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October 14, 2009
G. Taylor writes heavy-handed letter to Obama for not visiting Miss. Coast this week
G. Taylor writes heavy-handed letter to Obama for not visiting Miss. Coast this week U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor is calling on President Barack Obama, who will be visiting New Orleans on Thursday, to back the congressman’s effort to add wind coverage to the National Flood Insurance Program. In the letter to Obama made public Tuesday,…
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October 14, 2009
Is the Mississippi Coast invisible?
Is the Mississippi Coast invisible? When the White House recently announced the president would be visiting New Orleans and the “hurricane damaged” areas of the Gulf Coast in mid-October, in accordance with a campaign pledge, our immediate thought was we better get ready. But since the initial notice was lacking additional facts, the Biloxi (Miss.)…
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October 14, 2009
SALTER – Mississippi Gulf Coast not worth a look, Mr. President?
SALTER – Mississippi Gulf Coast not worth a look, Mr. President? President Barack Obama will visit New Orleans on Thursday to survey for himself the progress of recovery from 2005’s Hurricane Katrina – but there are apparently no plans by the White House for a presidential stop in Mississippi for the same purpose. Surely, Mr.…
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October 14, 2009
Miss. tax revenue $128 million less than last year, 7% more cuts expected
Miss. tax revenue $128 million less than last year, 7% more cuts expected “I’ve been in state government almost 26 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Kevin Upchurch, executive director of the state Department of Finance and Administration. That’s because revenues are down 12 percent for the first quarter of this fiscal…
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October 14, 2009
Hardly bipartisan, health bill moves ahead
Hardly bipartisan, health bill moves ahead WASHINGTON — Fully bipartisan it isn’t. But at long last, White House-backed health care legislation has a Republican supporter in Congress. Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled triumph that propelled President…
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October 14, 2009
Supreme Court looks at Honest Services fraud, particularly the Skilling case
Supreme Court looks at Honest Services fraud Honest services fraud. It’s clearly the buzz phrase of the day in white-collar criminal cases, due to the decision of the Supreme Court to review the conviction of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling (see previous LB post). The law makes it a crime to deprive someone of “the…
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October 14, 2009
Florida and Alabama pulling away not only from SEC, but from nation
Florida and Alabama pulling away not only from SEC, but from nation College football may not have a playoff, but it does have a bracket. I first advanced my BCS title game bracket theory on Sept. 11 in the From Scrimmage blog to console a grammarian USC fan who couldn’t understand why I had jumped…
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October 14, 2009
Q&A with ESPN’s BCS analyst Brad Edwards
Q&A with ESPN’s BCS analyst Brad Edwards Brad Edwards’ life is about to center around computers and polls. The beauty pagent portion of the college football season officially starts Sunday when the first Bowl Championship Series standings are released. I talked with Brad, who analyzes the BCS for ESPN, for a preliminary look at what…
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October 14, 2009
GOVERNOR BARBOUR SAYS MORE BUDGET CUTS INEVITABLE FOR FY 2010
GOVERNOR BARBOUR SAYS MORE BUDGET CUTS INEVITABLE FOR FY 2010 “In view of the continuing revenue shortfall that threatens the state budget, I have begun working on additional cuts that will be needed to keep the budget in balance, as required by law. Complicating the process is a state statute that limits my authority to…
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October 14, 2009
AP – Morgan Freeman helps friend (Bill Luckett) in Miss. gov’s race
Morgan Freeman helps friend in Miss. gov’s race Freeman has written a fundraising letter and is one of the hosts for a cocktail party in Los Angeles next week for Bill Luckett, an attorney seeking the Democratic nomination. Term limits prevent Republican Gov. Haley Barbour from seeking a third term. “Reform in Mississippi is hard…
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October 14, 2009
MID Commish Mike Chaney’s response to CL editorial on insurance denials based on domestic abuse
The editorial entitled “Insurance: Abuse Victims Are Denied”, which appeared in the October 9, 2009 edition of The Clarion-Ledger, requires a response. In the 2001 Session of the Mississippi Legislature, the Mississippi Insurance Department worked closely with then House Insurance Committee Chairperson, Rep. Mary Ann Stevens, to sponsor four bills designed to prohibit unfair discrimination…
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October 13, 2009
Miss. to be one of the first states to get Census results, political arm-wrestling awaits
Miss. to be one of the first states to get Census results, political arm-wrestling awaits Little of the same redistricting tension that surrounded the 2000 population census exists now as the Legislature awaits figures of the 2010 census. But that is not to say some angry partisan arm-wrestling — Democrat against Republican — over legislative…
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 5, 2025
Mississippi 98% compliant as REAL ID deadline nears
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Daniel Tyson
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May 5, 2025
Crockett reminds Tougaloo grads “how to use a chair” in commencement address
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Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
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May 5, 2025
Trump administration says it’ll pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country
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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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May 5, 2025
Selmon under pressure to protect Mississippi State’s baseball legacy with next hire
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Robert St. John
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May 5, 2025
A spring of celebrations
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 5, 2025
The storm of God’s wrath
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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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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