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July 23, 2009
Mississippi ranks worst among discouraged job seekers
Mississippi ranks worst among discouraged job seekers In some U.S. states, nearly half of the job seekers who have stopped looking for work have done so because they simply don’t believe they’ll find anything. Indeed, the number of discouraged workers nationwide has more than doubled in the past year. This trend won’t be reflected in…
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July 23, 2009
YP – Hood has recieved State’s $40 million from Microsoft
Hood has recieved State’s $40 million from Microsoft Jackson, MS-Attorney General Jim Hood has received the state’s $40 million portion of a $100 million settlement with software giant Microsoft. A $100 million settlement between the State of Mississippi and Microsoft was reached June 10, 2009, in order to settle anti-trust claims. The agreement called for…
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July 23, 2009
Updated – Mississippi police officer fired from force while serving in Iraq
Mississippi police officer fired from force while serving in Iraq Mantachie police chief, and other officers, not rehired At the time of Tuesday’s decision, the Mantachie Police Department was operating with two full-time officers, Jones and Danny Crumb, and one part-time reserve officer, Nelson McMillen. Wilton Cooper, another full-time officer and drug dog handler, is…
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July 23, 2009
Maj. in Miss. on how Miss. senators feel about Sotomayor filibuster
Maj. in Miss. on how Miss. senators feel about Sotomayor filibuster Both Cochran and Wicker have taken some heat in the press, specifically from Sid Salter and David Hampton (here and here). In there blog posts, they make the point that Republicans rightly claimed that the Democrats were obstructing Pres. Bush’s nominees to various courts;…
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July 23, 2009
Vanity Fair Q&A with Ray Mabus
Q&A: Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Department of the Navy The attorneys for the lone pirate to survive the Maersk Alabama incident contest he is not actually a mercenary pirate but a guerilla defendant of a country in anarchy. Does that defense hold any water at all? The fact that there is not a real…
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July 23, 2009
Travis Childers won’t make definitive statement on healthcare till it’s in final form
Travis Childers will not make definitive statement on healthcare till it’s in final form U.S. Rep. Travis Childers continues to have concerns about the affordability, process and mandates of any universal health care plan put before Congress, a spokesperson said Wednesday. Dana Edelstein said Childers, while supportive of health care coverage for all Americans, would…
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July 23, 2009
Northeast Miss. unemployment at a whopping 11.2 percent
Northeast Miss. unemployment at whopping 11.2 percent The jobless rates for the region’s 16 counties and month-to-month change: County June May Change Alcorn 12.5 13.1 -0.6 Benton 14.7 13.8 -0.9 Calhoun 13.5 13.9 -0.4 Chickasaw 13.4 13.7 -0.3 Clay 16.9 17.1 -0.2 Itawamba 11.0 11.4 -0.4 Lafayette 8.8 8.3 + 0.5 Lee 10.7 10.7 NC…
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July 23, 2009
Sell Madison courthouse? Some cautious of idea
Sell Madison courthouse? Some cautious of idea The deal would save the county up to $2 million for repairs, says Bobby McMurtry of Barks Fek LLC. But county Comptroller Mark Houston says the cost of leasing the building for seven years would be at least equal to the county’s estimated cost of repairs. Madison County…
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July 23, 2009
54 Miss. counties reporting double-digit unemployment, Jefferson at 20 percent
54 Miss. counties reporting double-digit unemployment, Jefferson at 20 percent In June, 54 of the state’s 82 counties had double-digit jobless rates. The state’s rate hovered close to double digits. It was 9.8 percent in June, about two points higher than the same month last year and higher than the June national rate of 9.7…
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July 23, 2009
Wicker hoped to continue, not cut, F-22 production
Wicker hoped to continue, not cut, F-22 production A retired Air Force officer and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee says he disagrees with the majority of enators who voted to cut funding for the F-22 Stealth fighter project. The 58-to-40 vote to kill the F-22 came as a victory for the Obama administration.…
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July 23, 2009
Some Dish Network Customers To Receive Settlement Money
Some Dish Network Customers To Receive Settlement Money Some Dish Network customers in Mississippi will soon get some cash. Attorney General Jim Hood announced Wednesday that Dish Network, LLC would pay just under $6 million to settle cases in 46 states, including Mississippi. The satellite TV provider was accused of deceptive and unfair sales practice.…
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July 23, 2009
Jobless rate at 9.8 in June – CL says state faces long, tough road
Newest figures from the Mississippi Employment Security Commission show that Mississippi’s unemployment rate was 9.8 percent in June. That is an increase of about 2 percent compared to last year. The state unemployment rate was 9.6 in May and 7.7 percent last June. That means 129,000 people were unemployed. Sobering, but it most likely will…
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Frank Corder
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August 14, 2025
Amtrak officially returns to the Coast August 18 with four stops in Mississippi
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Magnolia Tribune
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August 14, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: August 14, 2025
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 13, 2025
Mississippi launches first-of-its-kind youth mental health initiative
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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August 14, 2025
A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this season
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Ben Smith
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August 14, 2025
Passing the time until deer season
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Susan Marquez
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August 14, 2025
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: Two Crackers Oyster Company
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Kimberly Ross
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August 13, 2025
Americans aren’t having enough babies
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Sid Salter
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August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
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Lesley Davis
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August 12, 2025
From Bud Light to American Eagle: What two ads say about the much-needed cultural shift in America
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