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August 20, 2008
Mayor finds another lawyer
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/20/8 With his political career and freedom at risk, Jackson Mayor Frank Melton said Tuesday he had to go shopping for a deal on a good lawyer. “I’ve got my life on the line here, and I have to get the best people I can find at a reasonable price,” he said. “It’s…
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August 20, 2008
Settlement reached in lawsuit that led to Scruggs’ downfall
The Sun Herald, 8/20/8 Oxford attorney Grady Tollison says a settlement has been reached in the civil lawsuit that erupted in a high profile bribery scheme and led to the downfall of famed plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and several associates. Tollison did not disclose terms of the agreement. Tollison had represented the Jackson law…
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August 20, 2008
Prosecutors should move forward or say it’s over
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 8/20/8 The current set of guilty pleas in federal court in the Northern District of Mississippi by Georgia executives with the The Facility Group is a head scratcher. As I understand it, the executives’ guilty pleas are for giving campaign contributions to then-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove because they thought it…
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August 20, 2008
Castle doctrine: Law is not a ‘free pass’ to kill
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/20/8 The recent fatal shooting by a Jackson convenience store clerk of a man who allegedly stole a case of beer fulfills some of the worst fears of those who opposed passage of the so-called “Castle law.” The 2006 Legislature approved Senate Bill 2426, based on The Castle Doctrine that “every man’s…
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August 20, 2008
Tax changes?
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/20/8 A tax commission established by Gov. Haley Barbour voted Tuesday to recommend hiking the tobacco tax to 50 cents, a move that most likely assures such an increase is in Mississippi’s near future. But key legislative leaders said most other tax code tweaks that cleared the commission probably will not pass the…
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August 20, 2008
Childers hammers Davis in new fundraising
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 8/19/8 U.S. Rep. Travis Childers of Booneville has three times as much campaign cash on hand as his general election opponent, Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, new finance reports show. The Federal Election Commission, which keeps track of campaign contributions and spending, shows Democrat Childers with $160,976.47 in the bank June…
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August 20, 2008
National Rifle Association Endorses Senator Roger Wicker
NRA Endorses Wicker Mississippi It is a sign of the tough political times when a pro-gun incumbent senator from Mississippi is thought to be in danger. But Senator Roger Wicker, R, newly appointed after Senator Trent Lott’s retirement, is certainly in a tough race to hold onto the seat. With a strong record of support…
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August 20, 2008
SALTER – Travel flap blemishes McCoy’s reputation as honest broker
Travel flap blemishes McCoy’s reputation as honest broker According to Republican legislators Reps. Mark Baker, R-Brandon, and Rita Martinson, R-Madison, the House Management Committee never voted to approve the expenditure. Worse than than, there’s no precedent for spending taxpayer dollars to pay the expenses of a state legislator to attend a partisan national political convention…
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August 20, 2008
Veteran players may be ally in NFL’s push for rookie cap
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2008-08-19-rookie-cap_N.htm NFL commissioner Roger Goodell may have an ally in his effort to scale back escalating rookies salaries — veteran players. “There’s a lot of guys who have come out and haven’t done much,” says New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith, a first-round draft choice in 2004. “Then you have older guys who have…
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August 20, 2008
Attorney General Tours Building Damaged by Copper Thieves
Attorney General Tours Building Damaged by Copper Thieves Attorney General Hood believes a new law will give his office more power in tracking down, and prosecuting those who benefit from the sale of illegal copper. “It’s amazing the extent that they’ll go through to steal copper out of a building and the damage that they’ll…
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August 20, 2008
POLLTRACKER on Wicker vs. Musgrove
Eye on the Senate: Round-Up of the Latest Polls Mississippi: Roger Wicker, appointed to fill out the term of retired Sen. Trent Lott, has opened a modest lead over former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, moving from a dead heat last month to a 48 percent to 42 percent advantage in a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted July…
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August 20, 2008
RAMSEYBLOG – House travels
House travels Ellis, who now has the designation of House majority leader, said Monday he would reimburse the state. That is after Republicans revealed the potential expenditure and it hit the media. I have seen a lot of questionable travel for legislators in my time, but nothing so outlandish. Even reimbursing is out of line.…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 22, 2025
IHL Board initiates search for new Jackson State president
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
One dead, suspect in custody in Ingalls Shipbuilding shooting
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
Shooting reported inside Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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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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Susan Marquez
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August 24, 2025
20 years: Remembering Hurricane Katrina
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Matt Friedeman
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August 24, 2025
When there is something better than empathy
Culture
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Ben Smith
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August 22, 2025
Women’s archery growing in Mississippi
Opinion
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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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Sid Salter
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August 20, 2025
Natchez’s Greg Iles saved his best writing for his reflective “Natchez Burning” trilogy
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