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‘Two-timing’ justice disses state’s women
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,05/13/08-11:00PM , 175 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Charles “Chuck” Easley has qualified to run for two state Supreme Court seats from the state’s Northern District — the one he has held since 2000 and the seat Justice Ann Hannaford Lamar of Senatobia was appointed to in 2007.
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Democrats wise up, jettison clown show
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,04/29/08-11:00PM , 189 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi Republicans may well have lost their state Democratic Party poster boy for the wedge issue of voter identification on the same week that the U.S. Supreme Court seemingly paved the way for a legislative slam dunk on the issue by upholding Indiana’s tough voter ID law.
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Meridian arts center is regional showpiece
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,04/22/08-11:00PM , 149 Reads
JACKSON — On Saturday night, my wife and I attended the Meridian Symphony Orchestra’s presentation of Haydn’s “The Creation” at Mississippi State University’s Riley Center — my first visit to the performing arts and conference center that is the crown jewel of Meridian’s downtown renewal in recent years.
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Fight is about turf, not about children
By SID SALTER - Political Columnist
Tue,04/15/08-11:00PM , 106 Reads
JACKSON — Despite the fact that on their face the two bills have absolutely nothing in common in terms of the law, the Mississippi House is in renewed turmoil over House Bills 1240 and 520 and the ongoing political enmity between Gov. Haley Barbour and Attorney General Jim Hood.
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