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April 28, 2008
Controversy emerges over contracts
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/27/8 A Louisiana company is on the payroll for debris removal, but the agreement didn’t come without controversy between Jackson’s mayor and the City Council. Nungesser Industries LCC of Pearl River had been picking up the debris in north Jackson left by the April 4 tornadoes with only the approval of Mayor Frank…
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April 28, 2008
Legislature ’08: Partisan progress
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/27/8 The 2008 Legislature convened in January amid the high political drama of the most contentious partisan battle over control of the leadership of the House of Representatives since Reconstruction. From that fracas emerged the survival of the Democratic leadership regime of House Speaker Billy McCoy, but only by the narrowest of…
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April 28, 2008
Obama stars in Mississippi attack ad
Politico, 4/27/8 The Republican candidate in a special election to fill an unexpectedly contested seat in a conservative Mississippi congressional district is using recent controversies surrounding Senator Barack Obama to tar his Democratic rival. A television ad from Southaven Mayor Greg Davis tells viewers that his Democratic rival, Travis Childers, a realtor and Prentiss County…
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April 28, 2008
State Farm confronts former adjusters who questioned post-Katrina policy
The Clarion-Ledger, 4/27/8 Two former insurance adjusters who accused State Farm insurance of shortchanging policyholders now find themselves the target of attacks. In an exclusive interview with the Biloxi Sun Herald, Cori and Kerri Rigsby said the focus needs to return to the reason they risked their careers in the first place. State Farm pressured…
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April 28, 2008
McCain standard could help elevate tone of campaigns
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 4/27/8 Sen. John McCain presents himself as a candidate who doesn’t observe the usual rules of political campaigns, or more accurately, believes there should actually be some. In an era where anything goes in campaign advertising and virtually no attempt to destroy the opposition is considered off limits, McCain…
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April 28, 2008
Restoring collegiality
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 4/27/8 At the close of Mississippi’s 2008 legislative session an Associated Press photographer snapped a shot of Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and Speaker of the House Billy McCoy sitting in their shirtsleeves, talking amicably in the Capitol. It was a rare moment, more personal than political, and almost poignant…
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April 28, 2008
Openness gets boost from new Legislature
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/27/8 Open government advocates have had some rough years in the Legislature. After Watergate and a series of legislative scandals in the 1970s, the public focused on government ethics. Mississippi got the Open Meetings Act in 1975, the creation of the Ethics Commission in 1979 and the Public Records Act in 1983.…
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April 27, 2008
KALICH – The ‘myth’ of ethanol could hit Delta hard
The ‘myth’ of ethanol could hit Delta hard If this shifting of crops were just one of the unavoidable consequences of moving toward a superior form of energy production, that would be one thing. But the evidence is mounting that biofuels – at least those made from anything planted in the ground – are more…
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April 27, 2008
M-Braves get 1st road win
M-Braves get 1st road win Jason Perry homered and James Parr scattered three hits over five innings to lead the Mississippi Braves to a 10-4 win over Mobile on Friday night. The win was the first for the M-Braves in 12 road games this season. They are 5-17 overall. Perry hit a three-run homer, his…
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April 27, 2008
Jim Hood’s positions are more amazing with each statement he makes
Jim Hood’s positions are more amazing with each statement he makes Some time ago, Attorney General Jim Hood told the Clarion-Ledger’s Editorial Board that he could not bring state charges against Joey Langston, Dickie Scruggs and crew because “it would be like prosecuting relatives”. Now, he has told Sun Herald reporter Anita Lee that he…
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April 27, 2008
FOLO – Jim Hood’s statements about his meeting with Patterson and Balducci
Jim Hood’s statements about his meeting with Patterson and Balducci That meeting between Jim Hood and Patterson and Balducci keeps coming up, most recently in an interview by Anita Lee of Attorney General Hood in the Sun Herald last Friday. If the AP story is right, the meeting happened in late December 2006 and not…
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April 27, 2008
Rigsby Gals talk – sort of
SH – Former adjusters never realized where challenging State Farm would lead them “I guess they’re going to get away with hiding the truth,” Kerri Rigsby said. “That’s what they’ve been trying to do the whole time. There is no justice. “How is State Farm now the good guy?” State Farm responds that the Rigsbys’…
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August 25, 2025
Expect health insurance prices to rise next year, brokers and experts say
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 25, 2025
Auditor White: Mississippi could save millions if junk foods were restricted from SNAP
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August 25, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: August 25, 2025
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
Culture
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Parrish Alford
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August 25, 2025
College football is back: Miss. State at Southern Miss, Georgia State at Ole Miss
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Robert St. John
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August 25, 2025
Vacations through time
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Alistair Begg
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August 25, 2025
No-names and God’s unfolding plan
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Hunter Estes
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August 25, 2025
It’s time for term limits
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Kelley Williams
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August 24, 2025
Secret rates and subsidies
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Lesley Davis
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August 22, 2025
Sororities go woke – and taxpayers helped pay for it
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