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March 3, 2009
State revenues still falling
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/3/9 Mississippi revenues continue falling as a national recession deepens, but the state’s share of a federal stimulus plan is expected to offset recent budget cuts and prevent further trimming this fiscal year. The most recent numbers from the State Tax Commission show collections for the month of February were closer to expectations…
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March 3, 2009
Stanford funds thawing?
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/3/9 A majority of Mississippians with accounts managed by Stanford Financial soon may have access to their funds, according to the Mississippi secretary of state. Texas lawyer Ralph Janvey, the court-appointed receiver authorized to freeze the assets of billionaire owner R. Allen Standford and his main companies, said the Stanford companies have a…
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March 3, 2009
How to determine an earmark’s worth
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 3/3/9 When is an earmark not pork? When it is in your own back yard. It’s always the other guy’s earmarks that are wasteful, disgraceful and an affront to taxpayers. So it goes when it comes to the $410 billion omnibus spending bill that the House passed last week and is…
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March 3, 2009
Barbour objects to $50M in stimulus funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/3/9 Despite Gov. Haley Barbour’s criticisms of the $787 billion stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama, Mississippi is expected to accept most of the money the plan would provide the state. Barbour has indicated he will reject about $50 million of the more than $2.3 billion in stimulus money for…
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March 3, 2009
MITCHELL – Customers become audience as AG Jim Hood stalks Entergy like a madman
Customers become audience as Hood takes on Entergy A problem for Hood, in his second term and now the lone Democrat elected to statewide office, is that some of the higher-profile attorneys who have been hired by him and by Mike Moore, his predecessor, have confessed corruption in unrelated cases and are now doing hard…
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March 3, 2009
THE HILL – Feature on Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS03) on Fragile X
Addressing Fragile X Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) and his wife, Sidney, weren’t sure when they were going to start having babies. They were married nearly 10 years when “we got pregnant.” Harper likes to use the word “we” because, he says, “we” are in it together. The delivery of their first child, Livingston, was normal.…
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March 3, 2009
State Treasurer Tate Reeves: Things could get worse
Reeves: Things could get worse The budget situation in Mississippi could get worse before it gets better. That was the forecast State Treasurer Tate Reeves delivered this afternoon at the Stennis Capitol Press Corps luncheon in Jackson. While sales and income tax collections are not down dramatically the first eight months of fiscal year 2009,…
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March 3, 2009
Rep. Michael Janus in the run for Biloxi Mayor
Janus in the run for Biloxi Mayor State Rep. Michael Janus, R-117, filed qualifying papers today to run for mayor of Biloxi. Although he originally said he wouldn’t compete against incumbent Mayor A.J. Holloway, Janus said today he thinks this is the right time to run for mayor. “It’s something I wanted to do for…
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March 3, 2009
Calhoun cashes in on success
Calhoun cashes in on success This just in: Jim Calhoun makes a lot of money. On an annual basis, it’s north of $1.6 million and south of Tom Cruise, but he has certainly made enough over the years to keep any good Braintree High grad comfortable for the rest of his natural life. His earnings…
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March 3, 2009
DJ – Zach Scruggs’ stay in Lafayette jail indefinite
Zach Scruggs’ stay in Lafayette jail indefinite The U.S. Bureau of Prisons apparently has reined in former attorney Zach Scruggs to remind him he’s still a federal prisoner. Scruggs, 34, of Oxford caused such a stir last week, as he was seen passing through town from an Arkansas prison to a Tupelo halfway house, that…
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March 3, 2009
Jurors share final vote count in Frank Melton trial – 7-5 to acquit on most counts
Jurors share final vote count Judge Dan Jordan declared a mistrial last Tuesday in the case against the Mayor and his former bodyguard Michael Recio. Since the trial ended last week, we have been in contact with one juror named Martha from Hattiesburg. She’s already provided us with great insight on the deliberations. Now she’s…
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March 3, 2009
5th Circuit Court decision in US v Brown
Here is the full decision from the 5th Circuit on the voter discrimination lawsuit against Ike Brown of Noxubee County. Judge Tom Lee was upheld in full.
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Frank Corder
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December 12, 2025
Navy Secretary tells shipbuilders to “act like we’re at war.” What it means for Mississippi’s Ingalls shipyard is unclear
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Frank Corder
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December 12, 2025
Damage Control: Thompson says he misspoke when referring to attack on National Guardsmen as an “unfortunate accident”
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Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press
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December 12, 2025
Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations
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Frank Corder
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December 11, 2025
$100 million metallurgical biocarbon manufacturer locating in Pike County
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Frank Corder
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December 2, 2025
BWC Terminals break ground in Pascagoula
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 12, 2025
Holly Jolly Oxford: A little slice of Stars Hollow in the Magnolia State
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Alistair Begg
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December 12, 2025
The purpose of the cross
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Richelle Putnam
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December 11, 2025
A holiday celebration fit for a King
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Russ Latino
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December 10, 2025
University of Mississippi Chancellor responds to Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit, seeks dismissal
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Sid Salter
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December 10, 2025
Guardrails or gravel? Why America and Mississippi must get AI regulation right in 2026
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Merle Flowers
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December 8, 2025
The Parents Over Platforms Act: A targeted, privacy-respecting alternative to ASAA
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