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May 9, 2007
Lott: GOP War Support May Fray By Fall
KETV, 5/9/7 “I do think this fall we have to see some significant changes on the ground, in Baghdad and other surrounding areas,” Lott, R-Miss., told reporters. Republicans agreed to uphold Bush’s veto of a Democratic-sponsored $124.2 billion bill that would have funded the war but called for troops to start coming home this fall.…
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May 9, 2007
SCHIP program focuses attention on how we define ‘poverty’
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/9/7 The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, is a partnership between the federal government and the states to fund and provide health insurance for children in mostly working families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private coverage. States set their own income eligibility…
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May 9, 2007
Barbour might be open to cigarette tax hike next term
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/9/7 Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he would be open to an increase in the cigarette tax during his second term if it is part of an overall package that provides “a significant tax cut” for Mississippians. During the past two legislative sessions, the Republican governor has blocked legislation that…
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May 9, 2007
NASA To Build New Test Site In Southern Miss
WAPT, 5/8/7 Republican Sens. Thad Cochran and Trent Lott are announcing NASA’s plans to build a new rocket engine test stand on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Cochran and Lott said the announcement represents an estimated $175 million investment at Stennis to support the Constellation Project, the agency’s plan to send missions back to the moon…
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May 9, 2007
Another 7 stores pull Chinese catfish
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/9/7 Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Lester Spell pulled Chinese catfish from seven more grocery stores Tuesday after samples tested positive for federally banned antibiotics. Spell ordered the sale of Chinese catfish to stop after an additional seven catfish tested positive for the antibiotics. So far, 11 of 16 samples taken across Mississippi…
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May 9, 2007
Barbour biz: Relationship heightens interest news?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/9/7 Rosemary Barbour, who was born in Guatemala, is the wife of Hinds County Supervisor Charles Barbour. Her company had qualified as a minority-owned firm with the Small Business Administration. Alcatec holds more than $28 million in contracts with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and employs about 40 people in Jackson and…
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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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Magnolia Tribune
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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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Jeremy Pittari
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March 27, 2026
Mississippi lawmakers agree on $2,000 teacher pay raise
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Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
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March 27, 2026
Vance holds first meeting of a new anti-fraud task force targeting benefit programs
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Frank Corder
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March 27, 2026
Study committee created to ensure Mississippi municipalities are receiving accurate sales tax diversions
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2026
DG Foods announces $1.19 million expansion
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Frank Corder
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March 25, 2026
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 20, 2026
International Paper to build new $225 million facility in Rankin County
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Marilyn Tinnin
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March 27, 2026
Richard Truly: Mississippi’s astronaut and national treasure
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Alistair Begg
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March 27, 2026
Numbering our days
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Meredith Biesinger
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March 26, 2026
Anthony’s: A West Point table worth coming back to
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Russ Latino
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March 26, 2026
Facts, not feelings, are a hard sell in teacher pay raise debate
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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March 25, 2026
Senate Democrat suing state over Mississippi Supreme Court map named by Hosemann to help redraw lines
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Sid Salter
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March 25, 2026
Supreme Court action on Mississippi cases impacts protest rights, balloting procedures
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