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Barbour Announces 2009 Spending Cuts; Spares MAEP
[Verbatim statement] (JACKSON, Mississippi) – Governor Haley Barbour today ordered Fiscal Year 2009 spending cuts totaling $41.9 million, or two percent, for most state agencies due to a shortfall in …
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Oriental Market Opens; Broadband Gets Boost
One of Mississippi's largest Asian markets and restaurants celebrates its grand opening in Jackson today next to Cowboy Maloney's Electric City and Big Lots. Assistant Manager Shery Chen said her …
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Honoring Our Soldiers: Are Mississippi Lawmakers Doing Enough?
Mississippi is paying dearly with our soldiers' lives in the Iraqi War. Since the war began in March 2003, at least 37 servicemen from Mississippi have lost their lives. In …
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CL: Barbour Heads to the Coast
The Clarion-Ledger is reporting that Governor Barbour plans to take a helicopter to the Gulf Coast and tour the damaged areas; according to Barbour, up to 80 people are thought …
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Crime
Judge Rules 1 Mississippi Prison OK, Among Deaths at Others
A federal judge has rejected claims that conditions in a Mississippi prison are unconstitutionally harsh. His ruling comes amid violence at three other corrections facilities that resulted in the deaths …
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Politics
Black Dems Key for Pro-Cochran PAC
A super PAC that supports Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran leaned heavily on well-known operatives in state Democratic politics.
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RosemaryBarbourLawsuit
In 2011, Rosemary Barbour was found to have attempted defrauding the federal government post-Katrina.
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Agency in Jeopardy Over Ad Oversight
House Democrats and Gov. Haley Barbour are squaring off against one another regarding how the state spends advertising dollars. The House and Senate were unable to come to terms with …
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Recovering our Confidence
In the first glimmer of good news Mississippi has seen over its lagging tax revenues, the State Tax Commission reported an increase in collections of about a half a percentage …
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Legislators to Decide on Project Funds
In a special session tomorrow, the Mississippi Legislature will vote on $75 million in bonds and incentives for two technology plants to open in Mississippi.
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2009 Legislature Convenes in Old Capitol
Perhaps as an omen to the contentiousness ahead, the Mississippi Legislature convened the new session Tuesday in the restored Old Capitolthe building where Mississippi once voted to secede from the …
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Watch ‘Former' Lobbyist Barbour Pander for Big Energy
... and you wonder why Mississippi ratepayers are being asked to pay for a risky Entergy plant venture in advance, and whether it comes to fruition or not! Robert Novak …
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Epps, Ex-Prison Boss, Pleads Guilty to 2 Federal Corruption Counts
In a change of course, Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts in a federal corruption case.
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Come Together
After a much-needed Waffle House run last Sunday, my fiancé and I hopped into the car and headed home. Like most times we're in the car, he soon turned the …
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Two-Party Bickering
State lawmakers have a little more than a month left in this legislative session, and they are getting down to business on the most important item on their agenda: Passing …
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How ‘Bout This Bizarro Framing by Sid Salter?
In an extremely odd column this week, Sid Salter sets up a false strawman (broom?) and then knocks it down himself, kind of. He starts by asking: "The broom: Can …
