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January 9, 2009
Beef plant conviction sends man to prison instead of college
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 A Georgia businessman who irked a federal judge by asking to be sentenced to community service with the community and junior colleges was sentenced Thursday to eight months in federal prison for making an illegal campaign contribution to former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. Nixon Cawood is one of three former executives charged…
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January 9, 2009
House to vote on cig tax hike
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 Mississippi lawmakers began trying to raise new revenue Thursday with a proposed 82-cents-a-pack cigarette tax increase as state agencies prepared for deeper budget cuts that could affect more services, including Medicaid and schools. Legislation raising the 18-cent tobacco tax to $1 per pack cleared a key House committee hours after Gov. Haley…
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January 9, 2009
Utility: Contract sales led to refund
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/9/9 Entergy Corp. has acknowledged in a letter to state regulators that it sold power to Mississippi in 2005 from a subsidiary under a fuel contract that years earlier led to a refund of $72 million to Louisiana customers. The letter is the latest development in the legal battle between Entergy and Mississippi…
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January 9, 2009
Supreme Court upholds MDOC firings in 2004
The Hattiesburg American, 1/8/9 The removal of job protections for employees of the Mississippi Department of Corrections in 2004 as a cost-cutting tool was constitutional, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The decision came in a lawsuit filed by former MDOC employee Gary Hemba, who was one of 160 workers fired by MDOC in 2004.…
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January 9, 2009
Ga. man sentenced in beef plant scandal
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/8/9 Georgia businessman who irked a federal judge by asking for community service was sentenced Thursday to eight months in federal prison for making an illegal campaign contribution to former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove. U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills in north Mississippi sentenced Nixon Cawood Jr. on Thursday after telling the disgraced…
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January 9, 2009
House Dems want options for cigarette tax funds
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/8/9 Some Democrats in the Mississippi House are backing off their insistence that a cigarette tax hike be earmarked for Medicaid, citing a need for compromise as the state tries to generate new revenue. State Rep. George Flaggs, author of a bill that proposes using a tobacco tax hike for the health care…
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January 9, 2009
Tebow’s Performance a Perfect Ending (or Maybe Not)
Tebow’s Performance a Perfect Ending (or Maybe Not) If ever they should make a movie about a college career that in the northern part of this state is already the stuff of swampland legend, let me suggest Brendan Fraser for the lead and that Hollywood be allowed one courtesy fiction: Tim Tebow’s 2007 Heisman Trophy…
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January 9, 2009
House panel clears $1/pack tobacco tax-hike bill
House panel clears tobacco tax-hike bill House Bill 364 cleared a key committee today. It still needs approval from other House lawmakers before it heads to the Senate for consideration. The bill would increase the state’s 18-cent tobacco tax to $1 per pack. It would generate more than $200 million dollars for the state’s general…
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January 9, 2009
PERRY – Barbour, Bryant announce agendas
Barbour, Bryant announce agendas On Monday, Barbour addressed the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Capitol Press Corps luncheon. His priorities for 2009 are protecting and adding jobs, completing Katrina rebuilding, a “fair, permanent, sustainable funding solution” for Medicaid, Voter ID, workforce development and job training, and a health insurance exchange. Barbour spent the…
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January 9, 2009
Judge Charles Pickering administers ceremonial oath to Rep. Gregg Harper (MS-01)
HARPER HOSTS CEREMONIAL SWEARING-IN ADMINISTERED BY LONGTIME FRIEND, JUDGE CHARLES PICKERING Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, Congressman Gregg Harper (R-Pearl) hosted a ceremonial swearing-in at the historic Madison Building of the Library of Congress with over 70 friends and family who traveled from Mississippi to share in this important occasion as Harper transitions into his…
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January 9, 2009
Whoops! Nixon Cawood ticks off Judge Mills – no Hinds CC for you!
Beef plant: Man sentenced for political donation U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills in north Mississippi sentenced Nixon Cawood Jr. on Thursday after telling the disgraced executive he was “astonished” by his request for leniency. Cawood was snagged in a federal investigation into the failure of Mississippi Beef Processors LLC, a cattle processing plant that…
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January 8, 2009
Feds seize $425,000 from former Miss. DA
The Sun Herald, 1/7/9 Federal authorities have seized $425,000 from a former district attorney linked to the most sweeping judicial bribery investigation in Mississippi in years. While no formal charges have been made public against former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters, prosecutors have spelled out his alleged involvement in court documents. Peters is perhaps…
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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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Frank Corder
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May 28, 2026
State Rep. Owen will run for DA in the 15th Circuit Court District
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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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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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