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May 9, 2007
Circuit Clerk Running Again, Despite Guilty Plea
WLBT, 5/8/7 After pleading guilty to embezzlement, Adams County Circuit Clerk M.L. “Binkey” Vines can remain in office and run for re-election. Vines pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of embezzlement. He was placed on “unsupervised good behavior” for one year and ordered to pay more than $40,000 in fees. The attorney general’s office dropped…
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May 9, 2007
Mayor Threatens Council with Veto Power
WLBT, 5/8/7 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton says he may have to use political tactics in response to council members refusing to confirm his department head candidates. The mayor made the announcement in the wake of two of his nominees not gaining the majority approval of the council. Melton says, “We have four other city council…
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May 9, 2007
SALTER – Hosemann, Windsor appear to be the pacesetters…
Hosemann, Windsor appear to be the pacesetters… It’s early, very early, for political prognostications in the 2007 Mississippi statewide races ? other than the governor’s race. But in the Secretary of State’s race, it appears to me that the early leaders are Jackson attorney Delbert Hosemann for the Republicans and Corinth attorney John Windsor for…
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May 9, 2007
Split between mayor, some council members growing
Split between mayor, some council members growing Clarion Ledger 5/8/7
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May 8, 2007
Legislator: Wind-mitigation program needs funding
The Sun Herald, 5/7/7 The program would provide people with free or low-cost inspections of homes or office buildings, a menu of items to be improved and the estimated costs. It would provide a corresponding calculation of insurance-premium reductions for the storm-proofing upgrades. The program would be modeled after the My Safe Florida Home program.…
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May 8, 2007
Drug prices: Lott was right, Cochran wrong
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/8/7 A measure supported by Sen. Trent Lott to allow lower-priced prescription drugs into the United States was gutted by what was termed a “poison pill” amendment by fellow Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran. Cochran’s amendment, passed 49-40, required the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to first certify imported medicines are safe…
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May 8, 2007
Ethnic Albanian Islamofascist Radicals have plot foiled to blow up base on US soil
FBI Arrests Six In Alleged Terror Plot Against N.J. Soldiers The six suspects arrested Monday night will face terror conspiracy charges. Three of the men are brothers, all believed to be Islamic radicals. Authorities have told Newschannel 4 that some of the men were born in Albania and the former Yugoslavia. Investigators said most of…
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May 8, 2007
House bill or Senate bill? Do Mississippians even care?
House bill or Senate bill? Do Mississippians even care? Pride of authorship matters a great deal to many members of the Mississippi Legislature. And, it matters not one bit to most human beings outside the Capitol. Sun Herald 5/7/7
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May 8, 2007
Barbour stakes claim to first ‘full funding’
Barbour stakes claim to first ‘full funding’ Buddy Bynum, the governor’s director of communications, said in a recent e-mail that “even in 2003 MAEP was about $7 million short. Something to consider for future reporting. You can even say it (full funding for the first time) happened in the Barbour administration if you wish.” The…
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May 8, 2007
Fred Thompson – Historically Pro Choice
Fred Thompson – Historically Pro-Choice Under abortion: He checked the box for: “Abortions should be legal in all circumstances as long as the procedure is completed within the first trimester of the pregnancy.” He did, however, support a number of restrictions on abortion: requiring parental notification, allowing states to impose waiting periods, and eliminating all…
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May 8, 2007
Lott Bombshell – Patience on Iraq Is Limited
GOP Senator: Patience on Iraq Is Limited Senate Republican Whip Trent Lott said Monday that President Bush’s new strategy in Iraq has until about fall before GOP members will need to see results. Lott’s comment put a fine point on what Senate Republican stalwarts have been discussing quietly for weeks. It also echoed remarks made…
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May 8, 2007
Council Fails To Confirm Parks Director
Council Fails To Confirm Parks Director Jackson City Council members on Monday didn’t confirm the interim Parks and Recreation director on a permanent basis — and Jackson Mayor Frank Melton said he won’t bring another person up for confirmation to that office. WAPT 5/7/7
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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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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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Ben Smith
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August 14, 2025
Passing the time until deer 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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