Democrat launches Philly.ms
Thursday, February 28th, 2008A free weekly magazine centered on the arts, entertainment and culture will debut this week in East Mississippi.
Philly.ms will publish its first edition on Friday.
Archive for February, 2008
UPDATE: Incident report bill sweeps House
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008A bill to make law enforcement incident reports public record has swept the House of Representatives, 114-3.
WSJ rips AG Hood
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008The Wall Street Journal comes out swinging against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and his penchant for outsourcing legal work…
“The Mississippi Senate recently passed a bill requiring Mr. Hood to pursue competitive bidding before signing contracts of more than $500,000 with private lawyers. The legislation also requires a review board to examine contracts, and limits contingency fees to $1 million. Mr. Hood is trying to block the law in the state House, and no wonder considering how sweet this business has been for him and his legal pals.”
Dispatches
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Andy Ross has joined the staff of the Clarksdale Press-Register as a staff reporter. He is the son of State Sen. Charlie Ross, a candidate for the Third Congressional District House seat being vacated by Chip Pickering…Two other changes on the masthead at the P-R: Ed Nichols has been named publisher; James Jennings takes over as editor. The pair succeed Richard Webster and Bubba Burnham.
Where have all the newspapers gone?
Monday, February 25th, 2008Seems as though someone has been pruning newspapers from the campus of Mississippi State: The Reflector staff has received reports that several stacks of the Friday, Feb. 22, issue have been removed in large quantities from various locations on the…campus.
Careful with that ‘reply all’ button, sister
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008“This is so over the top,” exclaimed State Farm attorney Sheila Birnbaum via email Tuesday. “Can we ask that [Attorney General Jim Hood] be held in contempt of court for misrepresenting a settlement agreement and order of the court.”
Trouble is, Birnbaum sent the email to a listserv that included several AP reporters, as well as scribes for daily and weekly newspapers in the state, not to to the group of colleagues she intended. Whoops.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Horticulturist, and MSU alum, Felder Rushing weighs in on Daffodil-Gate, and waylays General President Foglesong in the process.
Accolades
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Ricky Mathews, publisher of The Sun Herald, has been presented the Pat Santucci Spirit of the Coast Award by the Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce…Clarion-Ledger bulldog Jerry Mitchell has won the George Polk Award for his investigative reports on the state Department of Health.
Secrecy in Mississippi – Epilogue
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
A few follow up editorials on the topic of Secrecy in Mississippi, with important committee deadlines looming in the Legislature…
- The Clarion-Ledger: Most impediments to releasing information about crimes stem not from jeopardizing criminal investigations, but from sheer secrecy.
- The Sun Herald: Today is deadline day.
- And a little more at the Attorney General’s expense: “…at the same time he’s talking a good game about openness in government and transparent campaign finance laws, [Attorney General Jim] Hood’s latest foray into the courtroom on behalf of Mississippi taxpayers resulted in a sealed settlement with State Farm Insurance..”
Down with the Daffodils
Monday, February 18th, 2008
The Daffodil-gate story at Mississippi State has grown some legs. Faculty and students — especially horticulture majors — are all hot and bothered that the little yellow flowers have become the subject of assault and re being dug up or — gasp! — poisoned. Some suspect an administration conspiracy.
Don’t worry, though: A university press release says it’s all routine grounds maintenance. Or is it?
MORE: Poking a little fun at the controversy.
