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August 12, 2008
CL – Musgrove has not been accused of any wrongdoing
A Georgia businessman charged in connection with the beef plant debacle that cost Mississippi taxpayers millions of dollars pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to corruptly influence a public official. Robert Moultrie, chairman and chief executive of the Facility Group of Smyrna, Ga., admitted that he gave $25,000 in campaign contributions to the…
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August 12, 2008
LLOYD GRAY:Wicker must win big in 1st District to beat Musgrove
The matchup between Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove is the first competitive U.S. Senate race in Mississippi in 20 years. This is a state that changes senators very rarely; we’d had only two transitions in the last 65 years before Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Wicker last Dec. 31 to replace Trent Lott. In spite of…
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August 12, 2008
UPDATE: Key Beef Plant defendant pleads guilty
UPDATE: Key Beef Plant defendant pleads guilty Robert Moultrie, chairman and chief executive officer of The Facility Group of Smyrna, Ga., entered a plea before Chief Judge Michael P. Mills, admitting he gave $25,000 to an elected “public official” for that person’s good will and future considerations connected to his company work on the beef…
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August 12, 2008
Obama fires back at McCain’s hardest hitting criticism
In a presidential campaign freighted with war, recession and energy woes, a jibe featuring Paris Hilton, of all things, seems to have struck a nerve in Democrat Barack Obama. For the second time in two weeks, he aired a TV ad Monday rebutting Republican John McCain’s claim that Obama is little more than a celebrity,…
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August 12, 2008
BREAKING – Moultrie Pleads Guilty in Beef Plant case
Robert Moultrie has withdrawn his plea of not guilty and has pleaded to a one-count information in the Beef Plant case. Moultrie has a max of 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Information Beef Plant Plea Fact Basis In August, 2003, to complete the amount contemplated in the July fund raiser, Moultrie caused the PAC…
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August 11, 2008
WSJ – Cigarette Tax Burnout
Cigarette Tax Burnout Maryland is only the latest state to prove the folly of trying to finance government with a tax on a shrinking pool of smokers. In New York City and State, tobacco taxes have been raised so many times that the retail cost can exceed $9 a pack — about double the national…
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August 11, 2008
Reports: Political clout swayed bio lab
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/11/8 The Homeland Security Department swept aside evaluations of government experts and named Mississippi – home to powerful U.S. lawmakers with sway over the agency – as a top location for a new $451 million, national laboratory to study some of the world’s most virulent biological threats, according to internal documents obtained by…
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August 11, 2008
Hospitals’ attorney says plan is illegal
The Sun Herald, 8/10/8 Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to pay for Medicaid violates state and federal laws, according to attorneys for nearly 40 hospitals. The hospitals have not legally challenged the proposal that would increase their taxes, cut Medicaid reimbursements and replace the cuts with federal money associated with the health care program. But they…
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August 11, 2008
Surprised? Not even enough to fake it
The Sun Herald, 8/10/8 You know how I hate to say “I told you so,” but it looks like I was on the money when I said a legislative bill early this year was “one to watch… . Especially if some particular lawmaker were to later be appointed to the Parole Board, despite having given…
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August 11, 2008
Davis eyes round 2 in election for 1st District
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/11/8 He’s reorganizing his staff, apologizing for the tone of previous campaigns and hoping a higher turnout boosts the GOP’s chances of reclaiming northeast Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District in November. But political analysts say it’ll be a challenge for Southaven Mayor Greg Davis to topple Travis Childers, the former Prentiss County chancery clerk…
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August 11, 2008
Farish project: ‘Wait and see’
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/10/8 With construction on Farish Street set to start as early as October, some of the new tenants could include a comedy club, a gospel music venue and museum and a blues club. Local developer David Watkins, now a partner in the project, said big names such as Morgan Freeman, B.B. King and…
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August 11, 2008
Wicker must win big in 1st District to beat Musgrove
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 8/10/8 The matchup between Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove is the first competitive U.S. Senate race in Mississippi in 20 years. This is a state that changes senators very rarely; we’d had only two transitions in the last 65 years before Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Wicker last Dec. 31…
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Frank Corder
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September 19, 2025
Congressional midterms taking shape in Mississippi
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 19, 2025
AGB Search chosen to assist IHL in nationwide search for new JSU president
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Frank Corder
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September 19, 2025
Mississippi’s Thompson votes against U.S. House resolution honoring Charlie Kirk
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Magnolia Tribune
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September 17, 2025
Ridgeland-based HORNE to join BDO USA
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Lynne Jeter
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September 16, 2025
Port Pascagoula drives $18.3 billion in economic impact for Mississippi
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September 15, 2025
A framework deal on TikTok has been reached between the US and China
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 19, 2025
Discover treasures at Relics in Tupelo
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Alistair Begg
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September 19, 2025
Theology for life
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Susan Marquez
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September 18, 2025
Robert St. John roasted by Mississippi Press Foundation
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Russ Latino
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September 18, 2025
Kimmel’s “the FCC won’t let me be” moment
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Russ Latino
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September 18, 2025
Sticks and stones: Navigating ‘free speech’ after Charlie Kirk’s murder
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Sid Salter
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September 17, 2025
Nash’s book chronicles a new take on the realities of ‘Reconstruction in Mississippi’
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