by Ken Strachan
May 18, 2012
When I met Haley Barbour he was running for governor for the first time in 2003. It was at the Black Hawk political rally here in Carroll County. I have to give him credit: He is good at the one-on-one…
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[Barbour] - [Crime] - [State] - [Your Turn] Fix the System
by Rep. Cecil Brown (D-Jackson)
February 22, 2012
The recent flap over Haley Barbour's 200 pardons and commutations has highlighted problems in our current gubernatorial clemency processes. At my request, the staff of the legislative Performance and Expenditure Review Committee reviewed the files of those who…
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February 22, 2012
The recent flap over Haley Barbour's 200 pardons and commutations has highlighted problems in our current gubernatorial clemency processes. At my request, the staff of the legislative Performance and Expenditure Review Committee reviewed the files of those who…
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[Barbour] - [Crime] - [Justice] - [editorial] - [Editorial] Change Felony Voting Laws for All
February 1, 2012
Here's what continues to get us about former Gov. Haley Barbour's excuses for all those pardons. He keeps saying that he is a Christian and, thus, is concerned about the trustys and others whom he believes served enough time and now should be able…
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Here's what continues to get us about former Gov. Haley Barbour's excuses for all those pardons. He keeps saying that he is a Christian and, thus, is concerned about the trustys and others whom he believes served enough time and now should be able…
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[Barbour] - [Crime] - [Justice] - [State] - [Editor’s Note] Rethinking “Tough on Crime”
by Donna Ladd, Editor-in-Chief
Jan. 18, 2012
Gov. Haley Barbour left a lot of people reeling with his recent round of pardons and clemencies. Among the list are vicious, premeditated murderers. It wasn't the first time he's done this--remember that we broke the news of his…
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Jan. 18, 2012
Gov. Haley Barbour left a lot of people reeling with his recent round of pardons and clemencies. Among the list are vicious, premeditated murderers. It wasn't the first time he's done this--remember that we broke the news of his…
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[Barbour] - [Crime] - [domestic violence] - [Politics] - [State] - [Guest Op] - [Barkley] Act on Your Beliefs, Guv
by Whitney Barkley
January 18, 2012
While poring over Gov. Barbour's statement on "Pardongate," I found something I never expected: a point of agreement. And no, it wasn't just the part where he admitted he wasn't perfect (although I wholeheartedly agree with that as well).
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January 18, 2012
While poring over Gov. Barbour's statement on "Pardongate," I found something I never expected: a point of agreement. And no, it wasn't just the part where he admitted he wasn't perfect (although I wholeheartedly agree with that as well).
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[Barbour] - [Crime] - [domestic violence] - [State] - [Editorial] Barbour’s Shameful Pardons
January 11, 2012
We first heard that then-Gov. Haley Barbour had pardoned another wife-killer Saturday night on WLBT after the Saints game. From there, the news snowballed, with another wife-killer added to the mix, culminating in a list of more than 200 pardons and grants of clemency…
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We first heard that then-Gov. Haley Barbour had pardoned another wife-killer Saturday night on WLBT after the Saints game. From there, the news snowballed, with another wife-killer added to the mix, culminating in a list of more than 200 pardons and grants of clemency…
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[Barbour] - [business] - [Crime] - [Politics] - [State] - [editorial] - [Editorial] Building Business
November 9, 2011
Gov. Haley Barbour has long been bullish on Mississippi's business environment, announcing every new business his administration brings into the state—large and small—and every new development with great fanfare. Like every governor in the nation, he knows that job creation is on his constituents'…
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Gov. Haley Barbour has long been bullish on Mississippi's business environment, announcing every new business his administration brings into the state—large and small—and every new development with great fanfare. Like every governor in the nation, he knows that job creation is on his constituents'…
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[Barbour] - [Crime] - [Justice] - [Editor’s Note] Who’s Fooling Whom?
By Ronni Mott
April 6, 2011
No one likes to be fooled.
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April 6, 2011
No one likes to be fooled.
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[Barbour] - [civilrights] - [City/County] - [State] - [Editor’s Note] Barbour’s Cross to Bear
by Donna Ladd
March 2, 2011
In 1968 in Yazoo City, Police Chief Ardis Russell Sr. arrested a black mother, LeBertha Owens, for trying to take her young daughter, Gloria, to the public library for materials to complete her school assignments. Her daughter was…
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March 2, 2011
In 1968 in Yazoo City, Police Chief Ardis Russell Sr. arrested a black mother, LeBertha Owens, for trying to take her young daughter, Gloria, to the public library for materials to complete her school assignments. Her daughter was…
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[Barbour] - [Capitol] - [civilrights] - [City/County] - [Politics] - [State] - [Editor’s Note] Of Truth and the Shortest Month
by Donna Ladd
February 2, 2011
I admit it: I've never been Black History Month's biggest fan. Let me put that another way: I don't like how media tend to treat Black History Month. Too often, it is a vehicle for selling ads on…
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February 2, 2011
I admit it: I've never been Black History Month's biggest fan. Let me put that another way: I don't like how media tend to treat Black History Month. Too often, it is a vehicle for selling ads on…
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[Barbour] - [Justice] - [Balko] The Year in Clemency
by Radley Balko
January 10, 2011
It was a strange year for clemency, the often misunderstood and generally misused power that allows the president and governors to grant pardons (which overturn convictions) and commutations (which reduce sentences). The federal clemency power was meant…
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January 10, 2011
It was a strange year for clemency, the often misunderstood and generally misused power that allows the president and governors to grant pardons (which overturn convictions) and commutations (which reduce sentences). The federal clemency power was meant…
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[Barbour] - [State] - [Editor’s Note] The Hard Stuff
by Donna Ladd
January 5, 2011
Evelyn Rasco believed in the power of story when no one else did. After her daughters, Jamie and Gladys Scott, went to prison for life for a 1993 robbery with details so confusing that no one really knows…
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January 5, 2011
Evelyn Rasco believed in the power of story when no one else did. After her daughters, Jamie and Gladys Scott, went to prison for life for a 1993 robbery with details so confusing that no one really knows…
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[Barbour] - [civilrights] - [City/County] - [Politics] - [State] - [Editor’s Note] Of Barbour and the ‘Uptown Klan’
by Donna Ladd
December 22, 2010
It seems Haley Barbour went too far this time. In an interview with the conservative Weekly Standard, he downplayed the terror and racial caste system of his town and our state during the Civil Rights Movement.
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December 22, 2010
It seems Haley Barbour went too far this time. In an interview with the conservative Weekly Standard, he downplayed the terror and racial caste system of his town and our state during the Civil Rights Movement.
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[Barbour] - [Capitol] - [City/County] - [development] - [Editorial] State Officials: Respect Jackson
Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. discovered last month that State Treasurer Tate Reeves wants details of every aspect of a $6 million state loan. Without that information, Reeves said that the state Bond Commission staff never put the loan on the agenda for the commission to vote on.
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[Barbour] - [development] - [editorial] - [Editorial] Is Suing in Our Best Interest?
July 28, 2010
Gov. Haley Barbour said he is moving forward with a plan to hire counsel to stop the spread of Choctaw gaming to Jones County, but is the investment in lawyers really worth the trip to court? Attorney General Jim Hood sent a memorandum to…
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Gov. Haley Barbour said he is moving forward with a plan to hire counsel to stop the spread of Choctaw gaming to Jones County, but is the investment in lawyers really worth the trip to court? Attorney General Jim Hood sent a memorandum to…
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[Barbour] - [education] - [State] - [editorial] - [Editorial] Make Consolidation Study Transparent
May 26, 2010
Since a flare-up of attention last winter, the issue of school district consolidation has received only limited public attention. This is unfortunate, as a governor-appointed panel is set to issue a report next month that will lay out a path for dissolving 18 small,…
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Since a flare-up of attention last winter, the issue of school district consolidation has received only limited public attention. This is unfortunate, as a governor-appointed panel is set to issue a report next month that will lay out a path for dissolving 18 small,…
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[Barbour] - [Crime] - [hood] - [Balko] Progress and Challenges in Mississippi
by Radley Balko
March 29, 2009
Last week Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour signed House Bill 1456, which would require anyone conducting autopsies in the state to be certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology. The bill was a response to…
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March 29, 2009
Last week Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour signed House Bill 1456, which would require anyone conducting autopsies in the state to be certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology. The bill was a response to…
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[Barbour] - [editorial] - [Editorial] Magnanimous Mississippi?
February 17, 2010
Gov. Haley Barbour has grown inordinately fond of hauling out the phrase, "not business as usual," just before he announces new budget cuts. Not satisfied to parcel out cuts even-handedly, Barbour regularly trots out his other "solution" of giving him carte-blanche power to slash…
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Gov. Haley Barbour has grown inordinately fond of hauling out the phrase, "not business as usual," just before he announces new budget cuts. Not satisfied to parcel out cuts even-handedly, Barbour regularly trots out his other "solution" of giving him carte-blanche power to slash…
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[Barbour] - [Politics] - [State] - [McLaughlin] A Woman’s Role
by Lacey McLaughlin
January 13, 2010
Over the weekend, I ended up at the last place I would have thought I'd spend a Sunday afternoon: the Premier Bridal Show at Jackson Convention Center. I filled in as a writer, and accompanied freelance photographer Meredith Norwood for the…
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January 13, 2010
Over the weekend, I ended up at the last place I would have thought I'd spend a Sunday afternoon: the Premier Bridal Show at Jackson Convention Center. I filled in as a writer, and accompanied freelance photographer Meredith Norwood for the…
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[Barbour] - [City/County] - [development] - [Melton] - [King Edward] - [Pearl River] - [Editor’s Note] No More Sugarcoating
by Donna Ladd
December 30, 2009
In the afterglow of the King Edward's re-opening and as we've prepared this "Most Intriguing" issue, I've been thinking a bit about Frank Melton. After spending the last several months untangling from all the emotions and frustrations of covering…
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December 30, 2009
In the afterglow of the King Edward's re-opening and as we've prepared this "Most Intriguing" issue, I've been thinking a bit about Frank Melton. After spending the last several months untangling from all the emotions and frustrations of covering…
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[Editor's Note] Boys Will Be Boys
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May 16, 2012
[Letter] Ashamed
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May 16, 2012
[Editorial] Don't Just Complain; Engage!
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[Editorial] Don't Just Complain; Engage!
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One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid'
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One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid'
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One Lake Set to 'Run Pretty Rapid'
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