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April 6, 2005
Radios – CL Editorial
Radios The recent Clarion-Ledger’s series of reports, “Hinds County: Patchwork Justice,” showed that political turf wars have kept city and county law enforcement from operating in an efficient way to fight crime. The losers are the citizens/taxpayers; the winners are the criminals. It’s indefensible for two law enforcement agencies with overlapping jurisdictions to have radio…
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April 6, 2005
Dems Challenge Melton’s Residency
Dems Challenge Melton’s Residency On April 4, Jackson resident James Rice asked the Jackson Municipal Democratic Executive Committee to take a second look at the qualifications of Democratic mayoral candidate Frank Melton, asserting that Melton was not qualified to run in the district because he had not filed homestead exemption there. Rice, wielding a printout…
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April 6, 2005
Mayor’s Response
Mayor’s Response Incumbent Mayor Harvey Johnson wants voters to think about integrity. “The citizens of Jackson have to make sure that the person they are looking at to lead this city is fact does not misrepresent facts and is truthful with them,” Johnson said. WJTV 4/5/5
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April 6, 2005
Questions of Candidacy Spark Reaction
Questions of Candidacy Spark Reaction Tuesday, candidates reacted strongly to a challenge of Frank Melton’s eligibility to be a candidate for mayor. Lavaree Jones, an official with the state and local democratic party, and James Rice question Melton’s residency, based on his filing in Texas for homestead exemption. Hinds County Tax Assessor Mike Barnes says…
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April 6, 2005
Ministers Endorse Harvey Johnson Jr. For Mayor
Ministers Endorse Harvey Johnson Jr. For Mayor A group of Jackson ministers is throwing it’s support behind Harvey Johnson for mayor. Tuesday, Johnson held a press conference at his campaign headquarters, where ministers said they believe Johnson is the best candidate for the job. Johnson spoke briefly, thanking the men for supporting him since his…
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April 6, 2005
Fondren Corner Fund Raiser for Melton – Tuesday
Fondren Corner Fund Raiser for Melton – Tuesday Tonight is the night for the rooftop fund raiser for mayoral hopeful Frank Melton being hosted by a long list of North Jackson (and non-Jackson) luminaries. Many of the hosts of the event are prominent Republicans, including Alan Lange (editor of JacksonsNextMayor.com), attorney Wilson Carroll, businessman Stuart…
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April 5, 2005
Bush’s Amtrak budget hurts Miss.
Bush’s Amtrak budget hurts Miss. As mayors of communities served by Amtrak’s Sunset Limited, City of New Orleans and Crescent services, we are writing to express deep concern about plans being discussed in Washington to “zero out” funding for these services (“The Bush budget,” Feb. 8). We believe the proposal advocated in the administration’s budget…
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April 5, 2005
Melton on Farish Street Hype
Melton on Farish Street Hype JACKSON: Jackson mayoral candidate Frank Melton made the following comment regarding today’s update on the progress of Farish Street: “Why does it take Harvey eight years to realize that the crack houses on Farish Street need to come down? I would have thought he knew that back in 1997 when…
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April 5, 2005
Melton Response to Democratic Executive Committee Complaint
Melton Response to Democratic Executive Committee Complaint JACKSON: In a regularly scheduled Democratic Municipal Election meeting tonight, allegations were brought up concerning the residency of Jackson mayoral candidate Frank Melton. Sarah O’Reilly-Evans, co-chair and legal council of the Melton campaign, attended the meeting. “The law specifically states that there is a ten-day period of time…
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April 5, 2005
Memphis Developer Confident In Farish St.
Memphis Developer Confident In Farish St. A well-known developer announced a detailed plan regarding the Farish Street entertainment district in downtown Jackson. John Elkington, President of Performa Entertainment is Farish street’s developer. He’s comparing the area to Beale Street in Memphis and is addressing concerns like safety and parking. He wants it to be the…
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April 5, 2005
Melton Candidacy Challenged
Melton Candidacy Challenged Melton’s attorney Sarah O’Reilly Evans said the challenge violates state statutes that require opposition petitions be submitted no more than 10 days after the filing deadline. WLBT 4/4/5
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April 4, 2005
Candidate Forum
JACKSON MAYORAL FORUM TO BE HELD SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH Contact person: Dorothy Triplett, 601-750-1855 A forum of the three Democratic candidates for Mayor of the City of Jackson will be hosted by the Mississippi Democratic Club at 10:00 am, Saturday, April 9, 2005, in Woodworth Chapel on the campus of TOUGALOO COLLEGE. Confirmations have been…
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April 28, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: April 28, 2025
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 25, 2025
Second Medicaid Tech Bill vetoed by Governor
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Illia Novikov, Associated Press
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April 25, 2025
Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Parrish Alford
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April 28, 2025
The trouble with being Shedeur
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Robert St. John
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April 28, 2025
The gift of work, the blessing of people
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 28, 2025
The forerunner of mercy
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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