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December 3, 2008
AG files lawsuit against Entergy, alleges manipulation
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/3/8 Mississippi’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against Entergy Corp. and its subsidiaries Tuesday, alleging the companies illegally manipulated the purchase and sale of electricity to maximize profits. The fraud and antitrust lawsuit filed in Hinds County Chancery Court alleges Entergy buys electricity from sister companies at a higher rate than it could…
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December 3, 2008
Vote to issue bonds paves way for street repairs
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/3/8 Beginning in March, some cracked, bumpy and deteriorating streets around the city of Jackson finally will be repaved. The Jackson City Council on Tuesday agreed to take out a 15-year bond worth about $27 million to improve streets. The bond issue will more than double the amount of money the city has…
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December 3, 2008
Tax Commission chairman to retire
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/3/8 Mississippi Tax Commission chairman Joe Blount will retire at the end of the year. Blount was appointed to a six-year term in 2004. Gov. Haley Barbour will appoint a successor to finish Blount’s term, which ends June 30, 2010. In a statement to his employees, Blount said he wanted to spend more…
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December 3, 2008
Budget’s first draft cuts deep
The Sun Herald, 12/3/8 Lawmakers say their first draft of a Mississippi budget is more austere than one offered by Gov. Haley Barbour. But they also say the proposals to divvy up taxpayers’ dollars could change significantly before legislators merge their ideas with the governor’s and approve a final spending plan. Like their counterparts across…
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December 3, 2008
Freezing raises, jobs part of state budget proposals
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/3/8 Thousands of vacant jobs in state government will be frozen. State employees won’t get raises. But public education’s major funding source will be spared. These are a few of the recommendations of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who agreed Tuesday on budget proposals for Mississippi’s next fiscal year. Their suggestions will be…
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December 3, 2008
Chambliss wins US Senate runoff in Georgia
The Associated Press, 12/3/8 Relieved Republicans celebrated a resounding win in Georgia’s hard-fought U.S. Senate runoff, a victory that denied Democrats a filibuster-proof majority and cemented the state’s reputation as a GOP bastion. Sen. Saxby Chambliss trounced Democrat Jim Martin Tuesday night, winning his second term by a margin of more than 10 percentage points.…
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December 3, 2008
Bryant: Too early to set political plans for 2011
The Sun Herald, 12/2/8 Mississippi Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant says it’s too early for him to say whether he’ll run for governor in 2011. Bryant has told news organizations in south Mississippi recently that he might consider running for the state’s highest elected position. But on Tuesday, Bryant told reporters in Jackson that he hasn’t…
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December 3, 2008
NMC – Paul Quinn wants to read the Langston sentencing letters
Paul Quinn wants to read the Langston sentencing letters Paul Quinn of the Daliy Mississippian has filed a motion to be allowed to see the sentencing letters in the Langston case, noting that this writer and others (including Paul) were allowed to see the letters in the Scruggs case. Judge Mills immediately responded with an…
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December 3, 2008
Ray Mabus mentioned for Energy and Education cabinet slots
THE OBAMA CABINET SPECULATION LIST — Education: Joel Klein (NYC), Linda Darling-Hammond, Kathleen Sebelius, Colin Powell, Jim Hunt, Arne Duncan, Inez Tenenbaum, Michael Bennett, George Miller, Gaston Caperton (fmr WV gov), Bambi Cardenas (pres, U TX-Pan Am, Susan Castillo (OR supt), Michael Cohen (pres, Achieve), Christopher Edley (dean, UC-Berkeley), Michael Johnston (dir, Mapleton Expeditionary Schl…
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December 3, 2008
Entergy Press Release on Jim Hood’s changing legal tactics
Entergy Mississippi, Inc. is encouraged that the office of the attorney general withdrew its demand for 30 years’ worth of information from the company today, but stated that a lawsuit filed against the utility instead does nothing to change the company’s stance that the proper forum for resolving the issues raised is through the Mississippi…
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December 3, 2008
Sid Salter hammers PSC & Jim Hood over Entergy matter
Pursuing Entergy, Hood exposes PSC’s inability to regulate Regardless of Hood’s motivation for pursuing Entergy on allegations that the utility buys fuel and power from other Entergy subsidiaries at a higher price than it could on the open market and then passes those costs along to customers, his investigation has raised an issue that is…
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December 3, 2008
Jackson City Council approves bond worth $27 million for street and bridges
The Jackson City Council approved a bond worth about $27 million for street renovations and bridge repairs at a meeting today. The bond is the largest infusion of money into the city’s streets program in years. From 1997 until 2008, the city spent $12.3 million on street resurfacing. Thelman Boyd, the public works director, said…
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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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Frank Corder
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May 27, 2026
Mississippi looks to capitalize on new critical minerals industry
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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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Marilyn Tinnin
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May 27, 2026
Mississippi Legends: Leontyne Price
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Alistair Begg
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May 27, 2026
Forgiven and forgiving
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Frank Corder
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May 26, 2026
Southern Miss, Miss. State hosting NCAA baseball regionals; Ole Miss heads to Lincoln
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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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