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March 25, 2009
British MEP lays it out . . . Are you listening, Prez-O?
www.hannan.co.uk 3/24/9 hattip Drudge
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March 25, 2009
Could Anthony Grant be the next Billy Donovan at UA?
Could Anthony Grant be the next Billy Donovan at UA? Just two years ago, the next Billy Donovan was going to succeed the original at Florida, but the real Billy D. got cold feet when he dipped his toe in the NBA. Just two months ago, conditions were favorable for the next Billy Donovan to…
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March 25, 2009
RoM – Jamie Franks vs Barbara Blackmon
RoM – Jamie Franks vs Barbara Blackmon Chairman Jamie Franks says everything that happened at the meeting is null and void and orchestrated by a “rogue, radical group.” He says Sam Hall is executive director and Ike Brown is not on the committee. Vice-Chairman Barbara Blackmon says the meeting was legal and binding. She says…
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March 25, 2009
CL – Steve Patterson seen going into Grand Jury – Miss. judicial bribery probe expands
Miss. judicial bribery probe expands A federal grand jury investigating the expanding judicial bribery scandal questioned witnesses today about political operative P.L. Blake — who earned $50 million from the state’s tobacco settlement by clipping newspapers and assessing political activity for chief negotiator Dickie Scruggs. “I assume prosecutors have been eyeing Mr. Blake as a…
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March 25, 2009
NMC – More about the Democratic Executive Committee meltdown
More about the Democratic Executive Committee meltdown I don’t know whether to call this a “showdown” or a “meltdown.” Both sides seem to be provoking the highest stakes game possible– as you’ll read below, Chairman Jamie Franks is reported to have told members in advance to stay away from the meeting because it was illegal.…
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March 24, 2009
Governor urges Senate to sustain veto on HB 803 after House override
Governor Haley Barbour issued the following statement on the House of Representatives vote today to override his veto of House Bill 803: “Today’s House vote on eminent domain is disastrous for job creation and economic development in Mississippi. In the debate on the House floor, it was said job creation is not the Legislature’s job.…
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March 24, 2009
Governor Haley Barbour vetoes HB 803 – offers special session to fix legislation
GOVERNOR’S VETO MESSAGE FOR HOUSE BILL 803 TO THE MISSISSIPPI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I am returning House Bill Number 803: “AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-27-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN EXCEPT FOR A PUBLIC USE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES” without my approval, and assign the following…
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March 24, 2009
No tobacco tax agreement as deadline nears
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/24/9 State lawmakers facing a Wednesday deadline are without an agreement on a tobacco tax increase. House and Senate leaders negotiated briefly Monday on raising Mississippi’s 18-cent cigarette tax. They’re looking for ways to balance the state’s budget amid lagging revenues. If they don’t reach a compromise by Wednesday, the tax hike won’t…
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March 24, 2009
JJ – Ike Brown threatens end to Blue Dog rule in 2007 – Hood, McMillan, Clark, etc.
Ruling lets ‘progressive’ Democrats lead The current debate about U.S. District Judge W. Allen Pepper’s ruling on primaries is about a power transfer. For years, Mississippi had been controlled by Dixiecrats in a one-party structure called Democrats; blacks and poor whites were not allowed to vote. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act empowered the two…
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March 24, 2009
Jackson gives up traffic cameras
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/24/9 Jackson city officials said Monday they will shut down cameras that catch red-light runners to comply with a new statewide ban on the devices, even as Gov. Haley Barbour questioned the constitutionality of the law he signed. City Attorney Sarah O’Reilly-Evans said the city will stop using the cameras immediately and quit…
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March 24, 2009
Democrats disagree over top committee’s makeup
The Hattiesburg American, 3/24/9 Mississippi Democrats will meet next month to try to decide whether to support the removal of the party’s executive director and allow controversial member Ike Brown’s return to power. At a weekend meeting, some of the party’s executive committee voted to boot Sam Hall after weeks as executive director and elevate…
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March 24, 2009
Question evolves into how big will be tax on hospitals, cigarettes
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 3/24/9 It appears the Senate leadership and Gov. Haley Barbour still would rather place a higher tax on hospitals than cigarettes. The question now is whether the full Senate, as it normally does, will jump in line and follow the governor and its leadership. Barbour and the Senate leadership…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi recognized as one of five states to reach all pre-K benchmarks, according to NIEER
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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April 29, 2025
Wall Street rises as corporate profits pile higher along with uncertainty about Trump’s trade war
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Daniel Tyson
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April 29, 2025
Taylor sworn in as new Senator for District 18
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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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April 29, 2025
Mississippi’s U-Pick Farms: A trend that’s growing
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 29, 2025
Go first to God
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Parrish Alford
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April 28, 2025
The trouble with being Shedeur
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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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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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