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May 1, 2009
Boston Globe Letter to the Editor — Dumping on Erie?
Boston Globe Letter to the Editor — Dumping on Erie? SENATOR ARLEN Specter’s politically expedient party-shuffle has claimed my hometown as a victim (“Senator Specter bolts GOP,” Page A1, April 29). First, Senator Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican, apparently belittled Erie, Pa., in his remarks to Specter. Cochran should have plenty of his own state’s…
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May 1, 2009
Barbour expected to sign cigarette tax bill
Barbour expected to sign cigarette tax bill Lawmakers expect to give final approval next week to a bill increasing Mississippi’s cigarette tax to 68 cents for generating much-needed revenues and fortifying the state’s diminishing car tag reduction fund. After being bogged down since January on the legislation, the House and Senate have a compromise to…
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May 1, 2009
Brenda Scott says she has fresh vision for city
Brenda Scott says she has fresh vision for city Democratic mayoral candidate Brenda Scott was waiting Tuesday evening outside the city clerk’s office when her campaign manager asked why the clerks were behind a bank-style glass partition. “Wouldn’t you have a window if you worked with all of these crooks?” Scott shot back. That is…
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May 1, 2009
Ward 4 candidates push selves at forum
Ward 4 candidates push selves at forum Five of the seven Democratic candidates vying for the Ward 4 Jackson City Council post got a final shot at convincing undecided voters Thursday in the last of a series of forums. “A change in leadership needs to happen,” said candidate Jacqueline Amos-Norris. “I am that change.” Along…
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May 1, 2009
Lower Lake flood control plan closes meeting — possibly breaking open meeting laws
Lower Lake flood control plan closes meeting — possibly breaking open meeting laws Following a presentation on the Lower Lake flood control plan Thursday, the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District board went into a closed session meeting without publically citing an exemption to Mississippi’s Open Meetings Act, as required by law. Board…
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May 1, 2009
Cigarette Tax Veto?
Cigarette Tax Veto? A spokesman for Gov. Haley Barbour says the governor has concerns that the Legislature’s cigarette tax hike bill overestimates by about $19 million the amount of revenue it will bring in. Barbour hasn’t said whether he’ll sign the legislation, but House and Senate negotiators have voiced confidence that he will. Clarion-Ledger State…
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May 1, 2009
Mayor Melton sued by student for tuition
Mayor Melton sued by student for tuition A Forest woman is asking a court to force Jackson Mayor Frank Melton to follow through on his promise to pay for her college degree. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Scott County Circuit Court, Casey Cooper says Melton publicly agreed during a 2001 Student Council…
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May 1, 2009
Thieves hit ex-lawmaker John Reeves’ house again … stealing kids piggy bank
Thieves hit ex-lawmaker John Reeves’ house again For the third time in the last year, thieves broke into the south Jackson home of the attorney for Jackson’s mayor. Between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. today, Reeves said burglars used a crowbar to carve out the deadbolt on one of his doors and stole items from…
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May 1, 2009
Many in ‘C-L’ poll uneasy about Jackson’s future
Many in ‘C-L’ poll uneasy about Jackson’s future A voter poll conducted this week found that 65.9 percent of Jacksonians believe the city is headed in the wrong direction, while only 18.4 percent say the city is headed in the right direction. Other respondents said they were unsure or declined to comment. The findings, conducted…
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May 1, 2009
REUTERS – Utility defends Kemper County proposal
Reuters – Utility defends Kemper County proposal HOUSTON, April 30 (Reuters) – Southern Co’s Mississippi Power unit has defended its request to build a $2.2 billion advanced coal plant in Kemper County, Mississippi, against opponents who want state regulators to halt a review of the project. Southern’s smallest utility unit wants the Mississippi Public Service…
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May 1, 2009
Scruggs used as prime example why not to base guilt on association for Kirsten Gillibrand
Scruggs used as prime example why not to base guilt on association for Kirsten Gillibrand A number of anti-smoking advocates have been issuing personal attacks against the ethics and character of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, accusing her of professional misconduct as an attorney by virtue of her having represented Philip Morris while she was…
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May 1, 2009
JFP tackles YP’s motion to unseal State Farm vs Hood
JFP tackles YP’s motion to unseal Attorney General Jim Hood offered no guess as to what media outlets are looking for in a sealed February 2008 settlement between his office and State Farm and Fire and Casualty Company. Jackson New Media, Inc., publisher of the Y’all Politics blog, filed motions to intervene and unseal the…
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May 13, 2025
Inflation cooled again last month as grocery and gas prices fell, few signs of tariff impact yet
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Frank Corder
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May 13, 2025
Hosemann expects he’ll run for Governor in 2027
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 13, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 13, 2025
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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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Meredith Biesinger
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May 13, 2025
Discover Mississippi: Gulf Coast Gator Ranch and Tours
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Ben Smith
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May 13, 2025
Cotton Grove Road
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 13, 2025
The benefit of trials
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Kelley Williams
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May 12, 2025
Bad energy policy represents risk to ratepayers
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Bill Crawford
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May 11, 2025
State still hugs bottom as education advances
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Roger Wicker
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May 9, 2025
Trump-Zelensky agreement could be pivotal moment toward ending Putin’s war
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