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January 22, 2009
Tobacco-tax revenue sought for schools
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/22/9 Public schools struggling with recent budget cuts could get relief from legislation expected to be considered today at the state Capitol, but the measure relies on a financing method that is far from gaining final approval. House Bill 1383 would use $68 million generated from a proposed tobacco tax hike to restore…
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January 22, 2009
Melton’s ability to stand trial scrutinized
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/22/9 U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan will hold a telephone conference today with lawyers involved in the civil rights trial of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton to determine whether the mayor is healthy enough now to stand trial. Melton’s trial is slated for Feb. 2, but it already has been delayed three times. The…
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January 22, 2009
Rep. Brian Aldridge counters Rep. Jim Evans’ bill with HB 1241 – Employee Fair Solicitation Act
Rep. Brian Aldridge has introduced HB 1241 – the Employee Fair Solicitation Act which would seek to use the full force of the State of MS to make sure that any union votes were fair and by secret ballot. This is a direct response to HCR25 introduced by Rep. Jim Evans which has been fastracked…
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January 22, 2009
Malzahn’s got the makeup; Should improve Auburn’s O quickly
Malzahn’s got the makeup; Should improve Auburn’s O quickly When Gene Chizik hired Gus Malzahn to be his offensive coordinator, it was the type of splash he needed to reenergize Auburn’s program. Malzahn was a highly successful coach in the Arkansas high school ranks for 14 years, winning three state titles in six championship game…
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January 22, 2009
Mysterious Google news,jury powers
Mysterious Google news,jury powers First question: What do disgraced Oxford ex-attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and music icon Earl Scruggs have in common? Answer: The latter’s name appears on my Google Alert all day long, when I really want to know if anything’s been published about the federal prisoner in the vortex of another investigation into…
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January 22, 2009
Thrown Under The (School) Bus
Thrown Under The (School) Bus The $90 million hospital Medicaid deficit still exists as 2009 dawns. But, nearly everyone (the governor included) now acknowledges that the cigarette tax should and will be raised. You’d guess the hospitals are happy, huh? New tax money will be available to defer the $90 million they’d otherwise have to…
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January 22, 2009
NMC – Scruggs disbarred from federal court
File under, I already thought that had been handled: Scruggs disbarred by ND Miss. For some reason (or no reason?), today the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi disbarred Dickie Scruggs, in an order signed by Judge Mills. This is of course an automatic consequence of the conviction and state disbarment.…
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January 22, 2009
Pro-card check resolution HCR25 gets sniffed out and gutted by young conservatives
Rep. Jim Evans, who is involved in a state and national capacity with the AFL-CIO, introduced a resolution that called HCR25. Under the rather innocuous auspices of celebrating a “Workers’ Memorial Day” on April 28, the bill had some language slipped in that seemed to try and create some Mississippi legislative blessing for the Employee…
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January 22, 2009
YP-Billy McCoy and Tyrone Ellis fail on rules suspension to strip anti-corruption measures from PSC
Today Jim Hood and Brandon Presley put the screws to House Speaker Billy McCoy who put the screws to Tyrone Ellis. They all tried to put the screws to the House of Representatives, but the Speaker lost the vote. He’s going to try again tomorrow. What issue could be so important that it would be…
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January 22, 2009
Miss. PSC staff revamp advances . . . to a point
Miss. PSC staff revamp advances House Bill 1090 gained approval in the House Public Utilities Committee. The measure would put the Public Utilities Staff under the supervision of the three elected officials who comprise the Public Service Commission. The staff currently is separate from the commission, a setup that Northern District commissioner Brandon Presley has…
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January 21, 2009
Obama’s administration begins first Internet-driven presidency
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 1/21/9 Unless you were one of the 164,000-plus people “following” then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama on Twitter during the 2008 presidential campaign or were among his 3.8 million Facebook supporters, this column won’t make as much sense to you as it perhaps should. President Barack Obama officially took the oath…
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January 21, 2009
Mayors get ready for ’09 elections
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/20/9 Almost all of Northeast Mississippi’s mayors will have a spot on the ballot in the upcoming municipal elections. Mayors Ed Neelly of Tupelo and Richard Howorth of Oxford are the exceptions; they’ve announced that they will not be seeking another four-year term. No one has qualified yet for the…
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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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