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March 17, 2008
Deadline looms for measures
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/17/8 Bills intended to offer more protection for insurance policyholders, make it tougher for some marriages to end and prohibit some adoptions likely will die in the Mississippi Legislature this week. But other bills face an uncertain future Tuesday, the deadline for passing out of committee bills originating in the opposite chamber. Among…
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March 17, 2008
Senate Passes “Miss Breland’s Law”
WLBT, 3/16/8 She taught for years at Murrah and Central High Schools in Jackson and loved her job. In July 2006, long after she retired, Irene Breland was attacked as she walked out of her home. Beaten and robbed, Breland later died as a result of her injuries. The offenders stole her purse, and used…
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March 17, 2008
Legislature considers diverse marriage proposals
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 3/17/8 Both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature have passed bills dealing with marriage. But other than both having the word marriage in them – the bills have little in common. The Senate passed new legislation that would create what are referred to as covenant marriages that would be harder to…
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March 17, 2008
Medicaid-fix debate heats up house bill 1013
The Clarion-Ledger, 3/17/8 If a bill that would hike the cigarette tax dies in a Senate committee this week, many believe a special session could be called to deal with a $90 million shortfall Medicaid is facing. House Bill 1013 is the only piece of surviving legislation that would allow lawmakers to either raise the…
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March 17, 2008
DJ – Scruggs trial ties together a complex web of cases
Scruggs trial ties together a complex web of cases If you want a quick explanation of the ins and outs of the legal situations involving Oxford mega-lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, here’s an explainer. Friday, Scruggs and lawyer colleague Sidney Backstrom of Oxford pleaded guilty to one county of conspiring to bribe Circuit Judge Henry L.…
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March 17, 2008
Deadline looms for measures
Deadline looms for measures Clarion Ledger 3/17/8
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March 17, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, March 17
Scruggs Nation, March 17 Now, come on here, with all due respect, Scruggs “thought he couldn’t trust the system”? He got nailed in the Luckey lawsuit for holding back on a partner. What does it mean, under those circumstances, to say “He thought he couldn’t trust the system”? He lost a fair fight, so he…
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March 17, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Scruggs: Notes from the Transcript
Scruggs: Notes from the Transcript A Bribe? No! An Earwig!: At one point, the following colloquy broke out between Scruggs and Judge Neal Biggers: THE COURT : All right. Mr. Scruggs, then, did you do what the prosecutor just said you did, as far as your acts in this charge are concerned? THE DEFENDANT :…
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March 17, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, post-Ides of March, pre-St. Patrick’s Day edition
Scruggs Nation, post-Ides of March, pre-St. Patrick’s Day edition So it wasn’t just pride or arrogance, it also had something to do with the special conditions found in Mississippi. As we’ve talked about before, not every legal endeavor Scruggs engaged in was successful. We can ask ourselves — has he had any successes at all,…
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March 17, 2008
Defendant in DUI death to be tried 3 years later
Defendant in DUI death to be tried 3 years later The taped conversations have recently been made public. It was within those transcripts that South found part of her answer why her husband’s accused killer had not gone to trial in November. South said her niece found the transcripts on the Internet. South read over…
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March 17, 2008
LNL – Hood: Federal justice effective against Scruggs
Hood: Federal justice effective against Scruggs “The federal government effectively used its wiretap authority to prosecute a rare judicial bribery case,” Hood said. “It would be an effective deterrent in other white collar crime cases, if the Legislature would give wiretap authority to state prosecutors.” Hood has drawn criticism since the November indictment of Scruggs,…
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March 17, 2008
WLOX – Mississippi Lawyer Speak Out On Scruggs’ Guilty Plea
Mississippi Lawyer Speak Out On Scruggs’ Guilty Plea “The truth of the matter is the system worked. They did wrong, and they got caught,” says Criminal Defense Attorney Tim Holleman. “This should prove to the folks of our state that no illegal or unethical activity will be tolerated,” says Attorney Quentin Whitwell. “Short of violence,…
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Frank Corder
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April 28, 2026
Congressmen from Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana seek expansion of Gulf state boundaries
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Matt Ott, Associated Press
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April 28, 2026
U.S. consumer confidence inches higher in April despite Iran war, soaring gasoline prices
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Daniel Tyson
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April 28, 2026
City of Jackson wants federal court to block new water authority
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 28, 2026
AlleyKat Ceramics: Where a Singapore alley led to a Gulf Coast creative haven
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Alistair Begg
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April 28, 2026
Inheriting the kingdom
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Robert St. John
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April 27, 2026
Between the Arctic and Africa
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Roger Wicker
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April 24, 2026
Finish the job In Iran, but don’t forget China
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Lesley Davis
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April 23, 2026
He Didn’t Even Hesitate: Mississippi’s Jake Mangum, America’s pastime, and the culture that still unites us
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Kelley Williams
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April 23, 2026
An ounce of prevention
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