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May 23, 2007
Challenger Redirects ‘Barbour’ Web Traffic
WLBT, 5/22/7 As statewide elections approach, candidates sometimes turn to creative and controversial tactics to win support from voters and take a jab at their opponents. Some supporters of Governor Haley Barbour are finding they’ve been tricked into going to the website of a Democratic challenger. The website www.barbourforgovernor.com does not belong to Barbour. Instead…
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May 23, 2007
2 lawmakers ask Barbour for special session to cancel tuition increases
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/22/7 Gov. Haley Barbour should call a special session to utilize $25 million in the state?s rainy day fund in order to cancel tuition increases at Mississippi universities, two lawmakers said today. The tuition hikes averaging 6 percent for 2007-2008 range from $165 at Alcorn State University to $328 at the University of…
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May 23, 2007
Agent’s tearful wife testifies in Melton trial
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/22/7 The wife of one of the men suing Mayor Frank Melton for libel damages offered tearful testimony Monday of how a leaked memo drove her marriage to the brink of divorce. “I didn’t think I loved him anymore,” Melissa Saxton said of her husband, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agent Jimmy Saxton.
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May 23, 2007
Some Jackson Council members want no confidence vote for attorney
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/22/7 Some council members for months have complained that they thought O?Reilly-Evans has been biased toward Mayor Frank Melton and has left them lacking proper legal representation. Allen said they have had to call on ?friends,? in the legal community for some advice and are being put in jeopardy of being held personally…
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May 23, 2007
BOBBY HARRISON: Barbour faces choice for national image he wants
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/21/7 Regardless of whether Haley Barbour runs for president or is the Republican Party’s vice presidential nominee at some point in the future, Mississippi’s 63rd governor wants to be viewed as a national leader. Right now he has Mississippi’s perceived recovery effort after Kartrina as a feather in his hat…
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May 23, 2007
Immigration: With legalization rules imposed?
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/22/7 State Auditor Phil Bryant issued a study last year that found that the state spends $25 million a year on health care, education and prison costs for illegal immigrants. If federal legislation extends a way for illegal immigrants to become citizens – and pay their own way through taxes due to it…
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May 23, 2007
Pharmacy Board chief pays $5K fine
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/22/7 The head of the state Board of Pharmacy has paid a maximum $5,000 fine levied by the Ethics Commission for illegally hiring his son and lying about it. Mac McDivitt, executive director of the Board of Pharmacy, hired his son Lee McDivitt, an employee of the attorney general’s office, with money from…
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May 23, 2007
Editorial: Barbour & Bounds
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 5/21/7 Gov. Haley Barbour and public education advocacy groups have had their serious disagreements, primarily over funding, and the legislative maneuvering and backbiting – especially between a Barbour-Senate alliance and the House leadership – has caused considerable acrimony. Only this year did all get on the same page in…
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May 23, 2007
Justice Dept. orders release of documents over erasure of Scalia speech
Justice Dept. orders release of documents over erasure of Scalia speech Clarion Ledger 5/23/7
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May 23, 2007
Phil Bryant eNewsletter 5/22
Phil Bryant Continues His Fight Against Illegal Immigration As the U.S. Congress is now considering legislation regarding with illegal immigration, Phil Bryant urges Mississippians and our congressional delegation to oppose any legislation that grants amnesty to illegal immigrants. Having released an official auditor’s report more than a year ago detailing how illegal immigration costs Mississippi…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 23, 2007
Immigration Press Release from Mike Lott
At a meeting with some area Republicans, State Representative Mike Lott, a candidate for Secretary of State, commented on the recent actions of the U.S. Senate concerning the illegal immigration issue. Lott has been the vocal legislator to introduce attempts that address the different facets of the illegal immigration dilemma at the state level. ?I…
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May 23, 2007
Maddox Foundation, Tennessee settle contentious lawsuit
Maddox Foundation, Tennessee settle contentious lawsuit Under the terms of the agreement, announced at a press conference in Nashville this afternoon, the $100 million Maddox Foundation will be split roughly in two. Tennessee will receive $55 million in liquid assets to seed a new nonprofit in Nashville to be called the Dan and Margaret Maddox…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 15, 2025
Twelve states are restricting junk food purchases from SNAP. Mississippi could be next
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Daniel Tyson
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August 15, 2025
Grant funding in 5 Mississippi counties aimed at reducing financial strain in Youth Courts
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Frank Corder
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August 15, 2025
MSU Ag report: Row crop producers in Mississippi facing a very tough road ahead
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
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Matt Friedeman
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August 17, 2025
Remember your first Bible?
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Alistair Begg
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August 15, 2025
The weight of glory
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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August 14, 2025
A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this season
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Dr. Kendall Conger
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August 15, 2025
I challenged Duke’s DEI dogma – and paid with my job
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Kimberly Ross
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August 13, 2025
Americans aren’t having enough babies
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Sid Salter
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August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
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