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MS-2 candidate Cobby Williams speaks to MBJ at Delta Council
Jim Barksdale comments on Brett Christensen appointment
MBJ interview with new MDA chief Brent Christensen
JJ - Did the House and Supertalk declare war on Tate Reeves?
Lt. Governor Tate Reeves talks school consolidation
MS Lt. Gov Tate Reeves (R) responds to NC Gov. Bev Purdue (D) over her remarks on Mississippi
ALEC grades MS Education - 48th overall - ‘C’ on policy - ‘F’ on charter school law
MS Democrat Party Leader Jamie Franks supports Obama on economy - ‘we still have General Motors’
PERRY - Mississippi Democrats brag on charter defeat
Fox News picks up on ‘disgusting and shameful’ - DOJ starts backpeddaling
Mississippi Tea Party Reacts to “Disgusting and Shameful”
Letter from Congressmen Harper, Nunnelee & Palazzo re: Stephanie Gyamfi and DOJ bias against MS
SOS Delbert Hosemann addresses anti-Mississippi comments made by DOJ lead analyst Stephanie Gyamfi
SNOWDEN - Mississippi Legislature Concludes Historic 2012 Session
Mississippi airports awarded grants
Despite Objections from Jim Hood, Judge Allows Gulf Oil Spill Settlement to Proceed
House plan gives Madison county new seat
Mississippi editorial roundup
Leaders kill tax bill after debaterion
Legislature a step closer to 1-cent tax
Mississippi House roll call on voter ID
New redistricting maps show MS Gulf Coast won’t lose representation
MS-02 Rep. Bennie Thompson office recants and now says NO DEBATE against Republican Bill Marcy
MS-02 Rep. Bennie Thompson (D) agrees to debate his Republican challenger Bill Marcy
Governor Bryant signs HB 317 that will help attract more physicians to Mississippi
GOP selecting local leaders
Mississippian Austin Barbour mentioned again as one of top Mitt Romney fundraisers nationally
Former Tchula Mayor and MS-02 Republican nominee Yvonne Brown has died
Bar dismisses complaint against Hood
YP - Required watching . . . . ‘If I wanted America to fail’
JJ - JPS Parents start to push back on Superintendent nominees
Stanford report on Louisiana charter schools shows that its program is an unqualified success
MPP - MS Dems Hitting Replay
MSTP to have forums with Congressman Gregg Harper and MSGOP Chair Joe Nosef this week
MS Tea Party issues ‘report card’ - interesting to say the least
Gov. Phil Bryant vetoes SB 2675, which passed nearly unanimously in both houses
Sid Salter column: Saving History
Miss. settles beef plant case for $3.9 million
No Personnel Board changes
Desoto County School Superintendent Milton Kuykendall - ‘I’m for charter schools’
Mississippi Senate passes charter school bill that gives parents and school districts true choice
Voter ID bill easily clears MS Senate
Kingfish on how the charter schools effort has been fumbled by Republicans
With all apologies to Dick Molpus, this is how easy it is to commit voter fraud without voter ID
Former Secretary of State Dick Molpus wants the federal government to block MS voter ID law
Video - MBJ “Top 40 Under 40” Class of 2012
Senate sends abortion clinic bill to governor
Workers Comp bill clears House committee again - now heads to Senate for concurrence
Bill requiring certifications of those providing abortions sent to governor, who intends to sign it
JT on Supertalk goofs on the 5 Republicans that voted against charter schools
Lt. Governor Tate Reeves announces MS Senate passage of anti abortion bills
WSJ - Jim Barksdale works on new fiber cable project ...  despite tech. bubble 10 years ago
LG Tate Reeves statement on charter schools
MCPP - Charter Schools bill fails in House Education Committee
MS GOP Chairman Joe Nosef pushes for legislative action on charter schools
Rep. Cecil Brown - ‘Democrats do not argue for immediate full funding of MAEP’
Required Reading - After Scruggs/Wilson trial, DeLaughter calls Scruggs re: judgeship
NMC - Bobby DeLaughter comes clean(er) with the FBI
New US Attorney in Jackson
NMC finds the FBI interview that Ed Peters lied about DeLaughter in his initial interview - #dickie
Madison Rankin DA Update - Promises Made, Promises Kept
CL features up and comers like Rep. Toby Barker, Mick Bullock, Rebekah Staples and Tray Hairston
Workers’ Comp reform bill passes Mississippi House 60-56
Kingfish on the charter school bill being in jeopardy
Kingfish reports on a physical scuffle between Rep. Bob Evans and Rep. Bennett Malone
And Now for the Rest of the Session
Mayor Greg Davis surrenders to authorities, charged with passing school bus
NMC - Ed Peters will not testify in Scruggsapolooza II
WMC - Suspect in the murder of MSU student caught - had outstanding arrest warrant
ZNN - Former US Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott testifies for his brother in law Dickie Scruggs
Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker support JOBS BILL passage in the Senate
LegalNewsline picks up on Jim Hood’s hiring of Mike Moore to handle BP conflict
Fees in Mike Moore’s contract to sue BP on behalf of Jim Hood are not enumerated
MS Legislative Democrats support $132,000,000 more in spending in FY 13 than Republican budget plans
Gov Phil Bryant eVideo update 3/19/12
MBJ - Phil Hardwick interview with House Speaker Philip Gunn
Young Democrats of MS to hold convention at union hall - add four new caucuses
PPP poll has Gingrich-Romney in a statistical dead heat for MS
MS GOP Chair Joe Nosef gets national media exposure on day of primaries
Major Obama funder Bill Maher and Nancy Pelosi’s daughter insult Mississippi
‘You might be a redneck if’ you support Romney - Foxworthy to stump in Biloxi & JXN on 3/12
Holmes Co. supervisor indicted on bribery charges
Yet more drama over Greg Davis spending - now it’s double billing
Kingfish has updated info on Auditor/AG’s lawsuit against Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham
Ken I. Stokes channels his inner Kirk Fordice - talk of dark alleys and feet up asses
Jackson committee supports some state legislation
Stacey Pickering Files Suit Against Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham
MBJ - Rep. Jim Beckett speaks on his deregulation bill
Outside counsel hired to handle last beef plant lawsuit for state of MS
More links between HonorYourPromise and Zata3
MCPP pushes HB 888 - the Charter Schools Bill - could be on House Floor by Thursday
‘Poor’ understanding: Experts say bootstrap mentality falls short
MPP on Charter Schools - the education status quo “hasn’t worked”
Honor Your Promise operator continues shadowy behavior - UPDATED x2
The Mississippi Charter Schools Bill SB2401 passes without amendment on Senate floor 34-17
MDT - Charter schools: Accountability is key
WLBT - Feds to announce arrests for public corruption in Jackson Police Department
LG Tate Reeves - Charter schools will give parents choice
MBJ - Q&A with Heather McTeer, candidate for MS-1 as challenger to Rep. Bennie Thompson
Hiding in the shadows
Downward PR spiral continues for Southaven mayor Greg Davis
New staffers for MS GOP and Dems
Bill would permit virtual charter schools in Mississippi
Clarion Ledger sides with former Governor Barbour over Jim Hood on constitutionality of the pardons
Kingfish has the full videos of the MSSC arguments over the Barbour Pardons
Austin Barbour gets another national mention speaking for Mitt Romney to the press
MS GOP posts information about their caucus and county conventions
Petition to oust Greg Davis as Mayor of Southaven begins to circulate online
Kingfish shreds on CottonMouth
New evidence of dirty dealing by Mayor Greg Davis in Southaven
McCullough - MISO a good partner for Mississippi’s energy future
Madison County delegation to seek federal support
City of Jackson agrees to pay man for wrongful imprisonment
Rep. Gregg Harper (MS-3) responds to President Obama’s SOTU address
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant’s 2012 State of the State speech
YP - Former Governor Haley Barbour files amicus brief in pardon dispute
YP FLASH - House Speaker Philip Gunn has huge bipartisan slate
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant ends use of trusties
Southaven stops paying stipend to mayor Greg Davis
Jackson area arena study lacks funds
MBJ - Chamber says it reimbursed Greg Davis for expenses
CL - Ag museum exec takes down-to-earth approach
Wyatt Emmerich explains the rise of NJAM and goofs on its nemesis
Pender on Senate committees - South Mississippi fares well
YP FLASH - Jim Barksdale to be interim head of MDA
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D) files for re-election in MS-2
YP - Apparently, the MS Democratic Party has just given up
YP FLASH - It’s done.  Philip Gunn is now officially Speaker of the MS House
Miss. Biz Journal - Metro Jackson well-repped in key political positions
Gov-elect Phil Bryant to be honored by Israeli and other foreign consul generals
Barbour considers clemency for convicts - WARNING - Matt Steffey quote
Congressional map adjudicated - Adams & Wilkerson stay in MS-3.  Panola Grenada & Yalobusha to MS-2
Plan for downtown Jackson hotel delayed again but not derailed
Kingfish videos JRA meeting where Convention Hotel and TCI (NYSE: TCI) were put on hold
JRA nixes hotel proposals after two attorneys refuse to represent - potentially saves millions
Adviser: Hotel deal won’t hurt Jackson’s bond rating
NorthSide Sun - Jackson’s roads are falling apart
Jackson Politics - Blunston’s team searches for perfect self-portrait
Ex-Gov. Waller dies at 85
City to join Farish St. project’s bond talks
Jackson Police Officer to receive Purple Heart today
Edgar Ray Killen ready to confess
Jackson Jambalaya Videos - Council refers Occupy Jackson to committee
ZNN - Dickie Scruggs asks court’s OK to question key witnesses
JJ - Wicker aide arrested for strip show at club
Civil rights monitors sent to five states for elections
Kingfish for Judge - and no, this is not a paid advertisement
Senator Roger Wicker (R) lashes out against Dorsey Carson (D) on last minute mailer
YallPolitics’ warning about pre-election shenanigans
JJ - CL refuses to print response to story about Robert Graham - NECI calls him a “fraud”
You stay classy, occupiers
State Auditor issues $170K demand against Southaven mayor and former MS-1 candidate Greg Davis
Entergy Mississippi sees savings with power grid
AP Analysis: Women headed for gains in Mississippi office
The Final Stretch
Head of emergency training firm Robert Graham contracted with accuses Graham of fraud
Balko - Jim Hood investigation went as far as a West Law search
Jim Barksdale - Education pays in very big ways
Marshand Crisler uses racial campaigning in handouts to black constituents - ‘If WE show up, WE win’
Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s youtube video invite for MS rallies - what Dems will attend?
“Occupy Mississippi” barely gathers enough in Smith Park to occupy a city bus
LG Phil Bryant to host Agribusiness Summit on 10/18
Entergy MS CEO Haley Fisackerly talks about Blueprint Mississippi and what it means for MS
KINGFISH - 2010 TCI (NYSE: TCI) subsidiary bankruptcy filing - Will TCI-MS one day do the same?
USDA declares all Mississippi counties disasters
Pickering to sue Hinds Supervisor Robert Graham
Andy Taggart’s last post at Clarion Ledger’s Red/Blue
Taggart leaves the Clarion-Ledger, fed up with liberal agenda
More info from Kingfish on TCI (NYSE: TCI) and their history of bankrupting subsidiaries
State Senator Buck Clarke (R) reports $103K COH - unveils new TV ad
BIPEC makes its pro-business House/Senate recommendations
Ed Peters not pursued despite admitting influence in 2nd case
Kingfish documents TCI (NYSE: TCI) pattern of defaults on subsidiary real estate holdings
Testimony from Ed Peters, Trent Lott, Joey Langston and Steve Patterson in Dickie Scruggs case
CL ponders financial risk of convention center hotel deal with TCI (NYSE: TCI ) - market cap
Ole Miss officials compare Forward Rebels campaign to segregationist tactics
AT&T asks court to toss Sprint, Cell South suits
MIM - Redistricting all about Harper vs. Thompson
Tate Reeves urges voters to support Senator Buck Clarke
Kingfish takes a look at the company trying to do Jackson’s Convention Center hotel
Kenneth Stokes sponsors item to audit Farish Street Project
Budget hearings underway
County spending put online
Mississippi editorial roundup
Colonel Reb PAC looking to restore mascot
John Dennery Picked As GOP Nominee for Hinds County Supervisor District 1
State senator arrested on gun charge in Quitman election
Yes on 26 (Personhood Amendment) sends out mailer for Huckabee dinner with Bryant
CL - Cheating on DPS exams alleged
Entergy more fully integrating into MISO
How ‘bout that YallPolitics ad karma?
The field is finally set
Jimmy Houston’s controversy with Madison restaurant over campaign sign
Randy Tucker for Madison County Sheriff ad
NJ Governor Chris Christie will headline MS GOP event honoring Haley Barbour on August 31st
Clarion Ledger - State’s eminent domain law already protects property owners
AP Analysis: Nice guy or aggressive? Dems have choice
Thanks y’all
Advance Mississippi hosts ‘Power Lunch’ on Monday 8/15 about RTOs
District 2 Supervisor Wood Brown endorses Josh Harkins for SD 20
Madison Supervisor John Bell Crosby endorses Knox Ross in SD 20
NYT - States Pitch a Lifestyle to Lure Gun Makers From Their Longtime Homes
Tony Bahou and Steve Gaines endorse Josh Harkins in SD 20 runoff
Morgan Keegan investors allegedly misled
McDaniel - No end in sight to nation’s reckless spending
YallPolitics makes WAPOs ‘The Fix’ Best Political Blogs . . . again
Vote tally on Hinds sheriff race may be finished today
Nesbit builder Chris Massey upsets Doug Davis for Mississippi Senate seat
CL - Land rights dispute not over
Good article on importance of internet access in rural and minority communities
Tate Reeves - ‘Momentum’
YP - Haley Barbour decides to get involved in R primary - robocall for Charles Barbour in SD 25 race
Charles Barbour radio ad responding to Will Longwitz mailpiece in the SD 25 Republican primary race
Time for SPP To Join MISO?
Follow us on Twitter for updates during today’s Neshoba speeches
WLBT misreports Lt. Governor Poll
Dennis planning to heat up race
CL - Too many on Coast still suffering year after BP oil spill
DuPree launches Phase 2 of the Mississippi Education Restructuring Program
Changes will stabilize flood insurance program
Sen. Roger Wicker Calls for Focus on Debt and Spending Crisis
Palazzo video - Floor Debate in support of HR 1309 and Amendments
Hood sues BP fund administrator to get access to claims
FBI raids tribal resort
Ronnie Agnew to take over MPB
WitchHunt - Family accuses state pathologist of lying
Officials: Cold med law aids drug war
Pelahatchie wins top honor from Miss. Municipal League
McDaniel - VA shouldn’t forget nation’s Christian heritage
Palazzo - America’s space legacy
Still the fattest state: Miss. obesity rate hits a welcome plateau
PSC to hold hearing on limits on transportation expenses passed on to ratepayers
McCullough — Sound energy policy praised by researchers
Pickering - Hinds County audit raises ‘very serious concerns about management’
Tom King Receives “Legislator of the Year Award” from the Mississippi Municipal League
New Dick Hall for Transportation Commissioner ad
Carville to speak in Jackson
CL - State’s budget: A $62M surprise
Reeves takes exception to opponent’s chihuahua ad
Bloomberg - Bill Clinton Seeks Private Initiatives to Boost U.S. Hiring
Lawyer fees case gets Round 2
Thompson Excited To See Unions Coming To TSA
Hinds refers UMC animal rights complaint to AG
LNL - ATRA lawyer says ‘Hot Coffee’ slashed key part of argument
Senator Albert Butler Supporting Luckett
Documentary ‘Hot Coffee’ about Oliver Diaz case airing tonight (6/27)
NUNNELEE: Growing new jobs remains key in claiming an economic recovery
NMC - The Never Ending Story of US v. Zach Scruggs
Ole Miss law school dean argues for higher ranking
CL - Federal funds dry up; 40 to lose jobs
JJ - The Convict that will not go away or… an analysis of Zach’s legal jihad
Hosemann announces settlement with Morgan Keegan
Bill Minor - Great realignment of state’s political power
9/11 victim fund administrator admonished Hood for misrepresenting settlement
Cochran votes to block redundant EPA pesticide permits
SPR - Republicans a shoe-in for Mississippi Gov.
Harper elected to top seat on committees
CL Opinion - State revenue takes a hit as casinos close
CL - Hewes seeks name recognition in lt. gov. race
Bloomberg explores Cochran’s stock trading strategy
First two trials at Jackson federal facility scheduled
FBI building to honor martyrs, agent
McDaniel - Eminent domain needs reforming
Rise for Relief telethon on MPB helps flood victims
Leader-Call - Local man losing his land to adverse possession
AP Analysis: Minor, Scruggs cases force Miss. judges to rethink relationships with attorneys
Who’s ‘Thinking Mississippi First’ this election year?
Exception to the rule for Scruggs? Ex-Lawyer moves to prison on Air Force base
Shock vid from voter registering to vote in Rankin and gets her vote solicited by court employee
CL - Southern Baptists praise election of an African-American pastor
Barbour appoints John R. Kelly to the Mississippi State Board of Education
Cochran, Wicker break party ranks with ethanol vote
Nunnelee illegal employment amendment adopted
‘In the tank’ for Paul Minor - the Clarion Ledger seals the deal
Snowden on Mississippi Budget Recovery
Candidates fail to file campaign finance reports by deadline
SALTER - Court decision on tort reform will impact elections
Oliver Diaz’s story featured in HBO documentary
Cockfighting raid: 67 arrests, 52 roosters taken
Lucien Smith Files Finance Report: Raises $489 Thousand
McDaniel - E-Verify a help in hiring process
Reeves - Desperate Hewes Goes Negative, Attacks Himself
The ‘Ragin’ Cajun’ James Carville to headline MS Dems Jefferson Jackson Hamer event
Congressman Palazzo talks economy
Clarion Ledger Opinion - Attorney fees: Politics playing in courts
21 road signs to honor Miss. notables
New Patriot cover story on Palazzo
NMC - Zach Scruggs: The Supreme Court was “illegal, incoherent, and unconstitutional”
MS Lit. - Motion puts cheap heat on Judge by invoking Scruggs’ name
FEMA chief sees bigger role for insurers in flood coverage
MIM - Thompson Staffers Went On $150k Trip
Harrison - Supreme Court considers state lawyer contingency fees
WLBT - Jackson businessman wants Eminent Domain off Nov. ballot
Farish St. district back on the shelf
Meet Bob Evans, True Democrat
NAMIC Says It Is Neutral On Wicker’s Wind-Vs.-Water Bill
‘No Call’ violators fined $95K
NYT - Pecans a morale booster in Palazzo’s office
Miss. Supreme Court to hear arguments in MCI lawyers’ fee case
SALTER - Eminent domain offers state judges a tough challenge
Chemical Company Buys Adams Co. Plant, Creates Jobs
Heartland Institute Praises Wicker’s COASTAL Act
Nunnelee To Host Town Hall Meeting
CL - What will insurance pay?
CL - Filing deadline sets the stage
Madison County Journal - Tort reform over a ‘judicial hellhole’
May revenue fails to hit estimates
Nunnelee statement on debt limit vote
NMC - Government Motion to Dismiss in the Zach Scruggs case
Council may take $3.5M from Jackson reserve fund
Sen. Wicker: Flood insurance reforms are necessary
Group of Madison county candidates file for injunction against new redistricting lines
Auditor Issues Demand Against Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham for $45,000
DOJ pre-clears Madison County
Salter - State workers may not long escape lawmaker scrutiny
Roll Call profile on Thad Cochran - The Political Acrobatics Of Cheerleading
Patsy Brumfield’s print story on Scruggs hearing
Video - Haley Barbour Apology to Freedom Riders
Haley Barbour apologizes for ‘mistreatment’ of Freedom Riders
Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker tour flooded Mississippi Delta
Governor Barbour apologizes to Freedom Riders on behalf of Mississippi
Barbour’s lake house under water in Miss. floods
No special session for redistricting, Barbour says
State loses a judge with heart who presided over Katrina cases
Palazzo pumps gas with constituents
Ad Wars Have Hit The Airwaves
Local restauranteur Nathan Glenn discusses his visit to DC to advocate for ‘swipe fee’ reform
Is “not business unfriendly” is the new “business friendly” in Jackson
Unlike ‘91, what comes after remap ruling still unclear
Tunica casinos to reopen today
It’s 10 in the pen for voter fraud
Madison County DA gets big voter fraud conviction
NMC - Final notes on the Zach Scruggs Summary Judgment Opinion
Mid-South lawmakers rally to keep Abrams tank rolling
CottonMouth - Will GOP appeal redistricting ruling?
Billy Hewes claims redistricting ruling a victory
Pickering arrests 3rd in Rankin County lawn care case
Mississippi Republican Party Statement on House Democrat Retirements
MS Insurance Commissioner to lobby Congress
Russell named to appeals court
Cochran & Wicker Join Senate Challenge to Health Care Law
Nunnelee Op-Ed - Stalling offshore drilling is costing jobs and gas prices
CL - Judges, aware of looming elections, vow to address redistricting quickly
DuPree lags in fundraising for governor campaign
Tate Reeves raises $724K; has $2.1 million cash on hand
Cabins destroyed in Neshoba fire
Did Zach Scruggs hear Balducci?
Gov. Barbour announces Mississippi receives federal disaster declaration
Barbour - Fly flags at half staff to honor late Senator
Cabins at Neshoba fairgrounds burn
Harrison - Gordon had major impact
Longtime Mississippi state Sen. Jack Gordon dies at 66
CL - High speed rail could stop in Jackson
CL - GOP pushes to have expert redraw district maps
MIM - Monday Morning Election Notebook
Unknown Madison County Sheriff candidate posts anti-Jackson ad
Palazzo on off-shore oil bill
Compare and Contrast - Miss. & Ala. Govs deal with disasters differently
Claims process to go under Hood’s microscope
More counties get disaster declaration
Insurance claims from Miss. storms continue to pour in
CL - ‘Time to act is now’
Mississippi governor calls flood threat ‘monumental’
Nunnelee Launches House Energy Action Team
MIM - Ricky Dombrowski Fundraiser Tonight
Barbour seeks declaration for flood disaster
U.S. DoJ Moves To Enforce School Desegregation In Cleveland Schools
Thad Cochran reacts to bin Laden’s killing
MIM - Who Hasn’t Qualified In The House
Members of Mississippi delegation react to Osama Bin Laden’s death
Madison Co. GOP siding with AG on redistricting
20-year deal set by ailing Metrocenter, city
Barbour seeks federal emergency declaration
Drywall settlement of $8M reached
Clarion ledger - Public universities should not hire lobbyists
Harper vs. Environmentalist on off-shore drilling
NMC - McAllister (of Nutt McAllister) sues Scruggs over the Rigsby sisters
CL - Jim Hood right to hold BP’s feet to the fire
MIM - House and Senate Race Update
Value of street naming debated
Commercial Appeal - Faith leaders urge death penalty halt
Barbour seeks federal disaster declaration for 3 counties
5th Circuit: Ex-prosecutor Lampton doesn’t have immunity
In Case You Missed It: Democrat Warner McBride Abandons Re-election Campaign
Mississippi gains 9,200 jobs over 12 months
Insurance Department urges storm victims to save receipts
Palazzo Updates Greene County Disaster Assistance Efforts
Senator Chris McDaniel Weekly Column, April 15, 2011
FEMA approves funding to strengthen homes on the Miss. coast
Grisham helps dedicate new Ole Miss Law School
Mississippi gets $16 million from BP for tourism
Bill MINOR: Corporations don’t pay fair share of state income taxes
Palazzo Votes to Increase Troop Funds; Fund Government Operations
Phil Bryant Announces Proposal for a Healthier Mississippi
The Hill - Ron Paul to speak on Barbour’s home turf
Miss. participating in planning for high-speed rail system
Senator Chris McDaniel’s Weekly Column
MDOT planning $1B in I-10 upgrades
Bill creating healthy food study headed to Barbour
NPR - Ahead Of Anniversary, Freedom Riders Remember

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Thursday at 9:57 am
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: What a con-incidence!  The Clarion Liar, and the President of Miss. Alliance of State Employees; CWA/Local 3570 , Brenda Scott were touting the woes of Mississippi’s State workers pension program in today’s newspaper.
Thursday at 8:16 am
Pension fund cut opposed
porkchop: The defined benefit aspect is the problem here.  Ernest T, you might have done better had you invested your own money.  But, you would have given up that guaranteed benefit.  Private employers change all the time - but, anyone that…
Thursday at 8:02 am
Redistricting . . . we can work it out, can't we?
porkchop: The real killer for running twice is for democrats in contentious races.  Not only is the MS Democratic party in disarray in terms of its abilty to finance races, but that gives Republicans two bites at the apple to beat…
Wednesday at 11:56 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
PubMan: Ernest T, no one wants to take anything away from you, you should be grandfathered however the taxpayers have had enough of a system that is unfair to the folks.  We want accountability and a fair system, not the one…
Wednesday at 11:38 pm
Lee Yancey Endorsed by the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement
m2jtown: MFIRE is a Miss. grassroots organization who supports orderly and legal immigration, and is which is working to educate voters and elected officials about the dangers associated with massive and uncontrolled illegal immigration. To learn more or join us please…
Wednesday at 11:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Those of us that are now drawing retirement did not have an option to be in the system.  If we worked for the state we paid the rate demanded of us.  For that we were promised in writing a set…
Wednesday at 9:57 pm
Clarion Ledger - Deja vu? Dems pulled same thing last year.
Hammer3: My favorite one liner for Johnny Stringer is that he is the hick from the sticks.  Montrose Mississippi’s pride and joy!
Wednesday at 9:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Elwood P Dowd: The stock crash pretty much screwed up everyone else’s retirement.  Why is it not fair that state workers accept their share of the pain? Whatever promises retirees have, raising the contribution levels for present employees doesn’t break it.  When you…
Wednesday at 8:33 pm
Clarion Ledger - U.S. budget: Bipartisan only way
Elwood P Dowd: If the Congress agrees on spending, we might get a 1% or 2% spending cut.  If they can’t, we get 100%.  So tell me again what’s the benefit of compromise?
Wednesday at 8:26 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
Elwood P Dowd: Usually, “stop the pointless political infighting” just means “let my side win.”
Wednesday at 7:58 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
Contract with America: “And it is about the 174 members of the Legislature looking out for their own political futures based on what their districts might look like.”  On one side you have a group wanting to hold on to power that they…
Wednesday at 6:04 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Howard Roark: I’m sure there are private companies that change the rules after the fact, but most I’m familiar with, usually do some type of transition, grandfathering, etc.  Point taken that it does happen, though. I’m not aware of the VA, but…
Wednesday at 5:11 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Howard, Let me be perfectly clear on several of the issues you brought up. A.  “But if gov’t. is going to break its contract with current retirees (and like it or not, it’s changing the rules after the fact, not…
Wednesday at 4:55 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Howard is also correct.  If the state had allowed me to invest my retirement money I would be living much better now that I’m retired.
Wednesday at 4:52 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Earnest T Bass: Pubman I haven’t looked into it but I doubt you can use 21 years of militray service towards your state retirement.  Some but I doubt that much.  And if you did retire after 4 years you might get 10% of…
Wednesday at 4:37 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Howard Roark: Guys, I don’t understand why there’s such a fuss.  All we are discussing are defined-benefits vs defined-contributions. Until the last couple decades or so, defined-benefits was the norm.  In the private sector as well.  The private sector has (wisely, in…
Wednesday at 2:58 pm
Barbour - House Leadership trying to spend too much
windeaces: Typical government; instead of working for the best interest of the public they are working for the interest of a government party in trying to belittle one party in favor of another. Time for most of these self centered morons…
Wednesday at 2:57 pm
Pension fund cut opposed
Hammer3: Earnest T; just answer a couple of simple questions. do you or have you received a cost of living increase with your pension? do you or have you received a 13th. check while drawing your state pension? is it the…
Wednesday at 2:52 pm
CL opinion on Redistricting: Two elections a waste
windeaces: The best answer would be to send all these self serving morons home and let the public themselves present bills and let the pulblic at large decide whether it is something they want to pass or not. In today’s technology…
Wednesday at 2:41 pm
EDITORIAL: Howorth for TVA
jdaviscovington: Right.  Your last sentence from your first post had me confused.



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