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January 22, 2008
Barbour stresses budget trimming
The Sun Herald, 1/22/8 Pledging to fully fund education and continue South Mississippi’s rebuilding, Gov. Haley Barbour at the same time urged lawmakers to be thrifty as the state’s revenue appears to be slowing down and the U.S. economy is softening. The governor, in a packed chamber of the Mississippi House of Representatives, gave the…
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January 22, 2008
Legislature ’08: House leaders reflect warfare
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 1/22/8 If average Mississippians thought they had detected an increased level of partisanship in the Legislature over the past four years, they probably ain’t seen nothin’ yet! The “other shoe,” so to speak, has been waiting to drop since House Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, was re-elected to the leadership position by the…
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January 22, 2008
Democratic Rebutal to Governor Barbour’s Agenda
Mississippi Democratic Party response to Gov. Haley Barbour’s State of the State JACKSON (Monday, Jan. 21, 2008) – Here is a transcript of the Mississippi Democratic Party response to Gov. Haley Barbour’s State of the State speech. The response aired on Mississippi Public Broadcasting television stations immediately following Barbour’s speech. Giving the Democratic Party response…
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January 22, 2008
Governor’s State of the State
PREPARED REMARKS OF GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR 2008 STATE OF THE STATE January 21, 2008 Governor Bryant; Speaker McCoy; ladies and gentlemen of the Legislature; and fellow Mississippians: This is the fifth time you have allowed Marsha and me to join you in this historic chamber to report on the State of our State. We’re honored…
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January 21, 2008
Barbour to address budget
The Sun Herald, 1/20/8 Gov. Haley Barbour will give his annual State of the State address on Monday night on the floor of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Barbour was sworn in for his second term in a ceremony in Jackson on Tuesday, and Monday night he will give an update on where the state…
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January 21, 2008
New court decision legitimizes Miss. lawmakers raid on agencies’ money
The Clarion-Ledger, 1/21/8 A new court ruling legitimatizes what the Mississippi Legislature has been doing for more than a decade: Raiding small, fee-funded agencies to pay for large budget items such as schools, roads and prisons. While the decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt with only one entity, the court clearly…
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January 21, 2008
House keeps rule requiring super majority
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 1/20/8 It will still take a two-thirds vote for the House membership to pull a bill out of committee and have it before the full chamber for consideration. And when the full House is in session, it will be videocast live on the Internet, if details of how to do…
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January 21, 2008
Lawmakers say fewer bond projects to get the OK this session
The Sun Herald, 1/20/8 As he wrapped up a recent presentation to lawmakers, Mississippi Treasurer Tate Reeves implored them to practice more restraint in approving projects that would require the state to borrow money. Reeves explained that repaying the state’s mounting debt takes money away from public education, corrections, Medicaid and other services. More than…
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January 21, 2008
REDBLUE – Corruption’s house of cards
Corruption’s house of cards But with Joey Langston’s guilty plea to bribery in an entirely different court and case, it is clear that the whole house is about to come tumbling down. Langston’s sworn plea statement before Judge Mike Mills demonstrates the central role he played in a cozy cabal of corruption that involved many…
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January 21, 2008
DJ EDITORIAL – A question without an easy answer
A question without an easy answer It is poetic justice, so to speak, that the cases that have gotten Dickie Scruggs, Joey Langston, Tim Balducci, Steve Patterson and others in trouble lately were squabbles among lawyers about money. How will the millions be split? Who gets what? This, of course, fits perfectly into the stereotype…
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January 21, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 54
Scruggs Nation, Day 54 An excellent story in the New York Times this morning by Nelson Schwartz on P.L. Blake’s connections with Dickie Scruggs and how many people who’ve been targeted by Scruggs over the years are now lining up to whack him like he’s pinata. David Rossmiller Insurance Coverage Blog 1/20/7
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 20, 2008
CD – McCoy retaliates
McCoy retaliates House Speaker Billy McCoy demoted Democrat Rep. Jeff Smith and rebellious Republicans who tried to topple the legislative leader two weeks ago in a conflict that has sharply divided the 122-member chamber. McCoy on Friday stripped Smith of the committee chairmanship he held the past four years and also denied Republicans any of…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 15, 2025
Twelve states are restricting junk food purchases from SNAP. Mississippi could be next
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Daniel Tyson
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August 15, 2025
Grant funding in 5 Mississippi counties aimed at reducing financial strain in Youth Courts
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Frank Corder
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August 15, 2025
MSU Ag report: Row crop producers in Mississippi facing a very tough road ahead
Business
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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?
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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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August 17, 2025
Remember your first Bible?
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Alistair Begg
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August 15, 2025
The weight of glory
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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August 14, 2025
A way-too early guess at who will make the College Football Playoff this season
Opinion
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Dr. Kendall Conger
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August 15, 2025
I challenged Duke’s DEI dogma – and paid with my job
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Kimberly Ross
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August 13, 2025
Americans aren’t having enough babies
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Sid Salter
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August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
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