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August 31, 2009
CL – Allow freed felons a vote, not those still imprisoned
CL – Allow freed felons a vote, not those still imprisoned The Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman is full of convicted felons. It also is full of voters. Being convicted of a felony and even being in jail doesn’t necessarily remove one’s right to vote in Mississippi. It depends on what kind of felony. State…
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August 31, 2009
What’s your nickname?
What’s your nickname? If you’re from around here, you don’t bat an eye when an insurance company president answers to Shorty, a major car dealer is dubbed Butch, Bubba is a funeral home executive, the mayor’s called Chipper and a software consultant is known far and wide as FoFo. “We’ve got more nicknames than anywhere…
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August 31, 2009
Wonder if Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez regrets change of mind?
Wonder if Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez regrets change of mind? On the same day the University of Alabama was joyfully releasing news of what it hopes will become a lifetime contract for coach Nick Saban, a Detroit newspaper was reporting potentially serious NCAA allegations committed by Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez. You remember Rodriguez, who…
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August 31, 2009
New contract won’t keep Saban longer, but continued total control just might
New contract won’t keep Saban longer, but continued total control just might Did you catch the mistake? It’s right there in the opening paragraph of the Saturday press release from Alabama. This is what it said: “University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban has signed an extension to his original contract that will keep…
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August 30, 2009
Poor economy delays Civil Rights museum
Poor economy delays Civil Rights museum “It has great problems, doesn’t it?” observed Leslie McLemore, a member of the now-defunct museum commission. Last year, more than 1.7 million visits were made to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta, while Tennessee and Alabama each brought in more than 200,000 people to their…
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August 30, 2009
Miss. emergency wireless sytem tested by Barbour
Miss. emergency wireless sytem tested by Barbour Four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the coast and cut communications between officials and first responders, Gov. Haley Barbour demonstrated a new $160 million wireless communications network. In less than one minute, Barbour spoke with contacts all over south Mississippi, including the Jackson County Emergency Operations Center in…
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August 30, 2009
Which College Football Giant Awakens Next?
Which College Football Giant Awakens Next? This time last year, Alabama was just another has-been behemoth. The Crimson Tide was coming off of a 7-6 2007 and was facing a killer 2008 schedule. Penn State went 4-7 in 2004 before winning a share of the Big Ten the following season. Southern California, whose seven-year Pac-10…
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August 30, 2009
Kicking it with Auburn’s Chris Todd
Kicking it with Auburn’s Chris Todd It’s Chris Todd’s show. Finally. After the circus that was Auburn’s offense last season, shoulder problems that admittedly made Todd a hesitant quarterback and then shoulder surgery in December, he came from the back of the pack to win the Tigers’ starting quarterback job this preseason. It might be…
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August 29, 2009
Barbour warns of more budget cuts after weak tax revenue
Barbour warns of more budge cuts after weak tax revenue Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds said Friday that leaders at the eight universities were told weeks ago to look for ways to handle a possible budget reduction of up to 5 percent. “We are trying to figure out how we make budget cuts without losing…
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August 29, 2009
U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper talks with Leader-Call editorial board
Harper talks with Leader-Call editorial board U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) continued the bevy of elected leaders to visit the City Beautiful Thursday as he met with the editorial board of the Laurel Leader-Call. Earlier in the day, Harper visited the Rogers-Green House to meet with members of the community. Harper was all smiles at…
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August 29, 2009
Barbour asks Supreme Court to reconsider decision in case involving civil justice law
Barbour asks Supreme Court to reconsider decision in case involving civil justice law Gov. Haley Barbour has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider a decision he says could impact the changes made to the state’s civil justice laws. One of the laws passed in the last few years requires a plaintiff to give 60-…
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August 29, 2009
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, Tom Coburn, and John Barasso town hall coverage
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, Tom Coburn, and John Barasso town hall coverage “The Senate Doctors Show” took their traveling health care debate billed as the Congressional Health Care Forum to Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Thursday with a live nationwide audience listening and watching on the Internet. “I don’t think there is a more important issue in…
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Maxwell appointed USDA State Director by President Trump
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Senator Wicker on Trump’s budget request: President’s advisors “were apparently not listening”
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Ole Miss pulls support of Oxford Pride Parade citing new DEI law
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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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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 2, 2025
He promises you
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Susan Marquez
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May 1, 2025
What’s Happening, Mississippi? Things to do in the Magnolia State in May 2025
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 1, 2025
The mighty one
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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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