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June 6, 2008
Session: Staying without agreement wasteful
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/5/8 Mississippi legislative leaders were right to recess the current special session. Continuing the current standoff over how to fund the state Medicaid program would only amount to wasting taxpayers’ money. House Speaker Billy McCoy and Gov. Haley Barbour on Wednesday agreed that there was an impasse and there was a need…
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June 6, 2008
After days at loggerheads, Medicaid debate postponed
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/5/8 The impasse over Medicaid funding that brought a halt Wednesday to a special legislative session is likely to still be there when lawmakers reconvene in three weeks. House Democrats are still pressing for a cigarette tax hike. Gov. Haley Barbour and the Republican-led Senate remain just as firm on a hospital tax,…
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June 6, 2008
House blasts FEMA, HUD
The Sun Herald, 6/5/8 At a congressional hearing of two House subcommittees Wednesday, officials from FEMA and HUD failed to satisfy congressional critics about their efforts to find housing for 22,000 Katrina victims still living in trailers nearly three years after the storm. House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank, D-Mass., who attended the hearing,…
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June 6, 2008
Another gun on airplane irks rep
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/5/8 Another breach of security at Jackson-Evers International Airport involving a firearm being brought aboard a plane has House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson demanding answers. In a letter sent this week, Thompson gave U.S. Transportation Security Administration Director Kip Hawley until Monday to explain how a Mississippi Department of Public Safety…
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June 6, 2008
Death penalty works, DA says
The Clarion-Ledger, 6/5/8 Jackson’s growing homicide rate has prompted Hinds County’s new district attorney to do something that hasn’t been done in at least two decades – seek the death penalty often in capital murder cases. Robert Shuler Smith said Wednesday he believes the death penalty is a crime deterrent. There have been 29 homicides…
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June 5, 2008
Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim
Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim Police released chilling surveillance video of a hit-and-run accident in hopes of catching the unidientified driver who ran down a 78-year-old pedestrian, paralyzing him, and to show the callousness of bystanders who did nothing to help. The gripping one-minute video shows the violent May 30 accident and bystanders’ apparent…
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June 5, 2008
Suspected 9/11 mastermind wants death penalty
Suspected 9/11 mastermind wants death penalty Mohammed sang verses from the Quran, rejected his attorneys and told Judge Ralph Kohlmann, a Marine colonel, that he wants to represent himself at the war crimes trial. The judge warned that he faces execution if convicted of organizing the attacks on America. But the former No. 3 leader…
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June 5, 2008
SEN MCDANIEL – Voter ID a must to maintain public’s trust in electoral process
Voter ID a must to maintain public’s trust in electoral process The idea behind Voter ID legislation is based on a foundation of common sense. Simply put, people in Mississippi need photo identification to cash a check, board a plane or apply for food stamps, in addition to countless other activities of life. It therefore…
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June 5, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, June 5
Scruggs Nation, June 5 — You might have seen the recent article by syndicated columnist David Ignatius on Scruggs, which contained these paragraphs: What destroyed [plaintiffs attorney Melvyn] Weiss and Scruggs was a system in which the money just got too big. The two had helped spawn an industry of class-action mega-cases that was so…
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June 5, 2008
Lesbian kiss at Seattle ballpark stirs up gay-friendly town
Lesbian kiss at Seattle ballpark stirs up gay-friendly town As the Mariners played the Boston Red Sox on May 26, Sirbrina Guerrero and her date were approached in the third inning by an usher who told them their kissing was inappropriate, Guerrero said. The usher, Guerrero said, told them he had received a complaint from…
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June 5, 2008
McCain raises $21M in May; RNC nearly $23M
McCain raises $21M in May; RNC nearly $23M Republican John McCain collected $21.5 million in May — his best month of presidential fundraising, campaign officials said Thursday. The Arizona senator enters June with $31.5 million cash on hand. McCain has been raising money in a joint effort with the Republican National Committee, which reported raising…
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June 5, 2008
SPR – Haley Barbour briefs RGA on 5 year plan in Atlanta
With ticket talk in the air, GOP governors gather in Atlanta The current superstar of Republican veep possibilities, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, didn’t come to the RGA’s gathering in Atlanta Wednesday, hosted by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, the current RGA chair. But the more likely choice, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, gave the luncheon speech, and…
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May 14, 2025
Democrats are deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, an AP-NORC poll finds
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May 14, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 14, 2025
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May 13, 2025
House Republicans launch marathon hearings to push ahead with Trump’s big bill
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2025
Nissan says Canton factory strategically important as company announces workforce reductions
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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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Richelle Putnam
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May 14, 2025
It all begins with a song: The heart of the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 14, 2025
Stay awake!
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 13, 2025
Discover Mississippi: Gulf Coast Gator Ranch and Tours
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Sid Salter
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May 14, 2025
MS Gaming: Legislative standoff over off-premises online sports betting continues
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Kelley Williams
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May 12, 2025
Bad energy policy represents risk to ratepayers
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Bill Crawford
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May 11, 2025
State still hugs bottom as education advances
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