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Moran Pledges Smart Development

by Lacey McLaughlin
Oct. 26, 2011

Connie Moran was six weeks into her first public-office position as the mayor of Ocean Springs when her world turned upside down. Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed her coastal town, displacing residents and razing homes. Leading residents through the disaster and…
 
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Why They Kill

by Donna Ladd
October 19, 2011

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Despite popular belief, violent criminals aren't born with a moral screw loose. They're not even turned into criminals because they grow up in single-parent homes (although having two good parents certainly…
 
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Stevenson:  Raising the Bar

by Lacey McLaughlin
Oct. 19, 2011

The qualifications to run for justice court judge are pretty simple: a high-school diploma and $10 to pay the county circuit clerk to file your paperwork. You also must be a resident of the county you wish to run in…
 
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The JFP Interview with Jim Hood

by Lacey McLaughlin
October 12, 2011

Attorney General Jim Hood appears to be a natural prosecutor, although it was a career path he initially resisted. His father was a Chickasaw County attorney and prosecutor.

In 1977, Hood's cousin, Glenn Ford, was…
 
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Ronni Mott Responds to Hood on Hayne

by Ronni Mott
October 12, 2011

On March 12, 2010, Radley Balko, formerly of Reason Magazine, published an email from Hood to coroners and others urging them to get legislators to vote against H.B. 1456. The bill, signed March 19 by Gov. Haley Barbour, requires…
 
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Reader’s Guide : Wickard v. Filburn

by Lacey McLaughlin
October 12, 2011

In 1942, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government has the right to regulate economic activity in the case of Wickard v. Filburn.

 
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Hall: Stay on the Highway

by Valerie Wells
Oct. 12, 2011

Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall posted this on Facebook: "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
 
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Divided We Fall: The Killing of James Craig Anderson

by Lacey McLaughlin
October 5, 2011

Jordan Richardson was fishing at Cornerstone Lake in Brandon in 2009 when a pickup truck pulled up. Three teenagers got out of their trucks and started walking toward him, and he knew he was in trouble. Deryl Dedmon, his peer…
 
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Power Choices

by Terry Sullivan
September 28, 2011

Food is powerful, very powerful. In short supply, it causes starvation and war; in over-abundance, it causes obesity and gluttony. Food has the ability to both help cure and cause disease, and politicians and businessmen use it to create and…
 
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[Dish]  Aiming Against Government

Aby Lacey McLaughlin
September 28, 2011

District 73 Rep. Jim Ellington was busy getting ready for a fundraiser for the Central Mississippi National Rifle Association on Sept. 22 when he gave this interview. The Raymond resident has kept his seat in the Mississippi House for the…
 
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