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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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September 22, 2008
October debate pairs Musgrove, Wicker
The Clarion-Ledger, 9/22/8 An Oct. 3 debate at the Mississippi College School of Law will bring U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and his Democratic rival Ronnie Musgrove to the downtown Jackson campus. WLBT-TV 3 news anchor Maggie Wade will serve as the debate moderator, said law dean Jim Rosenblatt. The 60-minute debate will begin at…
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Magnolia Tribune
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September 22, 2008
Rapid Wall Street bailout urged
The Clarion-Ledger, 9/22/8 The Bush administration insisted Sunday that Congress must move quickly to approve what one lawmaker called the “mother of all bailouts” – a $700 billion proposal to buy a mountain of bad mortgage debt in an effort to unfreeze the nation’s credit markets. Congressional leaders endorsed the plan’s main thrust, saying passage…
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September 22, 2008
Oxford, Ole Miss prep for presidential debate
The Clarion-Ledger, 9/22/8 Days away from hosting a historical debate between presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama, this city of less than 20,000 increased preparations Sunday as it considered the event’s potential effects. Red, white and blue banners celebrating the first such debate to ever be held at the University of Mississippi dotted the…
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Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
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August 26, 2025
Trump and Republican senators fight over a century-old tradition for judicial nominees
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Melissa Goldin, Associated Press
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August 26, 2025
What to know about cashless bail after Trump’s executive order
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Daniel Tyson
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August 26, 2025
Trump administration officials promote expanded education freedom in Mississippi
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Meredith Biesinger
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August 26, 2025
Mississippi’s place on the Great Loop
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Alistair Begg
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August 26, 2025
The Lord of all nations
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Parrish Alford
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August 25, 2025
College football is back: Miss. State at Southern Miss, Georgia State at Ole Miss
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Hunter Estes
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August 25, 2025
It’s time for term limits
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Kelley Williams
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August 24, 2025
Secret rates and subsidies
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Lesley Davis
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August 22, 2025
Sororities go woke – and taxpayers helped pay for it
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