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February 23, 2009
Funding for roads, community colleges, buildings at deadline
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/23/9 Legislation that helps pay for repairs to community colleges, state buildings and roads is among the revenue bills up in the air as a key legislative deadline looms this week. Wednesday is the deadline for money bills to clear the chambers they originated in. If the measures don’t gain approval, they will…
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February 23, 2009
Mayor says deal ‘done’ for houses
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/21/9 Mayor Frank Melton announced Friday at City Hall that the city is no longer concerned about safety issues at a new south Jackson development and will allow 19 families to move in this weekend. About 200 people have paid deposits and are waiting for the go-ahead to move into the Timber Falls/Forest…
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February 23, 2009
Bryant message on tourism is inconsistent
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 2/22/9 The Governor’s Conference on Tourism, held at the Lake Terrace Convention Center, gave me a lot of food for thought this week. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday that associations and other groups from Mississippi need to hold their meetings in the state because Mississippi needs the tourism dollars. While…
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February 23, 2009
State senator wants to put voter ID issue to a vote
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/22/9 At least one Mississippi senator is ready to place the voter identification issue on a statewide ballot if it isn’t approved during the 2009 session of the Legislature. Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, is trying to gather enough signatures to get a constitutional amendment for photo ID on the ballot.…
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February 23, 2009
Stimulus may help insure the Coast
The Sun Herald, 2/21/9 A measure Coast leaders want to prop up the wind pool insurance program with an extra $20 million became a little more likely when President Barack Obama signed a large federal stimulus bill this week, as it may have eased some apprehensions in the fiscally-conservative Mississippi Senate about spending the money.…
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February 23, 2009
New U.S. attorney to be selected
The Sun Herald, 2/22/9 The president nominates individuals for U.S. attorney. Those nominated must be confirmed by the Senate. The president relies on recommendations from senior members of the same party, first looking to the Senate. However, both Mississippi senators are Republicans. U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor is the senior Democrat in the House of Representatives,…
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February 23, 2009
STANFORD:3 Q’s with Delbert Hosemann
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2/22/9 The recent charges against the Stanford Group have prompted a flood of calls to the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office. “Our office immediately subpoenaed financial information and will be taking action to ensure the assets of the citizens of our state are protected,” said Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann,…
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February 23, 2009
Prison system funding debated
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/22/9 Some Mississippi lawmakers are complaining that prisoners get priority over college students in a proposed state budget that increases funding for the Department of Corrections. The approval of appropriations bills in the House and Senate last week starts the process for developing a $5 billion state spending plan for the fiscal year…
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February 23, 2009
Minor, wife get 3 hours together
The Sun Herald, 2/21/9 Paul Minor is back in a Pensacola prison after visiting his terminally ill wife, Sylvia, in Baton Rouge for three hours Friday. “Somebody put a barrier in the way and cut it down from three days to three hours,” his father, Mississippi journalist Bill Minor of Jackson, said Saturday. His son…
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February 23, 2009
POLITICO Q and A: Gov. Haley Barbour
POLITICO Q and A: Gov. Haley Barbour Q: House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said this week that for Southern governors, including you, to refuse stimulus aid would be a “slap in the face” to their black constituents. Do you have any response to that? A: I didn’t see that comment. I don’t know of anybody…
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February 23, 2009
Cochran, Wicker and Harper announce $4.9M for Jackson-Evers airport
Sens. Cochran, Wicker, and Rep. Harper Announce $4.9 Million for Jackson-Evers International Airport WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran, Roger Wicker, and U.S. Representative Gregg Harper today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has released $4,980,692 in funding for the Jackson-Evers International Airport. These funds will provide the airport with security enhancements and…
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February 23, 2009
Statewide elections hear early rumblings from South Mississippi
Statewide elections hear early rumblings from South Mississippi If GOP candidates beat on each other, and Hood or some other big Democrat contender could stave off such infighting, Democrats could recapture the governorship they held for so long but have appeared to lose in the Deep South shift to Republicanism. Hood could potentially take a…
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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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