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June 3, 2009
SALTER – Will health care be cheaper without the hospital tax?
Will health care be cheaper without the hospital tax? Few public policy initiatives in Mississippi have generated more heated arguments than the so-called “hospital tax” or provider assessment as a means to fund Medicaid – the federal-state program that provides health care for the poor, the blind, the disabled and children. Gov. Haley Barbour has…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 3, 2009
Budget limbo puts Miss. schools in difficult spot
Budget limbo puts Miss. schools in difficult spot Mississippi school administrators are increasingly frustrated because lawmakers can’t agree on a state budget for the year that begins July 1. Until the state spending plan is complete, local school boards can’t finish deciding how to allocate money for everything from teacher contracts to extracurricular activities. AP…
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June 3, 2009
CL – “Former” tobacco lobbyiest Haley Barbour right to equalize tobacco tax
CL – “Former” tobacco lobbyiest right to equalize tobacco tax Critics of former tobacco lobbyist Gov. Haley Barbour’s call to raise cigarette taxes on companies that didn’t participate in the state’s tobacco lawsuit settlement and change the way the state taxes smokeless tobacco claim he’s doing so to help some of his old lobbying clients.…
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June 3, 2009
SouthernPoli.Report – Childers may win if Flowers and Nunnalee face-off
SouthernPoli.Report – Childers may win if Flowers and Nunnalee face-off Freshman Democratic US Rep. Travis Childers won five elections in Mississippi’s 1st District (Tupelo, etc.) last year, including a special election, a primary, a couple of runoffs and a November General Election (with 54%). Next year, he could win another one, especially if the Republicans…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 3, 2009
Chaney deposits $2 million to states general fund from insurance surplus lines
Chaney deposits $2 million to states general fund from insurance surplus lines Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has delivered a $2 million check targeted for the state’s general fund. The money, derived from fees paid by the surplus lines insurance industry, will go to the Department of Finance and Administration for deposit into the general…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 3, 2009
Delbert Hosemann dismayed by voter turn-out
Delbert Hosemann dismayed by voter turn-out A sprinkling of voters showed up Tuesday for metro municipal elections and more for a Flowood liquor vote, but the turnout wasn’t a turn-on for Mississippi’s secretary of state. More precisely, Delbert Hosemann said he was aghast at preliminary numbers. “Voting is your most important right, and many people…
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June 3, 2009
Lowder did more good than bad
Lowder did more good than bad On bobbylowder.com Monday morning, the headline said it all: “1 year, 10 months and 20 days.” That’s the current countdown until Bobby Lowder’s term expires as a member of the Auburn Board of Trustees. However, many believe his “reign of terror,” as some critics have described his 26-year tenure…
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June 3, 2009
McCullough Loses, Oxford GOP Chair Lew Yoder campaigns for dems, Patterson shoots the bird
McCullough Loses, Oxford GOP Chair Lew Yoder: Traitor in Our Ranks? Joke: “How does the GOP lose a city election in Mississippi? A: “The Lafayette County Party Chair votes Democrat.” GOP Party Chairman Lew Yoder did not back the only Republican running for mayor. Instead, he had two Pat Patterson signs in his yard. At…
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June 3, 2009
YP – No ruling by 11th Circuit in Scruggs civil contempt appeal
YP – No ruling by 11th Circuit in Scruggs civil contempt appeal Pacer records indicate there was oral arguments taken on March 11, with Keker attorney Warren Braunig arguing for Scruggs, and Barbara Ellis Stanley on behalf of E.A. Renfroe. There have been no recent filings since those arguments were heard, but below you’ll find…
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June 3, 2009
POLITICO – War funding fight gets complicated as Obama tries to add more $ and Cochran adds pork
POLITICO – War funding fight gets complicated as Obama tries to add more $ and Cochran adds pork With new requests from the White House Tuesday night, a wartime spending bill could soon exceed $100 billion, adding to the risks of an already tense fight in the House over the addition of new financing for…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 3, 2009
Minn. Gov. Pawlenty won’t seek 3rd term in 2010
Minn. Gov. Pawlenty won’t seek 3rd term in 2010 Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty erased one doubt about his political future while blowing open another, passing Tuesday on a third-term bid while declining to say if he’ll set his sights on the White House. Pawlenty dismissed talk of a 2012 Republican presidential campaign as premature, saying…
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June 2, 2009
CHAREN – Remember Judge Charles Pickering?
It’s Not Fair Casually to Call People Racist The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has already achieved a boon for our political culture: It has helped leading liberals and Democrats to discover that being tarred as a racist on flimsy grounds is unfair and deeply unpleasant. Sen. Diane Feinstein (D., Calif.)…
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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April 30, 2025
US stocks sink after a weak report on the economy but then halve their losses after inflation update
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Daniel Tyson
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April 30, 2025
Plans to construct new Entergy power plant in Ridgeland moving forward
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Frank Corder
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April 30, 2025
Thompson among Congressional Democrats to meet with ICE detainees in Louisiana
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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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Jim Beaugez
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April 30, 2025
New ‘Super Chikan’ documentary takes viewers into the life of a modern Delta bluesman
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 30, 2025
He has said
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi’s U-Pick Farms: A trend that’s growing
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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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