by Sen. Trent Lott
Jan. 5, 2007
Before this column takes on the big issues expected in the Senate this year, I want to address something all Mississippians should note. It’s a lesson about corporate citizenship and corporate responsibility that our state should resolve to remember, particularly as we try to bring new jobs here.
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Lewis Runs for Sheriff
by Brian Johnson
Jan. 4, 2007
Photo: Jackson Police Commander Tyrone Lewis, left, declaring his entry into the 2007 Hinds County sheriff's race. Melton political operative Bob Hickingbottom is on the right.
Under heavy clouds and intermittent…
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Partnership Replacement Clears House Committee
by Adam Lynch
Jan. 4, 2007
The House Public Health Committee produced a replacement for the strangled Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi today. Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, who is chairman of the committee, made it clear that he was seeking to replace the Partnership after former…
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Jan. 4, 2007
The House Public Health Committee produced a replacement for the strangled Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi today. Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, who is chairman of the committee, made it clear that he was seeking to replace the Partnership after former…
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Barbour Doesn’t Support Minimum Wage
No kidding, eh? Check out his reasoning, as reported by The Clarion-Ledger today:
Barbour said today House Bill 237 will drive businesses out of Mississippi to surrounding states. Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana must be “laughing up their sleeves” at the state, he told business leaders at a Mississippi Economic Council gathering.
Of course, a new poll says that almost half of Mississippians (47 percent) do support a minimum wage. And why didn't someone ask him what his lobbying for free trade did to jobs in Mississippi!?! Where did all those manufacturing jobs go?
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Barbour said today House Bill 237 will drive businesses out of Mississippi to surrounding states. Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana must be “laughing up their sleeves” at the state, he told business leaders at a Mississippi Economic Council gathering.
Of course, a new poll says that almost half of Mississippians (47 percent) do support a minimum wage. And why didn't someone ask him what his lobbying for free trade did to jobs in Mississippi!?! Where did all those manufacturing jobs go?
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House Votes for Eminent-Domain Changes
by Adam Lynch
Jan. 3, 2006
Web exclusive
The House today passed an eminent-domain bill looking to limit the power of the state government to snatch private property for the use of non-government purposes.
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Jan. 3, 2006
Web exclusive
The House today passed an eminent-domain bill looking to limit the power of the state government to snatch private property for the use of non-government purposes.
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City Council Pays Temps
by Adam Lynch
Jan. 3, 2006
Web exclusive
Jackson's City Council reversed its position over withholding payment to temp agencies this Tuesday. Last month, four members of the council voted to withhold thousands of dollars to temp agencies after Mayor Frank Melton refused…
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Jan. 3, 2006
Web exclusive
Jackson's City Council reversed its position over withholding payment to temp agencies this Tuesday. Last month, four members of the council voted to withhold thousands of dollars to temp agencies after Mayor Frank Melton refused…
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Nancy Loome: Call to Action for MAEP
Jan. 3, 2006—12:28 p.m.
[verbatim from Nancy Loome of The Parents Campaign] The 2007 Session of the Mississippi Legislature convened today (Tuesday, January 2, 2007). As promised by the House leadership, the Mississippi House of Representatives took up bills that call for full funding of the MAEP (House Bill 238) and funding for a 3% teacher pay raise. The House leadership had vowed to show that providing our children a quality education was their number one priority by passing out a full funding bill the first day of the session.
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[verbatim from Nancy Loome of The Parents Campaign] The 2007 Session of the Mississippi Legislature convened today (Tuesday, January 2, 2007). As promised by the House leadership, the Mississippi House of Representatives took up bills that call for full funding of the MAEP (House Bill 238) and funding for a 3% teacher pay raise. The House leadership had vowed to show that providing our children a quality education was their number one priority by passing out a full funding bill the first day of the session.
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A House In a Hurry
by Adam Lynch
Jan. 2, 2007
This story will appear in the print edition on Jan. 3.
Within hours of the Legislature convening on Jan. 2, the House Appropriations Committee approved a total of seven money bills seeking attention with little dissent. H.B.…
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Jan. 2, 2007
This story will appear in the print edition on Jan. 3.
Within hours of the Legislature convening on Jan. 2, the House Appropriations Committee approved a total of seven money bills seeking attention with little dissent. H.B.…
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AAN Awards Diversity Grant to Melishia Grayson
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies announced today that JFP intern and columnist Melishia Grayson is the recipient of a 2007 diversity grant. Melishia will report, write and blog 20 hours a week for the JFP, focusing on state and city issues. She will be part of the JFP's expanded legislative…
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Legislature to Pass MAEP Today?
The word out of the Capitol is that the Legislature's first order of business today—the first day of the 2007 session—is to pass the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. This would be a major victory for public-education propopents who have fought Gov. Haley Barbour and his legislative followers tooth and nail to get MAEP fully funded.
More details as they develop ...
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