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October 3, 2008
FOLO – Zach Scruggs won’t be laywerin no mo
MS Supremes: Zach’s disbarment is fo’evah From today’s handdowns: EN BANC 2008-BD-00486-SCT The Mississippi Bar v. David Zachary Scruggs; Disposition: Motion for rehearing filed by David Zachary Scruggs is denied. Easley, Graves and Randolph, JJ., would grant. FOLO 10/2/8
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October 3, 2008
NRSC – Squandered ad against Ronnie Musgrove
A corrupt system with staggering debt and a massive deficit But before Washington, it all happened here As Governor, Ronnie Musgrove turned a budget surplus into a giant deficit Squandered 38,000 jobs Drained the rainy day fund And according to the press, left Mississippi “one paycheck away from disaster” Ronnie Musgrove in Washington? He’d fit…
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October 2, 2008
More data on the Ifill bias . . . this time, it’s her cousin
‘Brilliant’ Ifill Cousin Scours Palin As ‘Offensive to Black Women’ Here are more signs Sarah Palin could face an uphill battle with PBS host Gwen Ifill. Professor Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland Law School, whom Gwen Ifill has lauded as “my brilliant baby cousin,” has written that black women are not buying Sarah…
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October 2, 2008
Why does Easley want apology?
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 10/2/8 State Supreme Court Justice Chuck Easley told one of this newspaper’s reporters that the reason he refused a meeting with The Clarion-Ledger’s editorial board was that I haven’t given him “an apology” for a May 14 column (“Easley’s ‘statement’ is one of lack of respect for women”). Well, Justice Easley,…
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October 2, 2008
Miss. officials: State pension fund is stable
Forbes, 10/1/8 Investments held by the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System have lost more than 10 percent of their value in the turbulent financial markets the past three months. But the executive director, Pat Robertson, says the fund is “financially sound” and members have no reason to worry about their pensions. Robertson told The Associated…
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October 2, 2008
Judge seeking reforms in change-of-venue law
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 The judge in Curtis Giovanni Flowers’ fifth trial, furious that two people may have lied to get on the jury, is pushing a change in state law to allow prosecutors to move trials out of concern for fairness. But Andre de Gruy, one of Flowers’ attorneys, said it’s a defendant’s constitutional right…
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October 2, 2008
Some public info destroyed
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 Without any official guidance from the state, some local governments are destroying untold numbers of public documents by hitting the “delete” key. The Local Government Records Committee, an obscure committee of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History that sets rules on government recordkeeping, held a special hearing Wednesday to discuss how…
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October 2, 2008
Bar owners say 2 a.m. closing law not needed
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 Local club owners got to weigh in publicly Wednesday on a proposed uniform-closing ordinance being considered by Jackson officials. The council’s Planning Committee discussed a change that would close all bars and nightclubs at 2 a.m. but took no action. The owner of Grown Folks on Medgar Evers Boulevard said he disagrees…
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October 2, 2008
Mississippians skeptical about plan for bailout
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 As the Senate prepared to vote on a revised $700 billion bailout plan, some Mississippians were skeptical Wednesday about the bill’s purpose and effect. Terry Hunt was among them. “We’re not given a lot of background,” the 45-year-old Jackson resident said. “We’re told that it can (help), but I’ve not heard how…
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October 2, 2008
Wicker-Musgrove race tightens for Senate seat
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 10/2/8 Friday night’s televised debate may prove significant for U.S. Senate hopefuls Republican Roger Wicker and Democrat Ronnie Musgrove. A new independent poll – with a margin of plus or minus 4.5 percent – shows Wicker with 49 percent to Musgrove’s 47 percent, making the Nov. 4 race a neck-and-neck…
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October 2, 2008
Melton rips feds for lack of help
The Clarion-Ledger, 10/2/8 Prompted by motions filed in court this week, Mayor Frank Melton blasted federal authorities for what he said was a failure to assist him in dealing with Jackson’s drug crime problem. A federal grand jury indicted Melton and his two former police bodyguards in July on charges related to their police-style raid…
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October 2, 2008
Taylor would have voted ‘hell no’ to plan
The Hattiesburg American, 10/2/8 Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, voted against the financial bailout package that was defeated in the U.S. House on Monday. On Wednesday, he said he would do it again. “If I had to choose between hell no, no and yes, I would have pushed the hell no button,” Taylor said…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi recognized as one of five states to reach all pre-K benchmarks, according to NIEER
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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April 29, 2025
Wall Street rises as corporate profits pile higher along with uncertainty about Trump’s trade war
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Daniel Tyson
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April 29, 2025
Taylor sworn in as new Senator for District 18
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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
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi’s U-Pick Farms: A trend that’s growing
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 29, 2025
Go first to God
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Parrish Alford
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April 28, 2025
The trouble with being Shedeur
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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