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June 1, 2007
Mayor vetoes pay-cut action
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/31/7 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton vetoed the City Council’s decision made last week to withhold pay from former interim Fire Chief Todd Chandler and former interim Parks and Recreation Director Charles Melvin. “I have been advised that never in the history of the city of Jackson has a mayor’s request that a department…
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June 1, 2007
$600K sought to lure Saints
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/31/7 Millsaps supporters say they are seeking $600,000 from corporate sponsors to make upgrades to entice the New Orleans Saints to return for training camp on the private college’s campus. “There is a good possibility they are coming,” said Jackson businessman Con Maloney, a Millsaps trustee who is helping raise the money. “We…
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June 1, 2007
Legislative Primaries — Round One
The Clarion-Ledger Red/Blue Blog, 5/31/7 Representative Jamie Franks has chosen to run for Lieutenant Governor rather than for re-election, and four Democrats qualified to run for his seat. Representatives Bill Miles and J.B. Markham are retiring from legislative service, and a total of seven Democrats qualified to run for those two seats. Franks and Miles…
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June 1, 2007
Agriculture: Commissioner’s post unnecessary
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/31/7 The elected statewide position in Mississippi that arguably is the most useless – and expensive to taxpayers – is agriculture commissioner. Back in the days when Mississippi was primarily composed of small farms, and farm families, having a commissioner of agriculture and commerce might have made sense. Most Mississippians today probably couldn’t…
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May 31, 2007
Jim Hood is bad for business
The Madison County Journal Editorial, 5/31/7 The inconvenient fact for Attorney General Jim Hood and his allegations of gasoline price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is that the Federal Trade Commission last year found “no instances of illegal market manipulation that led to higher prices,” The Wall Street Journal reported May 25 –…
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May 30, 2007
300 summonses sent to potential jurors in Seale trial
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/30/7 With jury selection scheduled to begin today, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate still has before him the government’s request to sequester jurors in the trial of reputed Klansman James Ford Seale and not release their names. Roughly 300 summonses were sent out to prospective jurors in Seale’s trial in Jackson in connection…
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May 30, 2007
GE picks Batesville for jet-engine parts plant
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/29/7 Gov. Haley Barbour and Scott C. Donnelly, president and CEO of General Electric Aviation, have scheduled an official announcement this afternoon in the northwest Mississippi city about an hour south of Memphis. Original plans called for the plant to be built by late 2007 or early 2008, but it was not known…
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May 30, 2007
Hood to take Wilburn to court
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/29/7 Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday he is preparing to take Jerry Wilburn Oil of Tupelo to court to collect money allegedly gouged from consumers after Hurricane Katrina. During news conferences Thursday in Jackson and Tupelo, the attorney general announced that five Mississippi oil companies have agreed to settle…
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May 30, 2007
Eaves urges students to aim high for better state
The Daily Leader, 5/29/7 “Mississippi needs for you to feel the desires of your heart,” he said. “The era of low expectations is over. Your generation is an essential part of that.” Eaves toed the line between speaking and campaigning, stepping over it in several places when he brought up what he considered to be…
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May 30, 2007
Challenger in DA’s race offering stiff competition to incumbent
The Rankin Ledger, 5/29/7 Michael Guest is mounting a stiff challenge to his former boss, Madison/Rankin District Attorney David Clark, in his bid for the district attorney’s office. For his part, Clark remains defiant, confident. The incumbent said his record in two non-consecutive terms as district attorney will speak for itself.
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May 30, 2007
Melton: Back to business, here’s a ‘to do’ list
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/30/7 A Meridian jury on Friday refused to award damages from Melton to two men who sued over a memo Melton leaked to the media in 2003 when he was head of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics about alleged misuse of government property and funds. The court had already decided against Melton involving…
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May 30, 2007
RUMORS & SUCH – Lin Floyd (formerly of Mike Lott’s congressional campaign) joins Hosemann team
Rumor has it that Lin Floyd, former campaign manager for State Senator Mike Lott’s congressional run has joined the Delbert Hosemann campaign as the Field Director. This should make for interesting fodder on the campaign trail.
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May 28, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: May 28, 2026
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Frank Corder
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May 27, 2026
Owens, Lumumba, Banks have until Friday to change their plea in Jackson bribery case
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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May 27, 2026
Key Senators Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Associated Press
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May 28, 2026
SEC formally eliminates ‘cupcake weekend’ beginning in 2027
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Susan Marquez
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May 28, 2026
Things to do in the Magnolia State this June
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Alistair Begg
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May 28, 2026
God is for us
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Brent Sadler
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May 27, 2026
The Navy needs a strategic industrial plan to realize the Golden Fleet
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Sid Salter
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May 27, 2026
For most Americans, gas prices are the top public policy concern rising from Iran conflict
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Roger Wicker
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May 26, 2026
Deterrence is cheaper than war
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