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 by Adam Lynch
November 6, 2009
Members of the Southeastern Christian Association, Operation Help Civil Rights Group, and Mothers of Inmates protested outside Mississippi Department of Corrections headquarters on President Street in Jackson today, lobbying for fair treatment of sons and husbands who are inmates in…
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November 6, 2009
In an effort to have Mississippi residents understand the resources available to them through his office, Attorney General Jim Hood announced a statewide educational initiative yesterday.
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by Adam Lynch
November 5, 2009
After a days-long stand off, U.S. Senate Republicans agreed to unanimously support extending unemployment and homebuyers' credits yesterday.
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 by Kelly Brignac
November 5, 2009
Bill Chandler, executive director and founder of Jackson-based Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, does not let being 68 stop him from doing good. He is an advocate for immigrant rights throughout the state of Mississippi. For this work, he was named…
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 by Adam Lynch
November 4, 2009
Laborers' International Union Local 145 President James Anderson said at yesterday's graduation ceremony that he trained his students well before sending them out into the workforce. "We had 14 students. It was a three-week class. They actually built a little…
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 November 4, 2009
The Mississippi Board of Education announced its unanimous selection for Superintendent of Schools yesterday: Dr. Tom Burnham, 56, who held the position from 1992 to 1997. Burnham replaces Interim Superintendent Dr. John Jordan, who took on the job when former-Superintendent Dr. Hank Bounds took…
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 November 3, 2009
Mississippi tax collections for October were behind estimates for the month by 6.74 percent, or $28.5 million, Gov. Haley Barbour stated yesterday. For the year to date, the first four months of the fiscal year, which began in July, are down 7.5 percent, or…
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 by Adam Lynch
November 2, 2009
Former Klansman James Ford Seale will remain in prison, at least for now. The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to address a question from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether too much time had passed for…
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 November 2, 2009
by Ronni Mott
A hundred years ago, Laurence Clifton Jones established The Piney Woods School in rural Rankin County with $2 and three students. Jones, born Nov. 21, 1884, in St. Joseph Mo., graduated from the University of Iowa in 1908. He turned…
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October 29, 2009
A Mississippi Gulf Coast lawmaker is drafting a bill that will protect domestic-violence victims from being victimized again. Rep. Brandon Jones, D-Pascagoula, vice-chairman of the House Insurance Committee, says his legislation will prevent health-insurance companies from denying victims coverage.
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 by Adam Lynch
October 28, 2009
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour pinched a nerve in September that's still causing pain for some health-insurance reform advocates. Barbour sent a Sept. 8 letter to Mississippi Republican Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker warning both that the reform envisioned in…
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 Verbatim from Gov. Barbour's office this morning:
Jackson, Mississippi – Governor Haley Barbour today announced the appointment of S. Malcolm O. Harrison, of Jackson, as Circuit Court Judge for the Seventh Judicial District, Sub-district 4, serving Hinds County. Harrison will serve the unexpired term of former Judge…
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 by Adam Lynch
October 23, 2009
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder picked federal prosecutor Don Burkhalter to serve as interim United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi today. Burkhalter, who served as No. 2 under former U.S. Attorney Brad Pigott during the Clinton administration,…
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 by Adam Lynch
October 19, 2009
The Mississippi State Fair isn't the only thing suffering because of the state's run of bad weather. The state is considering declaring entire Mississippi counties disaster areas because of enormous farming losses due to weather, said Mississippi Department of Agriculture…
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 by Adam Lynch
October 16, 2009
UPDATED: October 16, 2009
Education advocates are urging Gov. Haley Barbour to resist making further cuts to the state's education budget in response to revenue shortfalls yesterday. Barbour warned this week that more budget cuts will be likely in…
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:: statecomments
Nov 07, 2009[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Walt: The Patriots will win and otherwise beat up the Colts tomorrow and soften them up for us to kill later on should the need arise. Peyton's poor wheels won't suffice tomorrow. The Saints ...
Nov 07, 2009
Council Renames Northside Library for Tisdale
Walt: Rex and Ghost, Stokes Pond is a big step up from lots of things named after horrible people around the south and throughout the world. I'd like to meet you Gentlemen some day. How ...
Nov 07, 2009
[Kamikaze] To Our Health
Walt: Congrats on the new baby. Start he or she off right as a Steelers fan and they will enjoy many happy days. All the best to y'all. I noticed you were looking smaller and happier. You gotta stay around to ...
Nov 07, 2009
2009 New Orleans Saints = Real Deal?
Walt: ITodd needs some help. ITodd needs some help. Go on Donna, do your thang! Help your man! He needs it. Too bad you can't help him with those Cowboys.
Look Todd I ain't gonna let you drop the ...
Nov 07, 2009
[Editorial] Johnson Fumbles
Walt: Seems to me Johnson handled the situation just right. Why should Johnson grant Ill Weill additional powers. I bet Weill voted against him. Weill can't be won over - he's a republican.
Nov 07, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
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Nov 06, 2009
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By the way, more ...
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Queen601: No idea why I'm biting on this, but Ironghost, I'd love to know which one of those categories you've placed me in....I'd choose to think neither, since I'm not a usual player here. I can't ...