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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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April 8, 2007
Mike Lott – Secretary of State Campaign Announcement
Mike Lott – Secretary of State Campaign Announcement State Representative Mike Lott, Republican candidate for Secretary of State, will begin a “Protect the Vote” Campaign Tour in Noxubee County on Wednesday, April 11, at 10:00 a.m. on the Courthouse steps in Macon. The integrity of the election process in every county is an issue with…
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April 7, 2007
High gas prices keeping some home for holiday
As motorists took to the interstates Friday to kick-off the Easter holiday, escalating gas prices took a bite out of their plans. Even though the American Automobile Association did not report a major spike in the region, gas ranged from $2.59 to $2.89 per gallon for regular unleaded at gas stations in the area.
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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
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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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