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February 13, 2008
FOLO – Thoughts on Scruggs’s quasi-entrapment argument
Thoughts on Scruggs’s quasi-entrapment argument Most lawyers reading that pleading think it has echoes of an entrapment defense without coming out and saying it; I think this has come up in comments. I had not given too much thought to why they don’t come out and say it, other than it’s procedurally not going to…
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February 13, 2008
FORTUNE – Scruggs may use stealth entrapment defense to bribery charge
Scruggs may use stealth entrapment defense to bribery charge In their papers, Scruggs and his two co-defendants – law partners Sidney A. Backstrom and David Zachary Scruggs (Scruggs’s son) – specifically ask a federal judge in Oxford, Mississippi to dismiss the indictment against them due to “outrageous government misconduct.” The motion alleges that government “agents,”…
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February 13, 2008
McMillin open on public records – or is he?
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/13/8 In a meeting with reporters in December, new Jackson Police Chief Malcolm McMillin made clear his policy toward providing information to media. “We’re not going to have any bull- over here about what you are entitled to,” he said. “I’ve had good media relations for 16 years, and I’m not going to…
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February 13, 2008
Policyholder Bill of Rights will get hearing
The Sun Herald, 2/13/8 The House Insurance Committee is expected to vote today on a bill that would expand the rights of residential insurance policyholders. A Policyholder Bill of Rights has been championed by Coast legislators and Long Beach homeowner Kevin Buckel, who was initially denied coverage for Hurricane Katrina damage. The Policyholder Bill of…
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February 13, 2008
Ethics bill clears Miss. Senate committee
The Sun Herald, 2/12/8 A comprehensive ethics and open-government bill could come up for Senate debate Thursday, and Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant says he hopes it will get unanimous approval. “To me, it is the most important bill that I have been a part of. It was the top of my agenda,” said Bryant, a…
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February 13, 2008
Sources of candidates’ war chests often prove hard to track
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/8 Republican Mike Chaney said he spent around $1 million to win the Mississippi insurance commissioner’s race in 2007. “It’s obscene to spend that much money on an election for a job that pays less than $100,000 a year,” Chaney said, “and you try to be impartial and you know much of the…
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February 13, 2008
Cigarette tax: Don’t hide behind the tax study
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/13/8 There are at least five legislative bills still alive this session that would raise Mississippi’s laughably low 18-cents-a-pack excise tax on cigarettes to a more realistic rate. During the long 2007 gubernatorial campaign, Gov. Haley Barbour promised to consider a cigarette tax increase during the 2008 legislative session if that hike…
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February 13, 2008
Anti-illegal immigration rally attracts 100-plus to Miss. Capitol
WDAM, 2/12/8 Civil-rights advocates and illegal-immigration opponents crossed paths at the Mississippi Capitol today (Tuesday) attempting to get their diverse messages before lawmakers. More than 100 people attended an anti-immigration rally organized by conservative radio hosts J.T. and Dave from Supertalk Mississippi. Dozens attending the rally wore big yellow lapel stickers with the slogan “Stop…
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February 13, 2008
Council approves $50K for Farish Street study
The Clarion-Ledger, 2/12/8 The Jackson City Council approved funding a $50,000 housing study for the Farish Street Historic District today. The City Council unanimously approved an order authorizing the mayor to execute a professional services agreement with Asset Property Disposition, Inc. to provide consulting services on the Farish Street Historic District housing development plan. Louis…
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February 13, 2008
Miss. Senate OKs stripping most state workers of job protection
The Sun Herald, 2/12/8 Gov. Haley Barbour describes a bill that passed in the Mississippi Senate on Tuesday as a way to make government more efficient, but critics say the proposal does nothing more than clear the path for unfair firings and unnecessary pay raises. The bill would exempt most state agencies from the oversight…
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February 13, 2008
FOLO – Balducci: “This ain’t my first rodeo with Scruggs.”
Balducci: “This ain’t my first rodeo with Scruggs.” Lackey responds, “this is my first trip and I know you think I’m a complete horse’s ass.” Balducci says no, and Lackey responds, “I feel lower than whale shit to tell you the truth.” Balducci says there is no reason to, and that the’s glad to be…
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February 13, 2008
FOLO – Balducci “lays the corn on the ground,” 9/21
Balducci “lays the corn on the ground,” 9/21 Lackey: (with some interuptions by Balducci) now, well, I would, you tell ya that what I need, and it may be more, than, than um Mr. Scruggs or whoever would even consider, but, uh, to get me over a hump, I need forty. Balducci: Forty? Ok. Lackey:…
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December 23, 2025
Coast Guard returning full operations to its Pascagoula station
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 23, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education launches AI pilot program in 15 school districts
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Fatima Hussein, Associated Press
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December 23, 2025
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 25, 2025
Where Christmas comes to life: Mississippi’s growing role in holiday movies
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Alistair Begg
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December 25, 2025
Glad submission to God
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Marilyn Tinnin
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December 24, 2025
The Nutcracker: An enduring Christmas tradition
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Sid Salter
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December 24, 2025
Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s
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Donna Akers
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December 23, 2025
The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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