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December 7, 2011
New legislators learning the ropes
New legislators learning the ropes Gov. Haley Barbour told a group of newly elected legislators Tuesday night they’ll need to put on their “big-boy britches” for the challenges that lay ahead. Forty-seven lawmakers, an unusually large class of freshmen, met Tuesday at the Capitol for the first of a two-day orientation organized by the College…
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December 7, 2011
Barbour warns lawmakers: $20M settlement must go to feds
Barbour warns lawmakers: $20M settlement must go to feds JACKSON, MS (WLOX) – Gov. Haley Barbour on Tuesday sent a letter to legislative leadership warning the Joint Legislative Budget Committee against relying on a $20 million pharmaceutical legal settlement to shore up the state budget in Fiscal Year 2013. “I urge you to not be…
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December 7, 2011
Mississippi is unhealthiest state, United Health Foundation reports
Mississippi is unhealthiest state, United Health Foundation reports OXFORD — Mississippi again is dead last in the nation in overall health rankings compiled by the United Health Foundation, a nonprofit subsidiary of insurer UnitedHealth Group. More than one out of three Mississippians is obese, ranking the state last in that category. And there appears to…
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December 7, 2011
Secretary of State Says ‘Check Your Charities’
Secretary of State Says ‘Check Your Charities’ Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is reminding citizens to be smart in selecting charities to support this holiday season. Each year, the secretary of state’s office publishes a Report on Charitable Organizations in Mississippi. It outlines the financial information of charities registered in the state, in addition…
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December 7, 2011
Charlie Mitchell – Bryant’s federal fiscal desires would bankrupt Mississippi
Charlie Mitchell – Bryant’s federal fiscal desires would bankrupt Mississippi OXFORD — A problem for Gov.-elect Phil Bryant is this: If the federal government adopts his self-professed “tight-fisted” fiscal style, Mississippi will go belly-up. In an instant. In August, Bryant capped decades of effective public service by easily winning the Republican nomination for the state’s…
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December 7, 2011
New lawmakers get crash course in legislative process
New lawmakers get crash course in legislative process JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – These are the new faces of the Mississippi Legislature, 47 total and all of them getting a crash course in what it’s like to be a lawmaker, from policies and procedures to rules and regulations. “This is taking a sip of water out…
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December 7, 2011
Barbour criticism angers Musgrove
Barbour criticism angers Musgrove PICAYUNE — Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove is none too pleased with Gov. Haley Barbour’s criticism of his big drug lawsuits. Musgrove called me up to tell me so. This led to me sitting down with him for a couple of hours to hear his side of the story. Some background for…
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December 7, 2011
Governor Haley Barbour to make series of speeches across MS in coming days
GOV. BARBOUR TO GIVE SERIES OF SPEECHES AROUND STATE STARTING TOMORROW Governor will address audiences in Tupelo, Jackson and Biloxi Gov. Haley Barbour will give a series of three speeches this week and next week marking the end of his term and noting ways to Keep Mississippi Moving. The events are open to the public.…
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December 7, 2011
Senator Roger Wicker opposes nomination of ultra-activist judge to DC circuit
Wicker Opposes Nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted against proceeding to the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. “I strongly oppose the nomination of Caitlin Halligan,” said Wicker. “The Constitutional duty…
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December 6, 2011
Barbour backing Internet sales tax; Bryant opposed
Barbour backing Internet sales tax; Bryant opposed Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is now backing a congressional proposal to allow states to directly collect sales taxes from Internet and catalog merchants. Barbour expressed support in a letter last week to Republican Sens. Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. He said he backed a…
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December 6, 2011
Trent Lott weighs in on Romney campaign
Trent Lott weighs in on Romney campaign Also cropping up for the first time are told-you-so suggestions that Romney should have engaged in a more forward-leaning campaign during the fall, to lock down the Republican nomination when his opposition was still scattered. “I have disagreed with his strategy,” said former Senate GOP Leader Trent Lott,…
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December 6, 2011
Presley – Entergy spinoff possibly good thing, if ratepayers protected
Presley – Entergy spinoff possibly good thing, if ratepayers protected Entergy and ITC officials say the merger will create greater financial resources to deliver electricity to a greater swath of the country in a more efficient manner. The Mississippi Public Service Commission will have to weigh in on the transaction. Brandon Presley, a member of…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 6, 2025
State funding for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning down from previous year
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
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Daniel Tyson
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June 6, 2025
Legal fight over control of Jackson airport continues
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 6, 2025
Take a Dip this Summer: Your guide to Mississippi’s best water parks
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 6, 2025
Have I betrayed Him?
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Ben Smith
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June 5, 2025
Love God, love family, and shoot ducks
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Russ Latino
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June 6, 2025
Make America Boring Again
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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