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December 31, 2007
CL – New tax plan?: Gov. Barbour pledged revamp
New tax plan?: Gov. Barbour pledged revamp Mississippi’s sales tax is the second highest in the nation at 7 percent, trailing only California. Mississippi is now one of only two states that charge the full state sales tax rate on food and that tax is the highest in the country. Mississippi’s cigarette tax is the…
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December 31, 2007
If Wicker takes Lott seat, who takes his?
If Wicker takes Lott seat, who takes his? If Wicker is the choice, he must resign his House seat to assume the Senate post. State law requires a special election within about 120 days of the vacancy. Most frequently mentioned as possible House candidates, if Wicker is tapped, are former Tupelo Mayor Glenn McCullough Jr.,…
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December 31, 2007
FOLO – Keker’s Deck is Missing Some Cards
Keker’s Deck is Missing Some Cards Another point of interest here: Bryant’s complaint (pdf) is signed by attorney Arthur F. Jernigan, Jr. – according to our friend Coastal Cowboy, the same conflict-counsel who represented Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lee Harrell in McIntosh. FOLO 12/30/7
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December 31, 2007
Scruggs battles to put off testifying
Scruggs battles to put off testifying Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker already has ruled the Scruggses must testify in the State Farm case, but they are appealing to Walker’s superior, U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., to change the ruling. U.S. Magistrate Judge Allan Alexander, who sits in Oxford, stopped the Alabama subpoena. At the…
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December 31, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 31 (Part II)
Scruggs Nation, Day 31 (Part II) Insurance Coverage Blog 12/30/7
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December 31, 2007
Scruggs tries to block questioning from State Farm
Scruggs tries to block questioning from State Farm Earlier this month, a federal magistrate ruled that attorney Richard ?Dickie? Scruggs can be questioned about his work with two sisters who gave him reams of internal State Farm records while they were helping the company adjust Katrina claims. On Thursday, Scruggs asked a different federal judge…
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December 31, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 31
Scruggs Nation, Day 31 Insurance Coverage Blog 12/30/7
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December 28, 2007
LNL – Phil Bryant asks federal court to do nothing in $14 million fight, files state suit
Miss. Auditor asks federal court to do nothing in $14 million fight, files state suit A copy of the motion A copy of the Complaint Filed in Hinds County Circuit Court Legal Newsline 12/27/7
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December 28, 2007
Police chief calls for investigation into private party
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/28/7 Jackson Police Chief Malcolm McMillin has started an internal-affairs investigation into a private, for-profit party thrown last week at the Training Academy by the son of a deputy police chief. Deputy Chief Tyrone Lewis would not comment Thursday on the investigation. He has let his son, Terrell Lewis, throw dance parties for…
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December 28, 2007
Has Barbour set stage for ‘lifetime job’ for GOP Senate seat?
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/28/7 At the height of the holidays, Gov. Haley Barbour merrily trampled years of precedents and legal stops to hand the Mississippi Republican Party a shiny Christmas gift labeled “U.S. Senate Seat for Life.” U.S. Sen. Trent Lott on Nov. 29 put the Senate bauble up for grabs with an announcement he…
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December 28, 2007
Analysis: Geography may play into Senate choice
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/28/7 As the deadline looms for Gov. Haley Barbour to appoint an interim U.S. senator, several Mississippi political figures have been mentioned as possible selections. Republican insiders aren’t making public predictions, but geography could play a role in Barbour’s decision. The seat Sen. Trent Lott occupied for 18 years pretty…
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December 28, 2007
Suspended tax collector denies role in tag scandal
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/28/7 Suspended Washington County Tax Collector Patricia Lee said she is innocent of charges that she and eight current and former deputies filed fraudulent paperwork to give residents car tag discounts. “She demands a speedy trial so she can go ahead and get to the bottom of it and be exonerated,” said Johnnie…
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Frank Corder
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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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Susan Marquez
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December 26, 2025
A cure for the post-holiday blues
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Alistair Begg
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December 26, 2025
Dead-end streets
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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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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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