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December 5, 2007
OVERLAWYERED – Scruggs Indictment IV
OVERLAWYERED – Scruggs Indictment IV As emerges fairly clearly in the piece, the Scruggs camp is encouraging a line of defense that portrays Balducci, who has worked extensively with Scruggs in the past and has represented him in earlier lawsuits charging unfair fee division, as a clueless wannabe who pursued the bribe scheme on his…
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December 4, 2007
Katrina funds: Break the bureaucratic logjam!
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/4/7 Mississippi’s coastal residents awaiting funds from a state-run federal grant program are rightly growing frustrated some 2 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina struck. Someone – Gov. Haley Barbour and the Mississippi congressional delegation – should step forward and cut the red tape. As The Clarion-Ledger reported Sunday, after spending $30,000 from…
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December 4, 2007
Coalition members call for charges
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/4/7 Members of the multiracial Philadelphia Coalition say potential new evidence against a reputed Klansman shows the case involving the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers should be reinvestigated and reprosecuted. “By all means,” said Leroy Clemons, president of the coalition that successfully pushed for the prosecution of Klansman Edgar Ray Killen,…
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December 4, 2007
Mississippi politics jolted by strange convergence of events
The Leader Call Editorial, 12/3/7 Political conspiracy theorists are enjoying banner times in Mississippi. First came Republican Trent Lott’s announcement early last week that he’s leaving the U.S. Senate by year’s end. Two days after Lott’s announcement, the senator’s brother-in-law, multimillionaire trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was indicted in north Mississippi — along with four…
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December 4, 2007
Governor Barbour Welcomes ADP Solutions Center To Mississippi
All American Patriots, 12/4/7 Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour announced today that Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), a leading provider of business outsourcing solutions, will open a new Solutions Center in Clinton, Miss. “I am pleased that ADP has selected central Mississippi for its new Solutions Center,” Governor Barbour said. “ADP joins the long list of…
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December 4, 2007
Moore faces last chance for the big catch
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Editorial, 12/4/7 In real simple terms, it’s time for Mike Moore to fish or cut bait. The talk always has been that the former Democratic attorney general’s ultimate goal is the United States Senate – not the Mississippi governor’s mansion. U.S. Sen. Trent Lott’s surprise announcement last week that he…
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December 4, 2007
Sens. Cochran, Stevens lead in earmark tally
The Hill, 12/3/7 Senior Republican appropriators in the Senate have collected more money in earmarks than any other members of Congress, even though President Bush and GOP leaders have forcefully criticized “pork-barrel spending.” Sen. Thad Cochran (Miss.), ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, has collected $774 million worth of earmarks in 12 spending bills.…
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December 4, 2007
Council may hire 2nd firm to defend Melton
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/4/7 The Jackson City Council could vote to hire a second law firm today to defend Mayor Frank Melton in two lawsuits. The Phelps Dunbar firm, which the council hired in August to represent the mayor and city, recommended the council now hire Coxwell & Associates at $185 per hour, plus additional costs…
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December 4, 2007
WSJ – It’s Party Time For Dickie Scruggs In Oxford, Miss.
It’s Party Time For Dickie Scruggs In Oxford, Miss. On Saturday night, a red-and-green bus built to look like a trolley car ferried guests from a parking lot near the University of Mississippi through a wrought-iron gate to a new white mansion on a wooded hilltop nearby. Inside, one of the most-prominent trial lawyers in…
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December 4, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 6
Scruggs Nation, Day 6 Is it just me, or is it kind of creepy that Scruggs is partying and Scruggs’ friends like novelist John Grisham are going around saying Scruggs couldn’t have possibly participated in this alleged bribery scheme — see this great post on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog where Lattman interviewed Grisham…
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December 4, 2007
WSJLAWBLOG – Q&A: John Grisham on the Dickie Scruggs Case
Q&A: John Grisham on the Dickie Scruggs Case What do you think of the charges in the indictment? I know what the basic allegations are. I read the indictment. As a former criminal defense lawyer, I started thinking about how I would defend it and started looking for gaps and holes. Did you find any?…
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December 4, 2007
WSJLAWBLOG – L’Affaire Scruggs: The News from a (Mostly) Quiet Weekend
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/12/03/laffaire-scruggs-the-news-from-a-mostly-quiet-weekend/L’Affaire Scruggs: The News from a (Mostly) Quiet Weekend Did Balducci Flip? On Saturday, the WSJ had this story on the likelihood of whether Tim Balducci, the lawyer who, according to the indictment, acted as a middleman between Scruggs and Lackey, flipped and began working for the government. While the indictment itself is unclear on…
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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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