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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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October 13, 2009
Bennie Thompson against Wicker’s measure to allow checked guns on trains
Bennie Thompson against Wicker’s measure to allow checked guns on trains Senate legislation to let Amtrak train passengers put guns in checked baggage would undermine safety, two House lawmakers said today. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, and Peter King of New York, the panel’s senior Republican, protested the gun proposal…
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October 13, 2009
C.L. – Insurance shouldn’t deny abused because they are supposed “high risks”
C.L. – Insurance shouldn’t deny abused because they are supposed “high risks” Mississippi is one of eight states in which it is legal for insurance companies to deny coverage to victims of domestic violence on the basis that such victimization makes a potential insured “high risk.” Talk about being victimized twice! This is wrong and…
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October 13, 2009
Luckett a VIP at the Helena blues festival
Luckett a VIP at the Helena blues festival But there were other sounds of note that were not strictly musical — things political, environmental, educational, economic. In attendance at the VIP party, into which I ventured by knowing somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody, was a large and oddly engaging man of silver hair…
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October 13, 2009
Jim Hood seeks a billion from Memphis over alleged water theft, case with U.S. Supreme Court
Jim Hood seeks a billion from Memphis over alleged water theft, case with U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court will decide if Memphis, Tennessee has been stealing Mississippi’s groundwater since 1985 and, if guilty, the state would have to pay $1 billion in damages. In February 2005, the state of Mississippi filed its first complaint…
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October 13, 2009
The STEPS coalition wants seats for Obama’s town hall in NOLA
The STEPS coalition wants seats for Obama’s town hall in NOLA The STEPS coalition is hoping to get seats at a town hall meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday in New Orleans to make their voices heard on hurricane recovery issues. Members of the group, which is made up of several advocacy organizations, have…
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Russ Latino
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi Supreme Court revives Bryant defamation case against Mississippi Today
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Moderate to exceptional drought conditions seen throughout Mississippi
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi moves up in national rankings for state-funded Pre-K enrollment
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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April 23, 2026
Players to watch, including familiar names and new faces, around the SEC following spring
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 23, 2026
Where Vicksburg slows down: A table at Key City Brewery & Eatery
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Alistair Begg
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April 23, 2026
Our heavenly friend
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Lesley Davis
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April 23, 2026
He Didn’t Even Hesitate: Mississippi’s Jake Mangum, America’s pastime, and the culture that still unites us
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Kelley Williams
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April 23, 2026
An ounce of prevention
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Russ Latino
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April 22, 2026
Federal indictment against The Southern Poverty Law Center hits close to home
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