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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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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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August 29, 2007
McLemore new council chief
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/29/7 Ward 2 City Councilman Leslie Burl McLemore says he will spend his fourth term as council president working to strengthen Jackson’s economy. McLemore was elected on a 4-3 vote Tuesday to take the reins from former Vice President Frank Bluntson, who had held the council presidency since Ben Allen resigned in June.…
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August 29, 2007
Baria/Cuevas race may go into extra innings
The word on the street is that the Baria/Cuevas Senate primary on the Coast may go into extra legal innings in the form of a legal challenge. Cuevas is already bringing help to review the results. According to the Cuevas camp, there were many voting irregularities. If appealed to the State Democratic Party, it is…
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Magnolia Tribune
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August 29, 2007
Andy Gipson defeats Clint Rotenberry
Former Leadership Jackson grad Andy Gipson won the Republican Runoff against incumbent Clint Rotenberry in the House 77th Republican runoff. Gipson is a great lawyer and a true leader and our hats go off to him.
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August 29, 2007
Robert Smith is DA . . . Now What?
OK Folks, let me tell you how this is about to go down. By the middle of next week, the JFP crowd will have talked themselves out of committing collective Harry Carey over their loss of Faye Peterson as DA. They will immediately go on the attack. First of all, they will say that they…
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Frank Corder
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November 20, 2025
Trump nominees to U.S. District Court, U.S. Attorney posts finally move out of Senate Judiciary Committee
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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November 20, 2025
U.S. employers added surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, government says in delayed report
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 20, 2025
MDE approves new school accountability rating system, releases ACT results
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Daniel Tyson
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November 20, 2025
Amazon investing $3 billion in Warren County data center campus
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Daniel Tyson
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November 18, 2025
Toyota investing $125 million in Blue Springs plant
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Daniel Tyson
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October 30, 2025
Mississippi senators hear concerns from farmers as state’s agriculture industry struggles
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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November 20, 2025
Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin and Texas’ Steve Sarkisian take different approaches to coaching rumors
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Susan Marquez
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November 20, 2025
Pressed linens, gleaming China, sparkling crystal: Meridian Thanksgiving memories
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Alistair Begg
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November 20, 2025
Confidence through suffering
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Sid Salter
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November 19, 2025
Term limits: Why small rural states like Mississippi lose when seniority is forced out
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Jill Ford
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November 18, 2025
Keep opportunity in Mississippi: Put AI to work
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Kelley Williams
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November 17, 2025
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