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May 30, 2008
BREAKING – D-Day for Dickie Scruggs et. al. . . . Sentencing on 6/18
Hot off the presses . . . the sentencing order from Judge Neal Biggers. The court sets the sentencings herein for the three above-named defendants on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, as follows: 10:00 a.m. – Richard “Dickie” Scruggs 2:00 p.m. – Sidney A. Backstrom 3:00 p.m. – David Zachary Scruggs
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May 30, 2008
An intimate portrait of Jack Nicklaus
An intimate portrait of Jack Nicklaus WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — For the past few days, Jack Nicklaus has been sick, listing a bit, even telling his oldest son he might need to lean on him. As he pulls his gold Lexus onto the tarmac of Signature Flight Service, he’s still considering canceling this trip.…
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May 29, 2008
Gallo Notes-Is There Toyota Trouble in Tupelo?
Gallo Notes-May 29, 2008 Several weeks ago Toyota announced they were delaying the opening of the Mississippi plant that will build the Highlander SUV. Toyota has also announced a scaled back production of its Tundra pickup truck that has found favor even with longtime and loyal Ford and GM buyers. Mike O’Brien oversees Toyota’s U.S.…
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May 29, 2008
House authorizes bonds to help bring laboratory to Flora
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/29/8 Members of the Mississippi House authorized $88 million in bonds Wednesday to try to lure a multimillion-dollar project to Mississippi. A House bill that hikes unemployment benefits higher than the Senate version also advanced on the fourth day of a special session, but it appears headed for negotiations between the two chambers.…
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May 29, 2008
Miss. high court to hear appeal from convicted murderer
The Clarion-Ledger, 5/28/8 The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear an appeal from convicted murderer Herman Avara, who contends he has new evidence that might win him another trial in the death of Mamie Arnold. A Pike County judge rejected Avara’s post-conviction petition in 2006. The state Court of Appeals sided with the trial judge in…
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May 29, 2008
Wicker Up With First Senate Campaign Ad
CBS News, 5/27/8 With over five months to go until the general election, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is already airing an ad touting his work in helping secure funding to help rebuild the Gulf Coast part of the state after Hurricane Katrina. “In Congress, Wicker fought for us after Katrina… In Congress, he achieved bipartisan…
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May 29, 2008
Race for Lott’s seat no longer seen as ‘safe for Republicans’
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/28/8 Two nonpartisan national political observers with solid track records as students of Mississippi politics say that the Mississippi special election to choose a permanent successor to former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott is now a legitimate horse race. Stuart Rothenberg, editor of the Rothenberg Political Report and longtime columnist for Roll Call…
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May 29, 2008
Teacher pay: Lawmakers get an ‘A’ and an ‘F’
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 5/28/8 Mississippi legislators this regular session get an “A” grade for increasing the salaries of experienced teachers, but any gains they hoped in retaining teachers could be dashed by failing to provide other raises. Mississippi has been plagued by the national teacher shortage, made worse by low state teacher salaries that can’t…
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May 29, 2008
Groups debate whether felons should regain the right to vote
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 5/28/8 When asked about his favorite candidate in this year’s presidential race, 31-year-old Steven Hubbard didn’t hesitate to say, “Obama’s my man.” But that’s where his political voice ends. Hubbard, a convicted felon from Tupelo, is one of nearly 150,000 inmates and convicted felons in Mississippi who’ve lost their right…
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May 29, 2008
5th Circuit Opinion MS Dems closed primary appeal
Courtesy of votelaw, here is the opinion. Votelaw 5/28/8
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May 29, 2008
Michelle Malkin – Barack Obama: Gaffe machine
Barack Obama: Gaffe machine Let us count the ways, large and small, that his tongue has betrayed him throughout the campaign: * Last May, he claimed that Kansas tornadoes killed a whopping 10,000 people: “In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town…
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May 29, 2008
Obama and Auschwitz claims
Obama seems to struggle when discussing wars and/or veterans. In the first video, he seems to struggle to identify with veterans or with the Memorial Day celebration itself. Mentioning that many fallen heros were in the crowd is … well… just see the video. But the latest is his comments regarding an uncle and the…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi recognized as one of five states to reach all pre-K benchmarks, according to NIEER
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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April 29, 2025
Wall Street rises as corporate profits pile higher along with uncertainty about Trump’s trade war
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Daniel Tyson
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April 29, 2025
Taylor sworn in as new Senator for District 18
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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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Meredith Biesinger
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April 29, 2025
Mississippi’s U-Pick Farms: A trend that’s growing
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 29, 2025
Go first to God
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Parrish Alford
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April 28, 2025
The trouble with being Shedeur
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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