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July 7, 2009
MINOR – Barbour defies pledge not to raise taxes
MINOR – Barbour defies pledge not to raise taxes When Republican Haley Barbour arrived at the state Capitol in 2004, he told us to read his lips: There would be no new taxes while he was governor. Now five years later, that pledge is forgotten and recently he’s been engaged in a down-to-the-wire battle with…
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July 7, 2009
Barbour to discuss Senate Climate Bill before the Environment and Public Works Committee
Barbour to discuss Senate Climate Bill before the Environment and Public Works Committee The Senate climate debate cranks up this week with a series of hearings and high-level meetings aimed at producing legislation that can be matched up with last month’s House-passed bill. Four top Obama administration officials — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. EPA…
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July 7, 2009
LNL – Jim Hood blames Entergy for budget delay
LNL – Jim Hood blames Entergy for budget delay JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood recently said the power provider he has been battling for months is “kind of like the mafia.” Hood made the remarks in a Thursday report by WLBT in Jackson regarding the state Public Service Commission putting…
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July 7, 2009
Southern black mayors meeting postponed
Southern black mayors meeting postponed The Gulf Coast Black Mayors Conference was to be held July 12-15 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., with mayors from Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Alabama, and Florida scheduled to attend. Organizers now hope the event can be reset for next month. James Gilmore, the organizer of the conference,…
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July 6, 2009
WSJ – Congress’s Travel Tab Swells – Rep. Bennie Thompson mentioned
Congress’s Travel Tab Swells Rep. Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, led a group to Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Panama. “This trip further solidified the message that homeland security does not begin or end at our borders,” says Mr. Thompson’s spokeswoman. Many congressional trips have been to Iraq or…
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July 6, 2009
NRCC – Rep. Travis Childers’ Trillion-Dollar ‘Misread’ on Porkulus
Travis Childers’ Trillion-Dollar ‘Misread’ Did Childers ‘Misread’ the Stimulus, or Just Not Read It at All? Washington- Travis Childers’ support for the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ bill is looking worse by the day. After creating mountains of new debt for generations to come while failing to turn the tide of a worsening recession, Washington Democrats are now…
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July 6, 2009
Legislative Update from Senator Doug Davis (R-Hernando)
It may seem a bit strange to give a legislative update in July, but it was equally as strange to be voting on our state budget at 11:58 p.m. on June 30 – the last day of the fiscal year. However, I am happy to report that the final adopted budget for fiscal year 2010…
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July 6, 2009
BARBOUR – Hospital tax a old tax restored, not new and not his idea
BARBOUR – Hospital tax a old tax restored, not new and not his idea “I’m tempted to say I’ve been witnessing to the governor about the benefits of taxation,” joked Democratic Sen. Hob Bryan of Amory, who believes the hospital tax and higher price of cigarettes will help improve Mississippi’s health rankings. Barbour is a…
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July 6, 2009
Mississippi’s 47 energy efficency ranking means “cap and trade” to be more costly
Mississippi’s 47 energy efficency ranking means “cap and trade” to be more costly Mississippi ranks among the least energy-efficient states. Only 12 other states produce more heat-trapping car bon dioxide gas and other greenhouse gases per capita, according to numbers compiled by one environmental group. There’s little question, then, that landmark congressional legislation to address…
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July 6, 2009
Dispatch – Despite haggling, budget contains record spending
Dispatch – Despite haggling, budget contains record spending In its mad-dash special session that ended at midnight as the new fiscal year arrived Wednesday, the Legislature sent Barbour the overdue budget bills. They’ve been struggling to finalize the appropriations since March in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. “While not…
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July 6, 2009
Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party coverage
Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party coverage Under the towering oaks of the DeSoto County courthouse lawn, hundreds of people chanted “No more taxes, no more taxes.” The crowd was led by Sen. Merle Flowers, R-Olive Branch, who told the 1,000 or so gathered that the country doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a spending…
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July 6, 2009
Bryant won’t offer more PSC jobs at Friday’s special session
Bryant won’t offer more PSC jobs at Friday’s special session “We will go in on Friday. I don’t know if the Governor has made the announcement. Friday at 10 a.m. we will deal with the Public Service Commission,” he says. This week’s special session ended with bills for most departments passing both chambers, including Medicaid…
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Frank Corder
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December 12, 2025
Navy Secretary tells shipbuilders to “act like we’re at war.” What it means for Mississippi’s Ingalls shipyard is unclear
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Frank Corder
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December 12, 2025
Damage Control: Thompson says he misspoke when referring to attack on National Guardsmen as an “unfortunate accident”
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Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press
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December 12, 2025
Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations
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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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Meredith Biesinger
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December 12, 2025
Holly Jolly Oxford: A little slice of Stars Hollow in the Magnolia State
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Alistair Begg
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December 12, 2025
The purpose of the cross
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Richelle Putnam
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December 11, 2025
A holiday celebration fit for a King
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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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