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January 26, 2009
Wicker: economy, terrorism top agenda in 2009
The Meridian Star, 1/26/9 U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., is getting comfortable in his seat on the other side of the Capitol. Wicker, who was appointed by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour to replace Trent Lott and then later elected to the seat by Mississippians, served in the U.S. House as a representative of the First…
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January 26, 2009
Voting, school bills facing deadline
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/26/9 State lawmakers will be busy this week trying to meet a key deadline for advancing legislation, some of which eventually could lead to early voting, more charter schools and Medicaid reform. If bills aren’t reported out of committees in the chamber they originated in by Feb. 3, they will die this session.…
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January 26, 2009
PSC: Knee-jerk effort won’t solve problems
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/26/9 How quickly they forget . . . By a slim, highly partisan 64-to-53 margin, the state House of Representatives voted Thursday to revamp the operation of the Public Service Commission. House Bill 1090 would put the Public Utilities Staff under the supervision of the three elected officials who comprise the Public…
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January 26, 2009
Lawmakers debate teaching sex ed in Bible Belt
The Sun Herald, 1/25/9 Legislators are debating whether teachers should talk about sex, in a comprehensive way, in Mississippi classrooms. Sex education has emerged as a topic during the first weeks of the legislative session after a recent federal report said Mississippi has the nation’s highest teen birth rate. Mississippi’s rate was more than 60…
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January 26, 2009
Education funding
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 1/25/9 Mississippi’s undeterred public education community has set its sights on restoring virtually full 2009 funding to the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, the bedrock state funding formula cut $76.6 million by Gov. Haley Barbour to rein in spending in a recession-crunched state budget. We support those efforts. The House…
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January 26, 2009
$500K in burial funds missing
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/24/9 More than $500,000 could be missing from pre-need funeral providers’ trust accounts to cover burial obligations for hundreds of Mississippians, officials say. The state has pending legal action or hearings planned for owners of at least eight pre-need burial pro-viders. “It’s a growing concern,” Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said Friday. Misapplying…
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January 26, 2009
CL EDITORIAL – HB 1090 to move Public Utility Staff under PSC political control is a bad idea
PSC: Knee-jerk effort won’t solve problems In reaction to that scandal, the Legislature in 1990 mandated a reorganization of the Public Utilities Staff. The “old” Public Utilities Staff was abolished and the “new” Public Utilities Staff was established as a completely separate and independent entity from the elected PSC. Under the 1990 law, the executive…
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January 26, 2009
Biden sees Afghanistan ‘uptick’
Biden sees Afghanistan ‘uptick’ Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Sunday that there will be an “uptick” in American casualties in Afghanistan as the U.S. military increases its presence in that country, which he characterized as “a real mess.” The vice president’s prediction prompted outrage from liberal antiwar groups who characterized it as “cavalier,”…
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January 26, 2009
Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video
Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video One of the two former inmates, a Saudi man identified as Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri, or prisoner number 372, has been elevated to the senior ranks of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, a US counter-terrorism official told AFP. Three other men appear in the video, including Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi,…
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January 26, 2009
Ways to pay for Medicaid considered
Ways to pay for Medicaid considered The Clarion-Ledger obtained a copy of two methods recently presented to lawmakers to consider this legislative session. Lawmakers and a powerful hospital association agree the proposals smooth inequities in a system that allows some Mississippi hospitals to be reimbursed much more for caring for low-income patients. Also, the per-day…
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January 26, 2009
SALTER – Funding MAEP and Medicaid drives politics in 2009 session
Funding MAEP and Medicaid drives politics in 2009 session ‘Rainy day fund’ raiders? After constitutionally mandated budget cuts made necessary by the state’s revenue shortfalls, House leaders now want to use most of the increase in tobacco taxes to make up the 3.50 percent cuts made to the Mississippi Adequate Education program appropriations – the…
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January 26, 2009
AGNEW – There’s no shortage of candidates for mayor
There’s no shortage of candidates for mayor A crowded field Marshand Crisler, the two-term councilman and former council president, has spent the past several years prepping for a run at the mayor’s office. He has positioned himself as a voice of reason on a council that has provided cable watchers entertainment worthy of Seinfeld. John…
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May 14, 2025
House Republicans pull an all-nighter on Trump’s tax bill. There’s more work to do
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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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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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M.C. Reid
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May 14, 2025
Pascagoula sailor Nelson Walker sets out for solo circumnavigation aboard Persimmon
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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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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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