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December 23, 2008
Jackson sells $26M in bonds for road work
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/23/8 The city of Jackson will have a multimillion-dollar budget when it starts long-awaited repairs to its infrastructure next year. Jackson netted $26.2 million from a bond sale last week, though it was slightly less than what was expected. The city expected to earn about $26.6 million. The money will be used to…
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December 23, 2008
Jackson can’t find vehicles
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/23/8 After months of searching, Jackson officials say the city still cannot find all of its vehicles. The findings follow a city-wide attempt to inventory its fleet. The city began to count its more than 1,000 cars, trucks and vans in mid-September. Valerie Nevels, head of the internal audit division, said the city…
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December 23, 2008
Education sits atop state’s legislative concerns
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/23/8 Northeast Mississippi lawmakers consider education a top priority for the 2009 legislative session, which begins in January. “We have no future if we do not educate our children so that they can compete in the nation and the world,” said Rep. Margaret Ellis Rogers, D-New Albany. Rogers made her…
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December 23, 2008
The coming cash
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 12/22/8 The federal government is about to unveil the biggest economic stimulus plan since the Great Depression. This isn’t about the money already allocated to rescue financial institutions and soon to be in the pipeline for U.S. automakers. It’s about expenditures in the range of $700 billion to $1…
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December 23, 2008
The Presidential Pickup Game (Hoops pick-up games in the White House?)
The Presidential Pickup Game (Hoops pick-up games in the White House?) Sharp elbows are already flying in the Obama camp. With Barack Obama the first avid basketball player to be elected president, political appointees, college coaches and NBA officials are all angling to get in on the game. Mr. Obama — whose jump shot earned…
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December 23, 2008
Downtown residents unite to form association
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/22/8 While many people get in their cars at 5 p.m. and drive out of downtown Jackson, a growing number of people have begun to make downtown their home. A group of those residents has formed downtown’s first neighborhood association. The organization held its first meeting earlier this month. About 150 people live…
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December 23, 2008
Developer sues city over alleged pledge
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/22/8 A developer says the city of Jackson has reneged on a promise to pay $500,000 to assist in the redevelopment of the Plaza Building in downtown Jackson. The about $7 million project was unveiled in 2006, but the developer says Jackson never provided the $500,000. Developer Mike Peters said in a breach…
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December 23, 2008
There are always names with numbers
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/21/8 During these difficult economic times, I find myself watching numbers more closely. I think we all probably pay attention to the economic statistics that a few months ago were just so much small type on the business page or background noise on television and radio. We joke about not looking at…
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December 23, 2008
Drama continues to play out, even after Langston’s sentence
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/21/8 Last week’s sentencing of former Booneville attorney Joseph C. “Joey” Langston marked the end and the beginning of the multiyear legal drama that has come to be known collectively as Scruggs I and Scruggs II. – The end of Scruggs I because apparently everybody caught up legally in that…
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December 23, 2008
Mayor’s race: Not too early to gauge candidates
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/22/8 Filing deadline isn’t until March 6, and the election June 2, but nine men have already expressed interest in running for the post of Jackson mayor. The latest to state his intent was Eddie Fair, Hinds County tax collector, who made the announcement Wednesday outside City Hall. No one has officially…
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December 23, 2008
Diaz leaves bench with call to end death penalty
The Sun Herald, 12/20/8 Outgoing Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz Jr.’s impassioned call for an end to the death penalty has drawn both criticism and praise. In what was likely his departing dissent as his tenure on Mississippi’s highest court ends, Diaz says society finally must recognize that “even as murderers commit the most cruel…
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December 22, 2008
Scantily clad urban terrorist thugs get nabbed by Metro One helicopter
Thermal Cameras Help JPD Capture Robbery Suspects Officer Lonnie Arinder was in the woods searching. “We were determined,” Arinder said. “I don’t know if it was my pride or something else, but we were going to get these guys. I am glad we did.” Metro One was able to track the men at night using…
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Frank Corder
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May 7, 2025
Mississippi revenue collections down in April but remain above fiscal year estimate by $6 million
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May 7, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 7, 2025
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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May 6, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now
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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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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
Culture
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Richelle Putnam
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May 7, 2025
Mississippi Arts: The Jimmie Rodgers Festival and Museum
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 7, 2025
Our quiet dwelling place
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 6, 2025
Elvis Presley’s Roots: A journey to the heart of rock ‘n’ roll in Tupelo
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Kimberly Ross
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May 6, 2025
Abortion pills are dangerous. Amber Nicole Thurman’s death is proof
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Douglas Carswell
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May 6, 2025
Tariffs: Why you should fear them
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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