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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, 6:15pm EDT

• State Treasurer Tate Reeves? recent appearance on CNBC talkin? bonds

  —Yall Politics

  CNBC 6/30/9 [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 2:54pm EDT

• State Treasurer Tate Reeves? recent appearance on CNBC talkin? bonds

  —Yall Politics

  http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1168571585&play=1 CNBC 6/30/9 [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 2:54pm EDT

• YP - AG Jim Hood?s Opinion on PSC operations without a budget

  —Yall Politics

  AG Jim Hood issued an opinion yesterday regarding the operation of the MS Public Service Commission's authority to operate without a budget. [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 2:51pm 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, 2:35pm 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, 2:26pm 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, 2:23pm 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, 2:21pm 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, 2:18pm 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, 2:14pm 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, 2:07pm EDT

• Big Government and the PSC

  —Right of Mississippi

  Don’t think that it is only Washington DC that loves big government.  We’re in a recession, unemployment is rising, families and companies are cutting back on their budgets. We finally have a budget in Mississippi but it required budget cuts by nearly every part of government (education excepted). And at [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:56am EDT by rightofmississippi

• Santelli: "Bait and Switch Economics"

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Start at 9:30. Having a problem with Firefox. If video doesn't appear, here is link. [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:38am EDT

• JPD drives past suspect leaving with stolen goods.

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  
  
  WLBT reported:
  "Surveillance cameras captured a man falling off of a bicycle at 4:15 A.M. at the entrance to Woodland Hills at Old Canton Road and Glenway Drive. The man picked up dropped materials, put them in a bag, and started to ride away. About that time a [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:42am EDT

• Friday Ramblings with Robert

  —Majority In Mississippi

  Welcome to the 4th of July weekend as we celebrate Independence Day.  Hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys celebrating in their own special way.  Lets look back on the week that was. The Sky Did Not Fall in Mississippi As evidenced by the fact that I am typing this right [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 8:00am EDT by Robert

• More on Goldman Sachs

  —Jackson Jambalaya

  Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi is interviewed by Business News Network about his recent expose on Goldman Sach's market manipulations. Video [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:02am EDT

• Judge says no questionnaires in Brent Warr?s fraud trial so to avoid more press coverage

  —Yall Politics

  No juror questionnaires in mayor's fraud trial Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr, the highest-ranking public official charged with Hurricane Katrina fraud, won't be allowed to send questionnaires to potential jurors in his federal trial. Warr and his wife, Laura, have pleaded not guilty to charges in a 16-count federal indictment accusing them of [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 12:53am EDT

• Senator Merle Flowers to speak at DeSoto TEA Party on July 4th

  —Yall Politics

  Senator Merle Flowers to speak at DeSoto TEA Party on July 4th The national grassroots anti-tax organization, Taxed Enough Already (TEA), is having a rally in DeSoto County on Saturday, July 4th. Senator Merle Flowers (R-Olive Branch) will deliver the keynote address at noon . ?Americans are fed up with government at [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 12:09am EDT

• Unfunded Miss. PSC furloughing staff

  —Yall Politics

  Unfunded Miss. PSC furloughing staff The Mississippi Public Service Commission is furloughing most of its 73 employees until the agency has a budget. Commission chairman Lynn Posey and two commission members told The Associated Press that about a dozen employees will keep working, including six investigators. Commissioners were interviewed as they were preparing [...]
  
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 12:06am EDT

• MajorityInMiss - Could PSC Funding Have Passed If It Wasn?t For George Flaggs?

  —Yall Politics

  MajorityInMiss - Could PSC Funding Have Passed If It Wasn?t For George Flaggs? The Clarion-Ledger did a good job of slamming Rep. George Flaggs (D-Vicksburg) for what they called his self-serving attempt to delay passage of Medicaid funding. Flaggs held up the process for over two hours by demanding a reading [...]
  
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:17pm EDT

• YP - Dueling PSC Press Releases: Rates Up or Down?

  —Yall Politics

  YP - Dueling PSC Press Releases: Rates Up or Down? On Tuesday, June 30, the Mississippi Public Service Commission issued orders regarding Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Commission Chairman Lynn Posey (D-Union Church) from the Central District, and Southern District Commissioner Leonard Bentz (R-Woolmarket) voted for the orders while Northern District Commissioner Brandon [...]
  
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 8:07pm EDT