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April 10, 2007
Legal debate rages over Noxubee voting rights allegations
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/10/7 Monday was the deadline for court briefs from black leaders and the U.S. Department of Justice to be filed with U.S. District Judge Tom Lee in the historic lawsuit filed by the Justice Department alleging the majority-black Noxubee County Democratic Party, its chairman Ike Brown and the county Election Commission practiced racial…
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April 10, 2007
Tax bill: A dream come true or nightmare?
The Mississippi Press, 4/10/7 Legislation to divide tax revenues from future expansions at the Chevron refinery and proposed LNG facilities is a nightmare for Pascagoula schools and a taxpayer’s dream come true for others. Pascagoula Superintendent Wayne Rodolfich said Monday night that it was disappointing that Gov. Haley Barbour “did not have two minutes to…
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April 10, 2007
It?s official: Miss. gets $275M for Katrina cottages
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/9/7 The “Katrina Cottages” initiative seeks to replace temporary FEMA trailers with more permanent, safer structures better resembling traditional homes. Mississippi’s alternative housing proposal is a sound, forward- looking plan that was selected among strong competition from other alternative housing proposals submitted by neighboring states,” Lott said in a news release announcing the…
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April 10, 2007
Council rejects fire chief
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/10/7 The Jackson City Council’s rejection of interim Fire Chief Todd Chandler for the permanent position could be the start of legal wrangling over whether Chandler continues to lead the department. “If I’m going to be held accountable for running the city, then I’m going to have to hire the people that I…
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April 10, 2007
’07 Legislature: Home schooling ‘absent’
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/9/7 Mississippi has some of the most lax homeschooling laws in the nation, which homeschoolers applaud. But they also allow for abuse by parents who are simply disgruntled, yanking kids from school and adding to the state’s social burdens. It should not be easy to deny children an education.
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April 9, 2007
Newly reorganized FEMA looks ahead
The Sun Herald, 4/8/7 FEMA is stationing more supplies around the country and is expanding its emergency-response teams as part of a congressionally mandated reorganization as a result of Hurricane Katrina, said Marko Bourne, the agency’s director of policy and program analysis. The realignment, which puts FEMA in charge of preparing for and reacting to…
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April 9, 2007
State works to combat high student dropout rate
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/9/7 The new state Dropout Prevention Plan requires school districts to reduce dropouts – regardless of whether they agree with the plan. Each school district is organizing local committees that, with state guidance and collaboration over the next year, will work to find individualized solutions that focus on specific district needs. To keep…
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April 9, 2007
State could pay for surgeries
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/9/7 Mississippi taxpayers could foot the bill for stomach stapling and other weight-loss surgeries as early as 2008 if the operations are deemed affordable. “Obesity is a major problem in Mississippi,” said House Public Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Steve Holland. Paying for the surgeries could “save us some money in the…
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April 9, 2007
Open primaries: Partisanship run amok
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/9/7 Mississippi law authorizes “open” primaries – meaning that state voters don’t register by party. Without party registration, enforcing “closed” primaries becomes difficult if not impossible. A federal lawsuit has been filed in Greenville with U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper presiding that seeks to change that status. The case is set…
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April 9, 2007
Biologist: Deer baiting has good, bad points
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/8/7 Hunting deer over feed has divided the state’s hunters and – more importantly – the Legislature for years, but a bill awaiting Gov. Haley Barbour’s decision could settle the issue. In November, MDWFP biologists had proposed a third state zone for deer hunting and a change in how legal…
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April 9, 2007
Melton: Coleman would earn $70K
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/8/7 Mayor Frank Melton said he plans to pay former Jackson Police Chief Bracy Coleman in the $70,000 range – or the salary of an assistant police chief and deputy chief – if Coleman is rehired. Asked if he was fearful of being criticized for paying Coleman such a salary when the city…
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April 9, 2007
There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Perfect’ Temperature
MIT scientist says alarm over global warming is based on ignorance: Judging from the media in recent months, the debate over global warming is now over. There has been a net warming of the earth over the last century and a half, and our greenhouse gas emissions are contributing at some level. Both of these…
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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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November 17, 2025
Students learn firsthand about Choctaw, Native American culture at Two Mississippi Museums
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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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Robert St. John
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November 17, 2025
A Mississippi Christmas, early
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Alistair Begg
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November 17, 2025
No need for this armor
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Matt Friedeman
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November 16, 2025
A spiritual hernia?
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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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Hunter Estes
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November 14, 2025
Mississippi should double down as an education innovator
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