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July 13, 2008
AGNEW – Federal case may prove hard to beat
Federal case may prove hard to beat As an investigatory agency, they don’t get more thorough than the FBI and Melton knows it. The indictment spells trouble for the mayor, who has fought one battle after another since he’s occupied the city’s top office, largely because of his own actions. Melton has never denied having…
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July 13, 2008
Federal trial different ballgame
Federal trial different ballgame When facing state charges, Melton assembled a legal team that included former Mayor Dale Danks Jr., his associate Michael Cory and criminal specialist Buddy Coxwell as well as Robert Shuler Smith and Winston Thompson. Smith now is Hinds County district attorney and Thompson his assistant. In the trial, Melton’s assemblage of…
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July 13, 2008
Can Ronnie Musgrove win by raising only 14% that of Roger Wicker?
Challenger’s Challenge So how do this year’s Democratic challengers stack up? A couple of candidates are in good shape, at least on the fundraising front. Through May 21, Maine Rep. Tom Allen (D) raised $3.9 million, giving him 72 percent of Sen. Susan Collins’ (R) total raised. And in Minnesota, comedian Al Franken (D) actually…
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July 13, 2008
ZIEMBA – Why Scruggs matters to you
Why Scruggs matters to you Poking fun of politically connected fat cats is easy, but what do Dickie Scruggs’ crimes have to do with you? Plenty. Corruption of public officials does far more damage to the average citizen than any robber wielding a gun. Trial lawyers who pervert our justice systems in order to win…
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July 13, 2008
No Surprise . . . Jamie Franks elected Miss. Democratic Party chairman
Franks elected Miss. Democratic Party chairman Running unopposed, 35-year-old Jamie Franks elected chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party on Saturday. Franks served in the state House from 1996-2008. He was elected at the Democratic Party State Executive Committee meeting Saturday in Jackson. Franks said the party is in a good position to take back both…
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July 13, 2008
Acker may take the Rigsbys’ houses . . . or trailers as the case may be
Sisters told to pay $65K Former insurance adjusters Cori and Kerri Rigsby are on the hook for $65,000 that attorney Dickie Scruggs refuses to fork over to their former employers, Alabama-based E.A. Renfroe. Scruggs has placed the money with the federal court while he appeals Judge William M. Acker Jr.’s decision to fine him and…
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July 13, 2008
Beef plant businessman wants to block testimony
Beef plant businessman wants to block testimony Robert Moultrie, chairman and chief executive of the Facility Group of Smyrna, Ga., and two other company executives were charged in a 16-count indictment in June. Moultrie, Nixon Cawood Jr. and Charles Morehead all are free on bond and deny wrongdoing. They are charged with submitting invoices for…
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July 12, 2008
Stabler takes leave from University of Alabama broadcasts
Stabler takes leave from University of Alabama broadcasts With a court case pending on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, University of Alabama football radio analyst Kenny Stabler has decided to sit this football season out. The former Alabama All-America quarterback will be replaced for the time being by Tom Roberts, familiar to…
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July 12, 2008
SALTERBLOG – Neshoba Political Speaking Schedule
Neshoba County Fair Political Speaking Schedule Wednesday 7/30 10:00am Honorable Stacey Pickering (R), State Auditor, State of Mississippi 10:10am Honorable Jim Hood (D), Attorney General, State of Mississippi 10:20am Ronnie Musgrove (D), Candidate for United States Senate, State of Mississippi 10:30am Honorable Roger Wicker (R), Candidate for United States Senate, State of Mississippi 10:40am Shawn…
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July 12, 2008
Frank Melton Vows He Will Not Resign
Jackson’s Mayor Vows He Will Not Resign The Mayor vowed he would not step down from office. “I’m not going to take any questions today. I will tell you I spent time with myself just really thinking about everything through. I feel in my heart I did the right thing. The right message has been…
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July 11, 2008
Musgrove Denounces Wicker’s Medicare Vote
WLBT, 7/11/8 Former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove has taken a verbal swipe at his former roommate, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, whom he is challenging for the Senate seat. Musgrove, a Democrat, accused Wicker of siding with the insurance industry in a vote Wednesday in the Senate on a measure that would have cut doctors’ fees…
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July 11, 2008
Thompson and Pickering to Receive Lewis-Houghton Leadership Award
The Street Insider, 7/11/8 The Faith & Politics Institute will recognize Congressmen Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) at its second John Lewis-Amo Houghton Leadership Award dinner. Robert G. Liberatore, formerly of Daimler, and Faith & Politics Institute co-founder Anne Bartley will also receive the award. In co-leading The Faith & Politics Institute’s “Courage…
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Frank Corder
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May 7, 2025
Mississippi revenue collections down in April but remain above fiscal year estimate by $6 million
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May 7, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 7, 2025
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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May 6, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now
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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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Richelle Putnam
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May 7, 2025
Mississippi Arts: The Jimmie Rodgers Festival and Museum
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 7, 2025
Our quiet dwelling place
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 6, 2025
Elvis Presley’s Roots: A journey to the heart of rock ‘n’ roll in Tupelo
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Kimberly Ross
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May 6, 2025
Abortion pills are dangerous. Amber Nicole Thurman’s death is proof
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Douglas Carswell
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May 6, 2025
Tariffs: Why you should fear them
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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