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June 15, 2007
Commission blocks Farish St. demolitions
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/15/7 The Jackson Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday approved only two of 50 requests to demolish dilapidated buildings throughout Farish Street’s historic district. While the commission did not actually make it through the entire list of 50 cases, it discussed and voted on 20. It denied 16 and tabled two others. Most of…
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June 15, 2007
Tobacco money ruling upheld
The Sun Herald, 6/15/7 The annual diversion of $20 million of tobacco settlement money to a smoking-cessation program was wrong, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The Supreme Court upheld a December 2006 order from a Jackson County chancery judge, who said only the Legislature could appropriate money to tobacco-cessation programs. Barbour said the Supreme…
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June 15, 2007
Compliance with ruling on primaries leaves judge in control
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/15/7 Federal District Judge W. Allen Pepper in Greenville quietly demolished Mississippi’s century-old party primary election law last Friday night, declaring it worked in one-party days, but won’t today. Pepper upheld a constitutional challenge of the law by the Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee which brought the lawsuit based on its complaint that…
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June 15, 2007
Seale guilty on all counts
Guilty on all counts Jerry Mitchell Clarion Ledger 6/15/7
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June 15, 2007
Melton taps candidate for fire chief position
Melton taps candidate for fire chief position Clarion Ledger 6/14/7
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June 15, 2007
HAMPTONBLOG – Padnuhship ‘good while it lasted’
It was good while it lasted This was more about politics than the constitutional purity, but the court ruled. Constitutional or not, the Partnership did a lot of good work, probably saved some lives. The state is establishing an anti-smoking effort in the Department of Health, but I doubt it will have the passion or…
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June 15, 2007
Governor Weighs in on Padhuship Decision
STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR ON SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN PARTNERSHIP CASE “The Supreme Court’s near-unanimous decision in the Partnership case emphatically confirms what has always been obvious – only the Mississippi Legislature can appropriate the state’s money. A local judge and the Attorney General have no power to give taxpayer money to a private…
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June 15, 2007
State Treasurer Tate Reeves’ statement on today’s Supreme Court ruling
State Treasurer Tate Reeves’ statement on today’s Supreme Court ruling “Today’s ruling by supreme court confirms what we have said all along. The proceeds from the tobacco settlement were illegally and unconstitutionally diverted to a private entity with no accountability. When I was elected treasurer, I promised Mississippians that I would serve as a ‘watchdog’…
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June 15, 2007
SUPREMES – Padhuship Muerte
Court denies appeal to fund smoking prevention program The Mississippi Supreme Court has rejected an appeal that would have continued funding a tobacco prevention and cessation program co-founded by former state Attorney General Mike Moore. Justices voted 6-1 to uphold a lower court’s ruling that ended annual payments for The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi.…
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June 15, 2007
Attorney general challenges Barbour’s spending veto
Attorney general challenges Barbour’s spending veto Attorney General Jim Hood filed a lawsuit today challenging a veto by Gov. Haley Barbour to keep his office in charge of $5.5 million for youth groups. Barbour vetoed a bill allowing Hood’s office to spend federal welfare funds on the YMCA, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mississippi, the…
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June 14, 2007
Wednesdays with Charlie 6/13
Mississippi summer has arrived! Though the mercury is rising in the thermometer, that doesn’t mean our intensity is dropping. Sharon and I are busier than ever traveling throughout the state speaking about our strong, conservative, Republican vision for Mississippi. Growing up in Mississippi taught me that hard work is the way to succeed, and that…
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June 14, 2007
Crime: Citizens provide suggestions for city
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/14/7 Jacksonians have lots of heat and light to share about crime in Jackson, if comments on clarionledger.com’s StoryChat is an indication. Jackson officials – including Mayor Frank Melton and Police Chief Shirlene Anderson – should take heed. If Jackson is to have effective crime-fighting, the public must be engaged. Melton has…
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Frank Corder
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April 28, 2026
Congressmen from Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana seek expansion of Gulf state boundaries
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Matt Ott, Associated Press
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April 28, 2026
U.S. consumer confidence inches higher in April despite Iran war, soaring gasoline prices
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Daniel Tyson
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April 28, 2026
City of Jackson wants federal court to block new water authority
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 28, 2026
AlleyKat Ceramics: Where a Singapore alley led to a Gulf Coast creative haven
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Alistair Begg
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April 28, 2026
Inheriting the kingdom
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Robert St. John
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April 27, 2026
Between the Arctic and Africa
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Roger Wicker
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April 24, 2026
Finish the job In Iran, but don’t forget China
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Lesley Davis
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April 23, 2026
He Didn’t Even Hesitate: Mississippi’s Jake Mangum, America’s pastime, and the culture that still unites us
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Kelley Williams
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April 23, 2026
An ounce of prevention
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