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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 1, 2009
Hood, Nationwide to join in Katrina suit
Hood, Nationwide to join in Katrina suit he Mississippi Supreme Court will allow Attorney General Jim Hood and attorneys for Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. to participate in a June 9 hearing involving an insurance coverage dispute over Hurricane Katrina claims. The Corbans claim USAA should cover wind damage to their property, regardless of damage caused…
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May 1, 2009
Miss. Senate to vote on Butch Brown next week
Miss. Senate to vote on Butch Brown next week The Mississippi Senate will decide next week whether Butch Brown should continue as executive director of the state Department of Transportation. Like other agency directors, Brown must be reconfirmed by the Senate in order to serve another term. But legislative criticism of his tenure has put…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 22, 2025
IHL Board initiates search for new Jackson State president
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
One dead, suspect in custody in Ingalls Shipbuilding shooting
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
Shooting reported inside Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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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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Ben Smith
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August 22, 2025
Women’s archery growing in Mississippi
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Susan Marquez
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August 22, 2025
Thacker Mountain Radio to highlight Mississippi Poet Laureate, songwriters in Ocean Springs
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Alistair Begg
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August 22, 2025
As you have always obeyed
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Lesley Davis
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August 22, 2025
Sororities go woke – and taxpayers helped pay for it
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Sid Salter
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August 20, 2025
Natchez’s Greg Iles saved his best writing for his reflective “Natchez Burning” trilogy
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Philip Wegmann
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August 19, 2025
Trump vows Social Security will thrive for another ‘90 years’
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