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March 5, 2009
New federal trial date set for Jackson Mayor Frank Melton
New federal trial date set for Jackson mayor Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his former bodyguard Michael Recio will be retried May 11 for damage caused to a Ridgeway Street duplex in August 2006. Melton and Recio’s federal civil rights trial ended last week in a mistrial when jurors were unable to reach a verdict…
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March 5, 2009
PERRY – Ike Brown’s election shenanigans
US 5th Circuit upholds ruling against Noxubee party boss Imagine a majority white county in Mississippi where the local party boss flagrantly suppresses black voter activity. He issues statements listing the names of local black activists who he will challenge if they attempt to vote. When blacks vote by absentee, he flags their ballots the…
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March 5, 2009
NCAA bracket expert says forget Auburn, UAB
NCAA bracket expert says forget Auburn, UAB The Southeastern Conference basketball season finally got here, on Tuesday night when the second-largest crowd of the season showed up in Tuscaloosa to watch Alabama and Auburn. Of course, the cynic would argue that the majority of the 13,265 on hand were there for the presentation of the…
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March 5, 2009
Senate rebuffs funding on Till; Holder vows to find way
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The U.S. Senate on Wednesday defeated an amendment to appropriate funding for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act in the omnibus spending bill. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., proposed a $10 million amendment to help bring justice to unsolved civil rights cases. He said the funding would come from the…
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March 5, 2009
State’s jobless rate climbs as economy slumps
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The state’s unemployment rate jumped to 9.2 percent in January, rising from 7.6 percent in December as laid-off holiday workers returned to the state’s jobless list. The national unemployment rate was 8.5 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release state-by-state data next week that will reflect how Mississippi stacks up among…
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March 5, 2009
Nissan moves ahead with Canton expansion
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Despite the failing national economy, Nissan on Wednesday affirmed plans to move forward with a $118 million plant expansion to prepare its Canton factory to build light commercial vehicles next year. The company originally announced the initiative last year, but auto sales have dipped dramatically for Nissan and other auto manufacturers in…
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March 5, 2009
Bill has $80 million in Miss. earmarks
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/5/9 While congressional earmarks have sizzled as a political issue recently, Mississippi’s two Republican U.S. senators continue to be ardent participants and defenders of the process. A probable Senate vote Friday on a $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill could determine the fate of nearly $80 million in funds earmarked by…
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March 5, 2009
Melton denies claims in officer’s lawsuit
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton denied Wednesday he had anything to do with the transfer of a police officer who cooperated with federal agents investigating him. “I had no knowledge of him being moved. I don’t even know his name,” Melton said. Jackson police officer Robert Watts, who has been on the force…
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March 5, 2009
Stanford investors look to Fri.
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 Investors with Stanford accounts under $100,000 may get access to their funds as soon as Friday, a state official said Wednesday. “(The receiver is working) to accelerate the March 16 date to release funds to folks by Friday,” Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said. Mississippians have $391 million managed by the Stanford…
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March 5, 2009
Fed brass visit Coast today
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 The heads of the federal housing and homeland security agencies plan to visit the Gulf Coast today to assess federal recovery efforts since hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will stop in New Orleans as part of a two-day tour of…
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March 5, 2009
Lawyer defending DeLaughter ironic pick
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/5/9 A prominent Chicago defense lawyer who represented a white supremacist in the killing of a federal judge is now representing a Hinds County judge who successfully prosecuted a white supremacist. Thomas Anthony Durkin is representing Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter, who in 1994 as an assistant district attorney prosecuted Byron De…
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March 5, 2009
YP – US Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Paul Gallo Show 3/5/9
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May 14, 2025
Democrats are deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, an AP-NORC poll finds
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May 14, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 14, 2025
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May 13, 2025
House Republicans launch marathon hearings to push ahead with Trump’s big bill
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2025
Nissan says Canton factory strategically important as company announces workforce reductions
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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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Richelle Putnam
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May 14, 2025
It all begins with a song: The heart of the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 14, 2025
Stay awake!
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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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Sid Salter
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May 14, 2025
MS Gaming: Legislative standoff over off-premises online sports betting continues
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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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