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May 16, 2007
2 in GOP spurn Franks’ tobacco tax pledge
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/16/7 State Rep. Jamie Franks, the lone Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, promised to support a cigarette tax increase and challenged the two Republican candidates to do the same. “No way,” Bryant said. “As a Republican, it’s not my nature to sign a pledge to increase taxes.” Said Ross: “I’m not into making…
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May 16, 2007
Setting a ‘Standard’: Proposals to revitalize Miss. landmark weighed
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/16/7 Through its nearly 80 years, Jackson’s iconic Standard Life Building has been home to assorted operations, from an insurance company to a police department, but now officials hope to turn the skyscraper into a combination of residential, office and retail space. Three proposals under scrutiny by the Jackson Redevelopment Authority would repurpose…
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May 16, 2007
Lightning turns Taylor into fireman
The Sun Herald, 5/16/7 Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, was sleeping soundly early May 4 in his brother’s house in Kiln when a lightning bolt cracked through the night sky. As the Kiln Volunteer Fire Dept. prepared to battle the fire, Taylor, who had firefighter training from his days in the Coast Guard Reserve,…
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May 16, 2007
Farish district business turns away inspectors without appointments
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/16/7 Jackson police, city code inspectors and Fire Department personnel were refused entry Tuesday to A-1 Pallet Co. Inc. and told to come back after making appointments. Charlotte Reeves, who owns the facility at 1000 N. Mill St. along with her husband, Carl Monte Reeves, said they arrived about 10 a.m. to find…
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May 16, 2007
Franks: Economic Issues Are Dividing Line In Lt. Gov’s Race
WLOX, 5/15/7 State Rep. Jamie Franks, the only Democrat running for lieutenant governor this year, says that on social issues such as banning abortion and same-sex marriage, he’s at least as conservative as the two Republicans in the race. “The real issues that we are going to talk about once you set those aside, are…
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May 15, 2007
Phil Bryant eVideo Message #7
Phil Bryant for Lt. Gov., 5/15/7
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May 15, 2007
BOBBY HARRISON: Campaign cash asks who wants what accomplished
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/15/7 The express purpose of candidates being required to file as open records campaign finance reports is supposed to be to provide sunshine on election efforts. It allows the voting public to know who is giving to what candidate. If a candidate is getting all his money from one source,…
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May 15, 2007
Dale to be on ballot as Dem, judge says
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/15/7 Insurance Commissioner George Dale likely will remain a Democrat in future elections, a spokesman said, despite his desire to become an independent after party officials tossed him out, allowed him to return and then changed their minds. Calhoun County Circuit Judge Henry Lackey denied Dale’s request to seek re-election as an independent…
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May 15, 2007
Attorneys General Go After MySpace
WLBT, 5/14/7 “Sexual predators are patrolling these sites like sharks in the water, and they know that there are many convicted sex offenders patrolling these sites,” said Attorney General Jim Hood. Attorney General Jim Hood, along with seven other state attorneys general, have sent a letter demanding MySpace to turn over the names of potentially…
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May 15, 2007
Contract would pay for help with primaries
The Sun Herald, 5/14/7 Jackson County’s five election commissioners, who told county supervisors last week they weren’t interested in working on party primary elections for free, have found a way to get paid for at least some of the work. Jackson County Election Commissioner Ben Sanford said they worked out a price of $16,000 for…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 14, 2007
Small-town mentality can’t save us from foes
The New York Daily News, 5/13/7 Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and he is calling on the NYPD to restrain its counterterrorism efforts beyond the city limits. Thompson worries aloud that the NYPD might step on somebody’s toes while trying to stop thousands from being blown to bits.…
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May 14, 2007
Democrat Franks launches campaign for lieutenant governor
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/14/7 State Rep. Jamie Franks, D-Mooreville, officially launches his campaign for lieutenant governor at 10 a.m. today at Mooreville High School. He will face the winner of the Aug. 7 Republican primary between state auditor Phil Bryant and state Sen. Charlie Ross.
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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
Business
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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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