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October 14, 2009
YP CHATTER – Another special session?
The Extra Sensory Perception Network (ESPN) Department of YallPolitics.com is picking up on legislative chatter about a special session involving approval of some legislation involving the electric car plant currently slated for location in Tunica County. This is only chatter, but it’s picking up in frequency. The word is that the special session would be…
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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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Jeremy Pittari
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December 15, 2025
Lawmakers see financial literacy as a growing need in Mississippi’s colleges and universities
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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December 15, 2025
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup
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Frank Corder
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December 11, 2025
$100 million metallurgical biocarbon manufacturer locating in Pike County
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Frank Corder
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December 2, 2025
BWC Terminals break ground in Pascagoula
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Robert St. John
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December 15, 2025
The last strand of tinsel
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Alistair Begg
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December 15, 2025
The law of love
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Matt Friedeman
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December 14, 2025
Charles Wesley and Christmas
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Russ Latino
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December 10, 2025
University of Mississippi Chancellor responds to Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit, seeks dismissal
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Sid Salter
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December 10, 2025
Guardrails or gravel? Why America and Mississippi must get AI regulation right in 2026
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Merle Flowers
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December 8, 2025
The Parents Over Platforms Act: A targeted, privacy-respecting alternative to ASAA
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