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April 27, 2007
Melton trial: Has Melton learned lesson?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/27/7 Frank Melton has reason to smile today, acquitted on all charges related to the the damaging of a duplex in August 2006, and with that avoidance of felony charges, able to keep his job as Jackson’s mayor. Melton should count his lucky stars. The jury obviously believed the case his defense…
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April 27, 2007
Attorney general: Barbour violates veto rules and hurts youth programs
The Sun Herald, 4/26/7 Barbour vetoed parts of two budget bills this past Saturday – one for the attorney general’s office and one for the Department of Human Services. Both bills are for the state budget year that starts July 1. Hood said the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled as recently as 2004 – in…
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April 27, 2007
HAMPTON – Children’s health
Children’s health Money quote . . . But, again, cost is irrelvant. Kids should have health care coverage. Period. This should be the first step of universal health care for this nation. David Hampton Blog Clarion Ledger 4/26/7
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April 26, 2007
Officials ask why Medicaid is losing recipients
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/26/7 The House Medicaid Committee met at the state Capitol on Wednesday, in conjunction with National Cover the Uninsured Week, on the status of Mississippi’s health care. Various health care advocates and parents asked the House committee to pass legislation to eliminate the required annual face-to-face recertification process.
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April 26, 2007
Analysis: Ongoing city-county animosity bubbles over
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/26/7 Longstanding distrust between Jackson law enforcement and the Hinds County district attorney’s office came out especially Wednesday in Mayor Frank Melton’s trial, with county prosecutors using defense attorney tactics to grill city police officials. Hinds County Senior Assistant District Attorney Stanley Alexander twice suggested Jackson police manufactured reports and falsified evidence in…
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April 26, 2007
Senator says Mississippi’s economy is strong
The Greenwood Commonwealth, 4/24/7 “We are in better shape today than we have ever been in the past 25 years as far as financing in the state of Mississippi,” said state Sen. Jack Gordon Jr., D-Okolona, at the Founder’s Day Breakfast at Mississippi Valley State University. Gordon, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and is…
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April 26, 2007
Miss. House delegation splits on war funding bill
The Sun Herald, 4/26/7 Only one Mississippi congressman voted Wednesday for a bill that would provide $124 billion for the war in Iraq and would order President Bush to start pulling troops out of Iraq by Oct. 1. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, voted for the bill. U.S. Reps. Gene Taylor, a Democrat, and…
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April 26, 2007
Jury gets case today
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/26/7 Jurors are expected to begin deciding today whether Jackson Mayor Frank Melton walks free or becomes a felon and has to give up his job with just more than two years left in office. Melton is charged with house burglary, malicious mischief and two counts of conspiracy. Detective Marcus Wright faces the…
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April 26, 2007
Lawmakers Called for Special Session
WLBT, 4/25/7 Less than a month after lawmakers ended their regular session, Gov. Haley Barbour is bringing them back to the Capitol to consider $48.4 million of bond money to lure a powertrain manufacturing and assembly plant to Lowndes County, but he’s not yet naming the company involved. Barbour set the special session to start…
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April 26, 2007
New state Board of Health appointed, 5 old members return
The Sun Herald, 4/25/7 State officials on Wednesday announced who will serve on a reconstituted state Board of Health, and only five of the 13 people from the old board are returning to the new one. The previous 13-member board has been replaced by an 11-member body. Barbour made seven appointments to the new board,…
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April 26, 2007
HARRISON: Melton fries himself as state candidate
HARRISON: Melton fries himself as state candidate But for whatever it is worth, Marshall County native Gary Anderson, who previously served as state fiscal officer and lost the treasurer’s race to Tate Reeves in 2003, stands, in my humble opinion, an even money’s shot at being elected insurance commissioner this year. Anderson, an African-American, may…
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April 26, 2007
Phil Bryant’s Homebuilder Endorsement PC – Video
Phil Bryant’s Homebuilder Endorsement Press Conference Phil Bryant Campaign 4/25/7
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November 18, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: November 18, 2025
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 17, 2025
State legislators discuss effects, likely outcomes of new federal intoxicating hemp ban
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Frank Corder
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November 17, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Education appoints former Governor Bryant to National Assessment Governing Board
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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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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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October 29, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate as government shutdown clouds economic outlook
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October 27, 2025
Delta Grain investing $3.76 million to expand Sidon operations
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Meredith Biesinger
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November 18, 2025
A step back in time at Landrum’s Homestead and Village
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Alistair Begg
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November 18, 2025
There is no other
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Robert St. John
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November 17, 2025
A Mississippi Christmas, early
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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
More flood for less rain
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Douglas Carswell
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November 15, 2025
Those dark clouds are the debt
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