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August 15, 2008
Tobacco tax: ‘If’ no longer the issue, but ‘when’
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/15/8 Things are so polarized at the Capitol these days that it would be hard to get agreement on whether the sun comes up in the east. Lawmakers can disagree when they agree. So, after years of fighting over raising the cigarette tax, the argument now appears to be not if, but…
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August 15, 2008
Scruggs firm for sale
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 8/15/8 A “For Sale” sign hangs on the former offices of The Scruggs Law Firm in downtown Oxford, a reminder of the firm’s downfall in a judicial bribery scandal that cost its principal attorneys their licenses and their liberty. Today, the son of firm founder Richard “Dickie” Scruggs will turn…
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August 15, 2008
Cochran backs McCain, likes both candidates ‘very much’
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 8/15/8 Sen. Thad Cochran, the state’s senior U.S. senator, said Thursday that he supports fellow Republican John McCain for president, but he also believes Democrat Barack Obama has attributes that would make him a success in the White House. Cochran, who at times has questioned McCain’s temperament, said McCain’s experience…
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August 15, 2008
Judge: Metal law to stand
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/15/8 A federal judge is upholding a law intended to reduce metal theft in Mississippi, but opinions still vary as to whether it will work. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate denied a request by Metal Management Mississippi Inc. to do away with a part of the law that requires recyclers to tag and…
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August 15, 2008
Monitors say McCain did not violate finance laws
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain won a round against Democrats on Thursday when the Federal Election Commission rejected their contention that he violated campaign finance laws during the GOP primary. The FEC’s draft opinion affirms McCain’s right to bypass the public financing system and the strict spending limits that come with it. That was a…
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August 15, 2008
Obama preferred by the Military?
There has been a little stir among blogs and other places about Obama seemingly being preferred amongst US Military personnel. In many blogs here, here and here, they reference opensecrets.org by suggesting the information shows that the US Military is pro-Obama vs. pro-McCain. Democrats are salivating over this because, historically, the US Military has leaned…
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August 15, 2008
2/16/2006 – Hood believes criminal case against beef plant complete
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood told a legislative committee Wednesday that he believes the criminal investigation into a defunct state-backed beef processing plant has reached a conclusion. Hood said he plans to file a civil lawsuit that could open new avenues for a criminal investigation into the failed Mississippi Beef Processors, but he cautioned that…
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August 15, 2008
DOJ/FBI/State Auditor Press Release on Beef Plant
Jim M. Greenlee, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, Frederick T. Brink, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jackson Division and Stacy Pickering, Mississippi State Auditor announce today that Robert L. Moultrie, age 67, from Smyrna, Georgia; Nixon E. Cawood, age 58 of Woodstock, Georgia and Charles K. Morehead, age…
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August 15, 2008
Morehead’s Pleads in Beef Plant . . . now, who’s left to “cooperate” on?
Charles Morehead became the third executive of The Facility Group to plea in the Beef Plant scandal. Unlike Moultrie and Cawood, Morehead pleaded guilty to a one count information of concealing material facts from a government investigation. Morehead’s Plea Agreement Morehead’s Factual Basis With all three executives that have pledged cooperation with an ongoing government…
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August 15, 2008
SLABBED – State Farm files emergency motion to compel Rigsby Gals’ deposition
State Farm files emergency motion to compel Rigsby deposition On May 23, 2008, this Court entered its Order [Doc. 1196] granting State Farm’s motion to compel Cori Rigsby and Kerri Rigsby (hereinafter “the Rigsbys”) to each submit to one additional hour of depositions with the caveat that State Farm may best be served by waiting…
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August 15, 2008
Senter rules on Rigsby Gals’ lawyer strategy in ex rel Rigsby
Judge LT Senter ruled this afternoon on a motion of whether or not to allow the Rigsby Gals’ new lawyers to confer/share notes with the Trailer Lawyers. From the ruling . . . As far as the Renfroe documents are concerned, the genie has been out of the bottle for quite some time, and the…
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August 15, 2008
FOLO – The detention of Richard Scruggs
The detention of Richard Scruggs I have been told by two sources, both reliable and one very close to the Scruggs family, that Scruggs is being detained not in the camp in Kentucky but in an adjoining maximum security unit, and that the reasons being given are specious (that he’s a flight risk– he proved…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi recognized as one of five states to reach all pre-K benchmarks, according to NIEER
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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April 29, 2025
Wall Street rises as corporate profits pile higher along with uncertainty about Trump’s trade war
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Daniel Tyson
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April 29, 2025
Taylor sworn in as new Senator for District 18
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi’s U-Pick Farms: A trend that’s growing
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 29, 2025
Go first to God
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Parrish Alford
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April 28, 2025
The trouble with being Shedeur
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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