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[Politics] - Many New Mississippi Voters, But More Postage Required

by Adam Lynch
October 14, 2008

The stamp box on your absentee ballot envelope isn’t big enough, says Hinds County Circuit Clerk Barbara Dunn, but the NAACP and the U.S. Post Office say they will make sure that your vote will be counted.
 
by ladd on 10/14/08 at 06:14 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...

[Politics] - UPDATED: New Voters, More Postage

by Adam Lynch
Oct. 15, 2008

The stamp box on your absentee ballot envelope isn’t big enough, says Hinds County Circuit Clerk Barbara Dunn. The size of the envelope and the ballot inside raises the postage to 83 cents, she said, despite the postage box on…
 
by maggie on 10/14/08 at 10:25 AM Comments (14) -- Read More...

MSU To Play JSU In Football

Jackson State will play Mississippi State in football next season, JSU coach Rick Comegy says. The game is scheduled for Sept. 5, 2009, in Starkville. This marks the first time one of the state's SEC schools has played a historically black university in football. Southern Miss has played the…
 
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[Politics] - 172,787 Voters Registered in Mississippi Since January

Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann just released the number of new voters who have registered in Mississippi since the beginning of the year: 172,787, which means that current registered voters here as of today are: 1,873,740. Hosemann said in a statement: “We are pleased with the large turnout of…
 
by ladd on 10/13/08 at 01:55 PM Comments (3) -- Read More...

[Politics] - BREAKING: ‘Troopergate’ Report Finds Palin Abused Power

The Anchorage Daily News just posted a PDF of the full report on Gov. Sarah Palin's "Troopergate" investigation. Read it here. The report says that the investigation found that Palin "abused her power" by engaging in "unethical conduct" (see page 48 of report for reasoning). The investigator also found…
 
by ladd on 10/10/08 at 06:19 PM Comments (23) -- Read More...

[Politics] - Barbour Calls for ‘Conservative Spending’ Due to Crisis

[Verbatim statement] (JACKSON, Mississippi)— Governor Haley Barbour asked legislators and state agency directors to find ways to cut spending this year and in Fiscal Year 2010 as a result of lower tax collections during the current economic crisis. “Just as Mississippi families and businesses are revising their budgets and looking…
 
by ladd on 10/10/08 at 01:08 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...

[Melton] - UPDATED: Melton Denies Former Bodyguard’s Allegations

By Adam Lynch
October 9, 2008

Jackson Mayor Frank Melton addressed reporters Thursday morning condemning the testimony of his former bodyguard Marcus Wright. Melton's statement prompted Judge Daniel Jordan to issue a gag order on the mayor's upcoming civil rights trial. Wright pled guilty to…
 
by maggie on 10/09/08 at 11:59 AM Comments (8) -- Read More...

[Politics] - Busing Bush’s Legacy

by Adam Lynch
Oct. 9, 2008

The National Legacy Bus Tour came to Jackson Wednesday, sarcastically touting what it considered President George Bush’s stellar record on economic and environmental issues, the war in Iraq and other hot topics.

The tour bus is a…
 
by maggie on 10/09/08 at 08:50 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...

[Melton] - UPDATED: Melton Bodyguard Wright Pleads Guilty, Resigns

by Adam Lynch and Donna Ladd
October 7, 2008

Read: Adam Lynch's breaking Ridgeway coverage
JFP's Melton Blog/Archive

Mayor Frank Melton's bodyguard, Marcus Wright, has changed his earlier plea and pled guilty in federal court before Judge Anderson of a…
 
by on 10/07/08 at 12:51 PM Comments (46) -- Read More...

[Melton] - Council Refuses To Foot Melton’s Legal Bill

by Adam Lynch
Oct. 7, 2008

The Jackson City Council voted down this morning an order authorizing payment of Mayor Frank Melton’s attorney fees incurred in his recent defense of federal charges stemming from the 2006 Ridgeway Street demolition. In a 3-3 vote, council members…
 
by maggie on 10/07/08 at 10:47 AM Comments (18) -- Read More...

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