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April 30, 2007
A conversation with Trent Lott on local, state, national issues
The Commercial Dispatch, 4/29/7 After helping to secure a $4.4-million national emergency grant to help retrain former Sara Lee employees in West Point, U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., sat for a phone interview Thursday with The Dispatch to discuss issues ranging from economic development in Northeast Mississippi and across the rest of the state to…
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April 30, 2007
Ala., Miss. criticized for taxes on food
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/30/7 This summer, Alabama and Mississippi are set to become the only states that apply their full state sales tax to groceries without any relief for low-income families, a distinction critics see as a holdover from their Deep South political past. Mississippi lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session in March, with a measure…
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April 30, 2007
A Holy-Roller Democrat
A Holy-Roller Democrat John Arthur Eaves baptized three of his four sons in the Jordan River, an event he highlights in a radio campaign ad. The candidate for governor of Mississippi thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned, calls for reintroducing school prayer and wants limits on riverboat gambling — all hot-button issues among evangelical…
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April 30, 2007
Stevens? opponent not qualified to run for House District 48
Stevens? opponent not qualified to run for House District 48 State Rep. Mary Ann Stevens? opponent is not qualified to run against her because he has not met residency requirements, a judge ruled Friday. Charles Edwards was not a resident of House District 48 for two years prior to the general election, Jones County Circuit…
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April 30, 2007
Here’s the verdict: Melton should quit
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/29/7 Does it really matter that a Hinds County Circuit Court jury acquitted Frank Melton on charges related to his tearing down a home he called a crack house? It wasn’t so much the talk that draws this conclusion, but the danger in some of the words. Because of Melton’s defiance, we…
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April 30, 2007
Mississippians not waiting for handout
The Hattiesburg American, 4/29/7 Mississippians have often tended to accept data showing the state either 49th or 50th – in categories one doesn’t want to be last in – without putting up much of an argument. The data are there so it must carry some validity. Our state is poor, and has often lagged others…
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April 30, 2007
Hood: ‘Devil’ inspired the latest veto?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/29/7 The weather is warming up and so is the tension between Republican Gov. Haley Barbour and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood. “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop,” Hood said. “Apparently, the governor’s got some people over there with idle minds.”
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April 30, 2007
Legislature passes incentive package for Lowndes plant
Picayune Item, 4/28/7 Gov. Haley Barbour says he expects an announcement in May about whether a truck engine company will locate in Mississippi. Barbour?s comments came after the Legislature on Friday passed a $48.4 million incentive package to bring the company to the state.
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April 30, 2007
Thompson’s travels among those under scrutiny
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/29/7 U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, who is being criticized for taking a spring break trip to resort destinations, is just one of dozens of lawmakers who circle the globe at taxpayer expense every year on official trips that are expected to become even more popular. He led a delegation of 10 lawmakers –…
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April 30, 2007
Rep. Thompson urges media to fight to preserve right to know
The Sun Herald, 4/28/7 “I firmly believe that a free press is important, but also that the press and the public has a right to know,” Thompson said. “It appears that some of our public officials have forgotten that. So I want to encourage you to keep pursuing that. That is a fundamental principle that…
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Magnolia Tribune
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April 29, 2007
Special session: House right to be angry
Special session: House right to be angry Senators were waiting for the House to take up the package when state Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, offered an amendment to add $10 million for a burn center. The Senate just passed its bill and went home, a legislative insult. Mississippi desperately needs the care, but no funding…
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April 28, 2007
Insurance commissioner seeks run as an Independent at hearing on Dem status
Insurance commissioner seeks run as an Independent at hearing on Dem status A hearing intended to determine if Insurance Commissioner George Dale can seek reelection as a Democrat took a different twist when Dale?s attorney asked the court to let him run as an Independent. ?Does this court have the power to grant that?? Calhoun…
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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
Culture
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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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