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January 14, 2009
Senate passes bill for harsher rape penalty
Fort Mill Times, 1/13/9 The Mississippi Senate has approved a bill to make life without parole a sentencing option in rape and sexual battery cases involving victims under the age of 12. The legislation would only apply in cases where the perpetrator was 21 or older. No senator voted against the bill on Wednesday. Sen.…
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January 14, 2009
House panel considers bill to outlaw racial profiling
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/14/9 Several Mississippians told a state House panel Tuesday they had been victims of racial profiling and asked legislators to toughen laws against the practice. Two metro-area police chiefs testified they believe racial profiling is occurring in the state, while Jackson’s chief questioned the need for legislators’ involvement. “A lot of folks think…
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January 14, 2009
Hinds supervisors, judge in face-off
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/14/9 Hinds Youth Court Judge William Skinner is seeking an injunction to stop the Board of Supervisors from taking control of the youth detention center. The county gave the judge control over the facility’s operations almost a year ago when Skinner said he would save money and streamline operations between youth court and…
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January 14, 2009
Holland introduces vaccine waiver bill into state House
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/14/9 Legislation promised last month by Rep. Steve Holland was introduced this week, offering hope to autism advocates that Mississippi will change its law dealing with vaccine waivers. “I am very hopeful, and very grateful,” said Judy Brasher of Holcomb, president of the National Autism Association of Mississippi. Holland, D-Plantersville,…
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January 14, 2009
State of the State: Budget cuts on horizon
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/14/9 Mississippi’s public schools, sheltered from earlier budget reductions, now face cuts of less than 5 percent as they join a second round of budget-trimming forced by a shaky economy. State revenues will fall between $175 million and $310 million below estimates for the current fiscal year, prompting deeper budget cuts, Gov. Haley…
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January 14, 2009
Barbour: Economic times tough, but will get better
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/14/9 Budget woes consumed a large portion of the 45-minute State of the State speech delivered Tuesday evening by Gov. Haley Barbour to a joint session of the Mississippi Legislature. The Republican Barbour, delivering his sixth such speech, sounded a somber tone as he told lawmakers, other state elected officials…
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January 14, 2009
Jackson council drops its saggy-pants ordinance
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/14/9 For now, Jackson residents can wear their pants any way they want to. The City Council voted 4-2 against a plan Tuesday that would have made it unlawful for people to wear pants below the waistline exposing their underwear. The council members who voted against the saggy-pants ban said it likely was…
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January 14, 2009
Disputed Entergy purchase untallied
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/13/9 It could take several months for Entergy Mississippi to determine if ratepayers are owed any money for purchases of fuel from a disputed contract in Louisiana. Entergy officials said the company purchased “a small amount” of energy from the contract through a systemwide energy pool. What’s not clear is whether that fuel…
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January 14, 2009
Delta Democrat Luckett might make 2011 gubernatorial bid
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/14/9 Perhaps the best way to sum up Clarksdale entrepreneur William O. “Bill” Luckett Jr. is to say he’s not your average Mississippi Democrat – not, at least, viewed through the prism of modern day “gotcha” political ads. Luckett confirmed this week that he is “considering making a run for governor in…
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January 14, 2009
Lott included in civil lawsuit
The Sun Herald, 1/14/9 Former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott is an unnamed co-conspirator in a civil lawsuit filed in federal court against his brother-in-law, imprisoned ex-attorney Dickie Scruggs, said Vicki Slater, an attorney for the plaintiff. The suit has been brought by attorney Roberts Wilson. “Anybody who acts to further the conspiracy is a co-conspirator,”…
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January 14, 2009
Look out MS! Pelosi & Co. may beat Legislature and Padnuship crowd on cig tax increase – then what?
Obama’s recession remedy: Tax the poor! Yesterday evening after I filed my syndicated column (printed below) on Obama and the Democrats’ first massive tax increase of 2009, the 285-page text of the proposed S-CHIP expansion went online. It’s H.R. 2 and you can read the PDF in its entirety here — something a significant number…
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January 14, 2009
Security at Jackson City Hall stirs debate
Security at Jackson City Hall stirs debate The Jackson City Council agreed last year to stop paying security guards to work weekends at City Hall. But on Mayor Frank Melton’s orders, the guards have continued to work Saturdays and Sundays. The council called for the change during the 2008 budget hearings. By removing armed security…
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 28, 2026
Despite drop in latest public health emergency preparedness ranking, Mississippi’s State Health Officer remains confident
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Frank Corder
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May 28, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court sends Mississippi death row inmate’s appeal back to Fifth Circuit
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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May 28, 2026
Key inflation gauge worsens as Americans’ income and spending power erodes
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Associated Press
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May 28, 2026
SEC formally eliminates ‘cupcake weekend’ beginning in 2027
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Susan Marquez
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May 28, 2026
Things to do in the Magnolia State this June
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Alistair Begg
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May 28, 2026
God is for us
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Brent Sadler
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May 27, 2026
The Navy needs a strategic industrial plan to realize the Golden Fleet
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Sid Salter
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May 27, 2026
For most Americans, gas prices are the top public policy concern rising from Iran conflict
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Roger Wicker
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May 26, 2026
Deterrence is cheaper than war
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