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January 3, 2009
Tobacco tax hike facing hurdle
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/1/9 Mississippi smokers and tobacco users may avoid a tax increase this year unless lawmakers reach a compromise when they return to work next week. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday a tobacco tax hike is “not a done deal.” He said he and other Republicans in the Senate want to offset the…
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January 3, 2009
2009: New year offers major challenges
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/1/9 Time is considered the great equalizer, and the new year provides many ironies and great challenges for our state. While the top local stories for 2008 were the state judicial scandal, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton’s legal troubles, devastating metro-area weather and layoffs, the big story of 2009 is shaping up to…
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January 3, 2009
Pickering recruited to lobby
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/2/9 Former Rep. Ronnie Shows hopes the man who took his job in Congress, Rep. Chip Pickering, will join forces with him in the lobbying business. Shows, a Democrat, was forced to run against Republican Pickering in 2002 when the state lost a congressional district to reapportionment. Shows lost that race by 29…
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January 3, 2009
Diaz makes compelling plea on death penalty
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 1/2/9 MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT Justice Oliver Diaz Jr. did not go out with a whisper. He ended his career on the bench with a dissent in the case of Doss vs. State, issued in mid-December, that was a plea to end the death penalty. Diaz’ argument was primarily a moral one:…
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January 3, 2009
Odds are long on landing job on Obama’s team
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/1/9 It’s 100-1 odds that an applicant will land a job with the new Obama administration, if you just look at the statistics. More than 330,000 people have applied for some 3,000-4,000 jobs likely to be filled as Barack Obama takes office Jan. 20. “We’re just telling people to use…
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January 2, 2009
Mixing religion, football easy in the Big Easy
Mixing religion, football easy in the Big Easy NEW ORLEANS – On a second-floor wall, right above the Poydras Street entrance to the Superdome, site of tonight’s Sugar Bowl, there are two poster-sized photos side by side. They are candid black-and-white shots of the two greatest religious icons to have appeared at the Superdome: Pope…
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January 2, 2009
Saban, knowing he could lose some assistants from his all-star staff, says change brings opportunity
Saban, knowing he could lose some assistants from his all-star staff, says change brings opportunity Change is inevitable. Nick Saban didn’t invent that phrase, but he’s doing his best to bring it back in style. The Alabama football coach said it three different times during his final pre-Sugar Bowl press conference Thursday, the last time…
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December 31, 2008
Showdown set over financial records
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/31/8 Mayor Frank Melton told the Jackson City Council on Tuesday that nothing short of a subpoena will force him to turn over basic financial documents requested by the chairman of the city’s Budget Committee. It is the latest in a series of clashes between the council and the mayor’s administration about what…
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December 31, 2008
Melton ‘in good spirits’
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/31/8 While a federal judge was preparing to rule Tuesday if Mayor Frank Melton is too sick to stand trial, Melton made several public appearances – from a news conference to a council meeting. The day captured the fine line Melton is walking between being too sick to stand trial but well enough…
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December 31, 2008
Judge consults physician on Melton
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/31/8 After hours of testimony from Mayor Frank Melton’s personal physicians and mulling the decision for a day, U.S. District Court Judge Dan Jordan asked for a second opinion. In an order issued Tuesday afternoon, Jordan asked Tupelo cardiologist J. Murray Estess to look at Melton’s medical records and give his opinion on…
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December 31, 2008
Former Sen. Morgan to lead state tax group
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/30/8 Former State Sen. Ed Morgan is the new leader of the Mississippi Tax Commission, Gov. Haley Barbour announced today. Morgan, a Republican from Hattiesburg who lost his 2007 re-election bid, begins his new job Thursday. He takes over for Tax Commission Chairman Joe Blount, who is retiring. Morgan served four years in…
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December 31, 2008
Voter ID, early voting intertwined as partisan initiatives
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/31/8 While the merits of both issues would seem to make partisan infighting almost silly, the fact remains that Mississippi legislators will find the contentious issues of voter identification and early voting politically intertwined during the 2009 regular session. State Republicans have long pushed for voter ID requirements, citing voter fraud concerns.…
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May 28, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: May 28, 2026
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Frank Corder
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May 27, 2026
Owens, Lumumba, Banks have until Friday to change their plea in Jackson bribery case
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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May 27, 2026
Key Senators Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill
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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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