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March 23, 2011
Barbour mourns Pinetop’s passing
DATE: March 22, 2011 STATEMENT OF GOV. BARBOUR ON PASSING OF BLUES LEGEND PINETOP PERKINS “Mississippi lost one of the last, great Delta blues legends yesterday. Pinetop Perkins will be remembered for his immense talent and the decades of music he created and performed. I’m proud we were able to honor him with a lifetime…
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March 23, 2011
Redistricting . . . we can work it out, can’t we?
Democrats are signaling a deal very quietly by Alan Lange
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March 22, 2011
Latest filings in MS Redistricting lawsuit
Redistricting motion requesting three judge panel Answer to MS redistricting lawsuit by Republican Party
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March 22, 2011
House Dems prepare to join NAACP vs. Barbour/Hood lawsuit
House committee votes to intervene in legislative redistricting lawsuit Members of the state House Apportionment and Elections Committee voted today to request the federal court allow the panel to intervene in a lawsuit the NAACP filed over legislative redistricting. Committee Chairman Tommy Reynolds said intervening, or becoming a party in the lawsuit, will allow his…
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March 22, 2011
CILLIZZA – Haley Barbour to go to Nevada to work political heavyweights
Haley Barbour’s inside game Haley Barbour will travel to Nevada on Tuesday to meet with Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) and have lunch with a handful of state legislators, a visit that suggest the Mississippi governor will make a major play in the Silver State caucus in early 2012. While Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina…
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March 22, 2011
YP – Interesting messaging coming from Democrats on redistricting signaling a possible ‘blink’
Today, Bobby Harrison blogged The fact that House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, has said he will not appoint conferees to try to negotiate a legislative redistricting compromise with the Senate is important, but in reality only symbolic. (emphasis mine) McCoy’s actions will not prevent a compromise if the various parties involved in the conflict want…
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March 22, 2011
ENTERPRISE JOURNAL – No sympathy for Steve Simpson
No sympathy for Steve Simpson Simpson blamed his tax difficulty on the economic toll that Hurricane Katrina had taken on his family and the supposed financial sacrifice of public service. “I regret I didn’t pay (the taxes) on time, but it makes me a lot like other people. When you’re a state employee, that’s not…
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March 21, 2011
NMC – Zach Scruggs’s bar complaint dismissed
Zach Scruggs’s bar complaint dismissed Will this have an impact on Zach Scruggs’s effort to set aside his plea? Indirectly, yes: The bar has effectively said there is nothing here to complain about, which has a huge psychological impact on the ineffectiveness argument Zach Scruggs is making. I can already imagine a footnote in an…
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March 21, 2011
MS Bar serves a major blow and dismisses Zach Scruggs complaint against Tony Farese
The Zach Scruggs media narrative just got tougher by Alan Lange
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March 21, 2011
FIREMCCOY – “B. McCoy” now to beome a racial codephrase according to 1 state senator
Courtesy of FireMcCoy.com PETTUS – Analysis: Remapping sets tone for coming decade “Under the reign of Billy McCoy there’s no such thing as true bi-partisanship in Jackson,” the firemccoy.com site says. “Partisan politics is the name of the game for McCoy where if you aren’t a member of the Speaker’s band of liberal merry men…
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March 18, 2011
NAACP vs. Haley Barbour – the redistricting fight – to be held in front of Judge Dan Jordan
NAACP vs. Haley Barbour – MS redistricting lawsuit U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi (Jackson) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:11-cv-00159-DPJ -FKB Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al v. Barbour et al Assigned to: District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III Referred to: Magistrate Judge F.…
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March 17, 2011
YP BREAKING – By vote 29-18 of Senate tells Billy McCoy to shove it and asks to invite conference
Senate has held and voted to not concur on JR 201 (the redistricting resolution) and to invite conference by a vote of 29-18. Billy Hewes drove the vote and even Terry Burton voted yes. Billy McCoy has threatened to not send conferees. The heat is on and the battle begins in earnest. Audio of Senate…
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April 30, 2026
U.S. Senate bans its own members and staff from betting in prediction markets
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Frank Corder
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April 30, 2026
With Kirby not seeking re-election, Yancey announces run for Senate District 30
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 30, 2026
State Board of Education approves updated internal audit charter
Business
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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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Susan Marquez
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April 30, 2026
Rediscover the original Solly’s Hot Tamales in Vicksburg
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Alistair Begg
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April 30, 2026
The ultimate reality
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Susan Marquez
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April 29, 2026
“Ellenpalooza” coming to Bay St. Louis
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Russ Latino
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April 29, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court’s voting rights decision carries big implications for Mississippi
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Sid Salter
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April 29, 2026
Reeves’ decision to preemptively call a special session for judicial redistricting is shrewd
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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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