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April 2, 2009
Minor news: Judges are skeptical of government’s argument
Minor News: Judges are skeptical of government’s argument Questions from the judges showed skepticism of the government’s case, says attorney and Columbia University Professor Scott Horton. “It’s always problematic assessing what’s in the mind of a judge based on the questions he asks,” Horton wrote in an email. “But in this case, it’s clear that…
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April 2, 2009
Transcript: Minor appeal
Transcript: Minor appeal JUDGE HAYNES: You can’t offer somebody a bribe and then they don’t take it. MR. LOWELL: Absolutely. JUDGE HAYNES: But I actually have a little different question. You are about to run out of time. I’m having trouble understanding how guaranteeing a loan for somebody’s house has anything to do with the…
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April 2, 2009
Adams County private prison deal closed
Adams County private prison deal closed NATCHEZ — A contract that allows the Adams County Correctional Facility to house about 2,500 federal inmates has been signed and officials say the deal will bring more than $1.2 million in property taxes and 400 jobs to Mississippi. The deal between Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America, the…
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April 2, 2009
Agnew: McMillin tired of Melton’s meddling
Agnew: McMillin tired of Melton’s meddling This town wasn’t big enough for the two of them. Two men, both stubborn as 100 mules, gave it a shot but in the end their prodigious egos got the best of them. First, Sheriff Malcolm McMillin’s departure from his second job as Jackson’s police chief was called a…
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April 2, 2009
State lines up water power
State lines up water power WASHINGTON — Will it be a trifecta for shipbuilding on the Mississippi Coast? Just when the Coast shipbuilding community was feeling good about U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., getting a seat on the Senate Armed Services Committee’s seapower subcommittee and U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, being the House…
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April 2, 2009
NESHOBA EDITORIAL – Don’t seat Ike Brown
NESHOBA EDITORIAL – Don’t seat Ike Brown No one would tolerate Republicans putting a white county political boss who had been convicted of violating the civil rights of black Republicans on their state executive committee. But supporters of Noxubee County political boss Ike Brown are seeking to do just that by giving him a seat…
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April 2, 2009
MINOR – Suicidal Democrats
MINOR – Suicidal Democrats A rump group of state Democratic Executive Committee members led by Vice-Chair Barbara Blackmon, who is black, held a special meeting on March 21 with a goal of ousting several previously-chosen white leaders of the state party- a move that had classic signs of driving white Democrats out. Removal of state…
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April 2, 2009
Gun charge tossed in Jackson Mayor Melton case
Gun charge tossed in Jackson Mayor Melton case Federal prosecutors apparently will drop a weapons charge from the three criminal counts facing Mayor Frank Melton and his former bodyguard Michael Recio. U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan started a teleconference this afternoon by asking federal prosecutor Mark Blumberg about the status of a count of…
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April 1, 2009
News from Paul Minor appeal . . . Priscilla Owen recuses herself
Minor attorneys optimistic about appeal “It went really well this morning,” said Greenwood attorney Hiram Eastland from Austin, who also worked on the appeal of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. “We were really encouraged that the panel asked thoughtful questions regarding the issue of required quid pro quo.” In legal terms, quid pro quo is…
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April 1, 2009
Melton to appoint Tyrone Lewis as Jackson police chief
Melton to appoint Tyrone Lewis as Jackson police chief Jackson Mayor Frank Melton said he is appointing Jackson Police Cmdr. Tyrone Lewis interim police chief. Melton is expected to make an official announcement at 2 p.m. “I really need somebody I can talk to that’s really community oriented,” Melton said. He said he was pleased…
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April 1, 2009
MDOC commissioner found liable in false imprisonment lawsuit
MDOC commissioner found liable in false imprisonment lawsuit The Mississippi Department of Corrections’ attempt to have a jury’s verdict thrown out was denied by U.S. Magistrate Jerry A. Davis on Monday. In January, a jury ruled in favor of former inmate Will Terrance Porter, and awarded him $250,000 for being in prison for 15 months…
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April 1, 2009
Miss. lawmakers recess session
Miss. lawmakers recess session Lawmakers are planning to return in May or June to decide on a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. They’re giving themselves more time to learn how federal stimulus dollars will affect the budget. They are leaving the state Capitol with no agreements on raising cigarette or hospital…
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Frank Corder
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April 8, 2026
Governor approves second disaster loan program for cities, counties effected by winter storm
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 8, 2026
Student cell phone use bans fail to find support in Mississippi House, Senate
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Daniel Tyson
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April 8, 2026
Dept. of Public Safety set to consolidate divisions, providing more strategic collaboration and cost savings
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2026
DG Foods announces $1.19 million expansion
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Frank Corder
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March 25, 2026
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
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Will Graves, Associated Press
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April 8, 2026
Pirates sign teenage shortstop Konnor Griffin to a 9-year deal worth at least $140 million
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Richelle Putnam
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April 8, 2026
Where the Light Falls: The landscape of Marshall Bouldin
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Alistair Begg
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April 8, 2026
More than a name
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Russ Latino
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April 8, 2026
The truth about ACA subsidies after the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
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Sid Salter
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April 8, 2026
A new take on an old question about who Mississippians trust with life-altering decisions
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Russ Latino
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April 3, 2026
Lawmakers owe Reeves a ‘thank you’ for stopping Medicaid expansion
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