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September 23, 2008
Miss. lawmakers divided on bailout plan
The Clarion-Ledger, 9/23/8 Mississippi lawmakers are angered by the nation’s financial crisis and split on what should be done about it as they prepare to debate a $700 billion bailout proposal. Like many Democrats, Rep. Bennie Thompson prefers a Democratic alternative to the Bush administration’s plan to buy up faltering mortgages and related assets. Democrats…
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September 23, 2008
ROLLCALL – Will Schumer Get Democrats to 60 Seats This Cycle?
Will Schumer Get Democrats to 60 Seats This Cycle? Finally, Ronnie Musgrove now trails appointed Sen. Wicker narrowly, and Democrats remain hopeful about the contest. But anyone who has watched Mississippi politics for years ought to expect Republicans to use the 2001 referendum on changing the state’s flag against Musgrove as the campaign closes. As…
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September 23, 2008
Newt speaking on the bailout
h/t Lynn
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September 23, 2008
AG looks at bogus polling in races
Attorney General Jim Hood’s office has begun to investigate dirty political tricks in the state Supreme Court races. Bogus telephone opinion polls – “push polls” – have cropped up in at least three of the judicial races. “We are looking into these sleazy, bogus calls to determine if they violate our criminal and/or civil laws,”…
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September 23, 2008
Poll: Obama struggling to win over Clinton voters
Barack Obama’s support from backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton is stuck smack where it was in June, a poll showed Tuesday, a stunning lack of progress that is weakening him with members of the Democratic Party in the close presidential race. An Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll shows that among adults who backed his rival during…
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September 23, 2008
Red/Blue – $700B bailout
$700 billion worth of patriotism? Last week, Joe Biden told us it was patriotic for us to pay more taxes. Then yesterday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson implied that it was also patriotic for us to put up $700 billion in bailouts for Wall Street bankers who took bad business risks. But is there anybody on…
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September 23, 2008
Truth about Who Tried To Prevent The Collapse Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac
When President Bill Clinton took office, Fannie and Freddie were viewed as “key” to Clinton’s plans to expand home ownership. The Washington Post reports: “The result was a period of unrestrained growth for the companies. … The companies increasingly were seen as the engine of the housing boom.” As Fannie and Freddie grew, conservatives repeatedly…
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September 23, 2008
New York Times 1999: Clinton Administration pressured Fannie Mae to make subprime loans.
“In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders. The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets — including the New York…
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September 23, 2008
Hood files lawsuit against Entergy
Hood files lawsuit against Entergy Hood has accused Entergy of buying electricity and fuel at inflated rates from its sister companies in neighboring states and then overcharging Mississippi customers. Mississippi has a fuel adjustment policy that allows electric utilities to predict the price of the natural gas that they’ll need to make electricity before they…
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September 22, 2008
POLITICO – Republicans hammer Ronnie Musgrove on ethics
Republicans hammer Musgrove on ethics Former Mississippi governor Ronnie Musgrove’s relationship with two jailed trial attorneys is the basis for the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s latest attack ad against the Democratic Senate candidate. The ad connects Musgrove with famed attorney (and Trent Lott brother-in-law) Dickie Scruggs, who was an icon in Mississippi before he was…
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September 22, 2008
Ballot flap: Partisans aside, let’s move on
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 9/21/8 Gov. Haley Barbour and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann finally agreed Thursday to do what they should have done all along and follow the law in deciding placement of a U.S. Senate election on the Nov. 4 ballot. The state Supreme Court ruled that putting the election near the bottom of…
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September 22, 2008
In Hosting Debate, Ole Miss
The Wall Street Journal, 9/22/8 For the University of Mississippi, hosting the first presidential debate involving an African-American nominee this Friday will cap a long effort to redeem a school linked with the most violent era of segregation. Ole Miss, as the school is known, gained infamy in 1962, when U.S. soldiers were called in…
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 20, 2025
Supreme Court work goes on with 10 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 20, 2025
Mississippi K-12, higher education boards adopt policy to handle DEI complaints
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Daniel Tyson
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June 20, 2025
Mississippi Governor signs bulk of appropriations bills into law, setting $7.135 billion FY 2026 budget
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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Bernard Condon, Associated Press
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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Ben Smith
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June 20, 2025
Provisions from Dad
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 20, 2025
Outside the camp
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Dennis Waszak Jr., Associated Press
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June 19, 2025
From ‘Love Island’ to the practice field, Jaxson Dart is already fitting in with the Giants’ QBs
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Sid Salter
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June 18, 2025
Mississippi was once the scene 62 years ago of a federalized National Guard at Ole Miss
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Kelley Williams
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June 17, 2025
Georgia’s PSC is in the game on data centers, Mississippi’s has been benched
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Kimberly Ross
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June 17, 2025
Perceived hypocrisy does not an excuse make for violent mob-driven riots
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