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  • Haley won - An exercise in conservative governance

    —Yall Politics

    Reflections on the special session by Alan Lange 7/3/9Haley Barbour emerged victorious this past week. While states nationwide were issuing IOUs, the Mississippi legislature actually passed a balanced budget albeit kicking and screaming from the pressure levied on them by Governor Barbour. This may be viewed historically as Governor Barbour's second greatest [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 5:15pm EDT

  • Haley won - An exercise in conservative governance - updated

    —Yall Politics

    Reflections on the special session by Alan Lange 7/3/9Haley Barbour emerged victorious this past week. While states nationwide were issuing IOUs, the Mississippi legislature actually passed a balanced budget albeit kicking and screaming from the pressure levied on them by Governor Barbour. This may be viewed historically as Governor Barbour's second greatest [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 5:15pm EDT

  • It’s a Capital 4th

    —JFP: Noise

    July 3,2009 You won't have to look far for activities this Independence Day weekend. Today, start your holiday by celebrating the inauguration of Mayor Harvey Johnson Junior. The activities began early with a prayer service, but the whole town is invited to the inauguration, a reception following and the party tonight,' [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 4:56pm EDT

  • Pre-Independence Day News

    —Liberal Smash

    Number of comments: 2
    Today has been an utter shitstorm of awesome here at La Casa Mitchell and I get back to the Cray 26,000 to find out that the news that I had to pass along kinda pales in comparison to Sarah Palin saying that she is going to resign as governor of [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 4:29pm EDT
    by paul mitchell

  • Subpoenas issued in Irby case

    —Jackson Jambalaya

    The Hinds County District Attorney's office has subpoenaed two individuals to testify in the Karen Irby prosecution. Prosecutor Patrick Beasley filed the subpoena with the Hinds County Circuit Clerk's office on June 29, 2009. The two individuals subpoenaed are Dr. Lisa D. Williams and Kirk McDaniel (Kirk McDaniel of Ridgeland).
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 4:15pm EDT

  • Utility Watchdog Employees Furloughed

    —JFP: Noise

    July 3, 2009 Among the budget bills that failed to get to the governor's desk earlier this week were appropriations to fund the Public Service Commission and the Public Utilities agency. Without funding, the two state organizations are sending most of their employees home. The PSC is keeping on a skeleton [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 3:32pm EDT

  • AG Jim Hood attacks Entergy again

    —Yall Politics

    FERC AND STATE REGULATORS SHOCK ENTERGY Entergy was unanimously condemned by state Public Service Commissioners from all four states in the Entergy service area for refusing to build more transmission lines and preventing cheaper electricity from reaching its customers. Entergy was grilled for five hours at a historic joint meeting of [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:35pm EDT

  • JPD sergeant exam faces civil service hearing

    —Yall Politics

    JPD sergeant exam faces civil service hearing A hearing on whether part of the Jackson Police Department's recent sergeant exam was corrupted will be conducted next week by the city's Civil Service Commission. During a commission meeting last month, attorneys for several officers alleged the private testing company and JPD officials unfairly [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:26pm EDT

  • Feds join $3.2 billion Stennis “whistleblower” lawsuit

    —Yall Politics

    Feds join $3.2 billion Stennis "whistleblower" lawsuit The U.S. Justice Department has intervened in a so-called "whistleblower" lawsuit that accuses several companies and former government employees of rigging a winning bid on a $3.2 billion computer contract at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The lawsuit, unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge in [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:23pm EDT

  • Malcolm McMillin prisoner use violates state policy

    —Yall Politics

    Malcolm McMillin prisoner use violates state policy In what Sheriff Malcolm McMillin called an effort to rehabilitate prisoners, Hinds County sent state inmates, including a violent offender, off site to work. The apparent good deed, though, was in violation of state law, and was discovered during a recent inspection. The Sheriff's Department this [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:21pm EDT

  • Barbour, Hosemann yet to file ethics reports

    —Yall Politics

    Barbour, Hosemann yet to file ethics reports Gov. Haley Barbour and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, along with more than 1,000 public officials from throughout the state, will be notified next week that they missed the May 1 deadline to file their ethics reports. According to records at the Mississippi Ethics Commission, [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:18pm EDT

  • Gene Taylor supports $550 billion defense bill looking into Brent Warr transaction

    —Yall Politics

    Gene Taylor supports $550 billion defense bill U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, is a booster for the $550 billion defense authorization bill the House approved last week and for good reason — it includes billions for Navy shipbuilding that will help the Gulf Coast. But the bill also has a [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:14pm EDT

  • Travis Chiders urges new appraisal rules

    —Yall Politics

    Travis Chiders urges new appraisal rules It's by far the hottest controversy in real estate this summer, and it could directly affect the value of your house -- probably negatively -- by tens of thousands of dollars. The issue concerns low-balled valuations and the new rules guiding appraisers in price-depressed and rebounding [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:07pm EDT

  • Freedom & Thomas Paine

    —Red/Blue

    Andy talked a lot about freedom in one of his latest posts and since we are coming up on the Fourth of July, I thought I'd offer recognition to the guy who did more to articulate the justifications behind our country's quest for freedom than anyone at the time -- Thomas Paine. ' [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:05am EDT
    by jerenash

  • Socialism in Action!

    —Shira bat Sarah

    Number of comments: 0
    This weekend, instead of having a tea bag protest, really help your community:Alternative Protest: Million CanHOW: Act locally. Here are some examples:• Take a bag of food to a local pantry• Organize a food drive where you work or play, your church or motorcycle club, etc.• Organize some friendly competition [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:02am EDT
    by shira

  • Public enemies

    —The Natchez Blog

    Number of comments: 5

    The release of the new movie about John Dillinger reminded me of secret family history that I wanted to make sure I told my daughter so the information wasn't lost.

    I had a great-aunt who fell in love with one of the Dillingers -- Frank' [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 7:17am EDT
    by Elizabeth

  • Public enemies

    —The Natchez Blog


    The release of the new movie about John Dillinger reminded me of secret family history that I wanted to make sure I told my daughter so the information wasn't lost.

    I had a great-aunt who fell in love with one of the Dillingers -- Frank' [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 7:17am EDT

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