007
Clout helps bring dollars to state
The Hattiesburg American, 12/23/7 Chalk it up to seniority and political clout. That’s what Mississippi’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Trent Lott and U.S. Reps. Chip Pickering and Gene Taylor brought to the federal spending bill approved last week. The $555 billion omnibus bill provides financing for much of federal government next…
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December 26, 2007
State’s senatorial succession law anything but ‘unambiguous’
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/26/7 An obscure section of the Mississippi Code has gotten a lot of attention since U.S. Sen. Trent Lott announced his intent to resign before the end of this year. Here’s how Section 23-15-855, Subsection 1 reads in its entirety: (1) If a vacancy shall occur in the office of U.S. senator…
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December 26, 2007
Bribery case stemming from Katrina lawsuits makes waves
The USA Today, 12/25/7 Larger-than-life trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is charged with small-time bribery, but the consequences could reach beyond the courthouse square in a northeast Mississippi town. Scruggs, who built a multibillion-dollar litigation empire by taking on the tobacco industry and winning, is a bankroller of Democratic political contenders, a friend of the…
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December 25, 2007
SALTER – Are the feds doing Jim Hood’s job for him?
Are the feds doing Jim Hood’s job for him? Last month, a federal grand jury in Oxford indicted internationally prominent trial attorney Dickie Scruggs along with three other lawyers, including his son, on charges that the defendants took part in a scheme to bribe a state trial court judge. Scruggs has pleaded not guilty to…
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December 25, 2007
Phillips stepping down as public safety commissioner
Phillips stepping down as public safety commissioner Barbour said in a statement on Friday that Charlie Williams, the governor’s chief of staff for the past four years, will serve as interim commissioner. Phillips, who was not immediately available for comment about his future plans, has held the state’s top law enforcement post since May 2005.…
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December 24, 2007
Former Lt. Governor Evelyn Gandy Passes
Former Mississippi Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy dies after long illness Former Mississippi Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy, the only woman elected to three statewide offices in Mississippi, has died after a lengthy illness. She was 87. Gandy died around 9 p.m. Sunday at her home outside Hattiesburg, said Carroll Ingram, a law partner of Gandy’s who…
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December 24, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation miscellany
Scruggs Nation miscellany Hood talked to the Daily Journal? Then I’ll definitely be waiting to hear from him and his assistant AG Courtney Schloemer about when I get to conduct those interviews of them next week. After all, according to Schloemer’s comments published in Legal Newsline, I’m ignoring their side of the story. So again,…
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December 24, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 24: Christmas vacation
Scruggs Nation, Day 24: Christmas vacation First, I don’t assume that State Farm has done no wrong. I don’t assume it has done wrong either. I am not emotionally invested one way or the other as to its rightness or wrongness. I read and interpret publicly available documents and discuss the evidence. My conclusions derive…
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December 22, 2007
FOLO – Scruggs Trial Continued Till 2/25
Scruggs Trial Continued Till 2/25 With a big ol’ hat-tip to you-know-who-you-are, folo presents Judge Biggers’ Order (3-page pdf) amending the schedule of U.S. v. Scruggs as follows: 1. The deadline for discovery completion remains at December 27, 2007; 2. All pretrial motions and any briefs are to be filed by January 21, 2008; 3.…
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December 22, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – And Rossmiller Decimates Schloemer’s Snarkiness
First, I don’t assume that State Farm has done no wrong. I don’t assume it has done wrong either. I am not emotionally invested one way or the other as to its rightness or wrongness. I read and interpret publicly available documents and discuss the evidence. My conclusions derive from the evidence that is available…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 7, 2026
Open to Religion Act fails to find legislative support during 2026 session
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Bassem Mroue, Associated Press
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April 7, 2026
Trump warns a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ if a deal with Iran isn’t reached
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Frank Corder
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April 7, 2026
Wicker on Iran: It’s a very consequential day
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2026
DG Foods announces $1.19 million expansion
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Frank Corder
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March 25, 2026
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 7, 2026
The Taste of Tradition: Amory’s Railroad Festival returns
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Alistair Begg
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April 7, 2026
He came for bruised reeds
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Robert St. John
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April 6, 2026
Work is not a four-letter word
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Russ Latino
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April 3, 2026
Lawmakers owe Reeves a ‘thank you’ for stopping Medicaid expansion
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Ashby Foote
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April 2, 2026
The Strait Jacket of Hormuz
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Patrick Sullivan
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April 1, 2026
Data Centers: Power-hungry but price-friendly
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