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August 1, 2008
Gov. blasts Dems, touts McCain run
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/1/8 Gov. Haley Barbour blasted Democrats and urged fair-goers to support Sen. John McCain and other Republicans this fall in a speech interrupted by a heckler Thursday. Some political analysts said Barbour’s comments likely resonated with his audience at the Neshoba County Fair since those who visit the annual event usually vote with…
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August 1, 2008
Feds: Bribery appeal invalid
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/1/8 Attorney Paul Minor’s allegations he was the target of a politicized U.S. Justice Department that railroaded him into a bribery conviction are based on “wild speculation and innuendo,” federal prosecutors argue in court papers. Minor, 62, built a national reputation and amassed a fortune by suing tobacco, asbestos and other companies. He…
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August 1, 2008
Planned Medicaid cuts to be revised
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/1/8 House Democrats reiterated their objection to Medicaid cuts after Gov. Haley Barbour said Thursday he soon will announce a revised plan to slash the health-care program that serves almost 600,000 Mississippians. Barbour provided few details during a speech at the Neshoba County Fair and interviews with reporters afterward. He told fair-goers Medicaid,…
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August 1, 2008
Medicaid: Why not hike tobacco tax anyway?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 8/1/8 While Gov. Haley Barbour fine tunes his surprise plan to avoid cuts in Medicaid – which he sprang at the Neshoba County Fair Thursday – perhaps lawmakers can find a way to avoid wasting any more of the taxpayers’ money in a stalemated special session. Barbour told the Fair crowd that…
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August 1, 2008
EDITORIAL:Medicaid ax
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 8/1/8 The sudden change in direction by the Barbour administration on plans to cut Medicaid spending by $375 million is only the latest twist in a complex situation involving power politics, strategy, and the urgent need to fully fund the health care insurance program for Mississippi’s poorest residents. The…
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August 1, 2008
Coast heckler interrupts Barbour
The Sun Herald, 8/1/8 A Coast Democratic leader was escorted from the crowd watching Gov. Haley Barbour speak at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday after she repeatedly yelled the name of the victim of a murderer Barbour recently freed from prison after the convict was a trusty at the Governor’s Mansion. As Barbour began…
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August 1, 2008
Gallo Notes-“It Should Be A Sin”
Gallo Notes-August 1st, 2008 For Liberals to wrongly use the line, “It’s a tax on sick people” should be a sin. Sooner or later the people of Northeast Mississippi will see through Speaker McCoy for what he really is-a ruthless Yellow-Dog liberal. How else can you explain any politician who stands before the cameras and…
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August 1, 2008
Hood, Pickering speak at Fair
Auditor touts his office’s efforts at accountability Stacey Pickering came to the Neshoba County Fair with a report card on his first seven months as state auditor, chiefly pointing to success with a college intern program and training for public officials. He also came to endorse Tupelo’s Roger Wicker for U.S Senate, saying Mississippi needs…
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August 1, 2008
Medicaid — A Mystery of Shakespearean Proportion
In the lighthearted movie “Shakespeare in Love”, a hapless producer named Henslowe is trying to keep his theatre in business. He is accosted by two henchmen and his loan shark, who threaten grave injury to Henslowe unless he pays up. When asked how he intends to work things out despite his theatre being closed down…
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August 1, 2008
Scruggs and Rigsby update: dynamite depositions
What other illegalities has Richard (“Dickie”) Scruggs committed besides the one that’s sending him to prison? According to the AP’s Holbrook Mohr (via), in Scruggs’s deposition in the ongoing McIntosh v. State Farm lawsuit, the insurer’s attorneys “‘alleged activity of a criminal nature against both of the Scruggses,’ according to a motion filed Friday by…
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August 1, 2008
Governor Barbour’s Neshoba County Fair Speech
It is great to be back at the Fair. And I’m grateful for this cold snap – only 93 in the shade! As a lot of you have already noticed, this is my first time at the Fair in more than 25 years without my trophy wife, Marsha. On Monday, Marsha underwent surgery to remove…
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August 1, 2008
Hart’s hiring doesn’t mean the end of Mal Moore
Hart’s hiring doesn’t mean the end of Mal Moore Dave Hart has not been hired to be the Alabama athletics-director-in-waiting. I repeat: Dave Hart is not coming back to Tuscaloosa to be Mal Moore’s replacement. That’s the unofficial official word from people in the know who don’t want to be known. They are adamant about…
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 15, 2025
Ole Miss surpasses endowment goal one year early
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2025
Mississippi ranks high in teacher freedom in latest national report but lags in education choice
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2025
Body found on Delta State campus
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Josh Boak, Associated Press
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September 15, 2025
A framework deal on TikTok has been reached between the US and China
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Frank Corder
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September 12, 2025
HII announces partnership with shipyards in multiple states to meet increased demand by U.S. Navy
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Daniel Tyson
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September 11, 2025
Domtar shuttering Grenada paper mill, impacting more than 150 employees
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Parrish Alford
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September 15, 2025
Mississippi’s Big 3 have big weekend in Oxford, Starkville and Hattiesburg
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Robert St. John
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September 15, 2025
The table is the real destination
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Matt Friedeman
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September 15, 2025
Charlie Kirk will never again speak on a college campus, but the Church can’t flinch
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Jere Nash
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September 15, 2025
Nash reflects on the implementation of Mississippi’s statewide public education system
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Kimberly Ross
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September 11, 2025
Misapplied rage permeates throughout modern society
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Russ Latino
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September 10, 2025
The assassination of Charlie Kirk presents a turning point opportunity
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