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MBJ EDITORIAL: With redistricting, the Delta now more isolated than ever

MBJ Staff — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:29:47 +0000

District 28 belonged for many years to “the Chairman” Charlie Capps, a Democrat in name who often voted with Republicans. Certainly he put his district’s interests above party. David Norquist held the seat for a term and a half after Chairman Charlie. While Norquist was more than a Democrat in name, he, too, often crossed [...]

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MARTY WISEMAN: Redistricting a consequence of 2012 election

Marty Wiseman — Sun, 06 May 2012 06:01:22 +0000

Joint Resolution 1, the redistricting plan for the Mississippi House of Representatives, has been introduced, debated, and passed. This exercise in the redistricting process, which is one of the most political functions undertaken in all of the activities required of a legislative body, is a tough, bitter exercise in partisan politics. Basically, the redistricting motivation [...]

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Cell tower plan dropped by AT&T

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:23:19 +0000

HERNANDO — Plans for a controversial AT&T cell tower south of Hernando have been dropped. AT&T, facing static from neighbors fearing harm to health and safety and from history buffs noting a nearby Civil War clash in 1863, has retreated. The site of the proposed tower was off Robertson Gin Road south of Hernando. DeSoto [...]

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Receipts show spending at gay sex shops by Southaven mayor

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:43:56 +0000

Receipts show Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a family-values platform, charged the city $67 for a purchase at a gay sex shop in Canada. The Mississippi auditor on Nov. 2 demanded Davis pay back more than $170,000 for personal expenses billed to taxpayers. There are no [...]

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MBJ Editorial: Mississippi Delta worse off after eight years of Gov. Barbour

Ross Reily — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:38:17 +0000

The Mississippi Delta continues to flounder as unemployment figures average around 18 percent for the 12 counties between Vicksburg and Memphis. Yet, there have been many jobs announcements in the years of the Barbour administration, but very few have had anything to do with the Mississippi Delta. In this latest barrage of economic development announcements, [...]

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Dennis in DeSoto, Part 2

Stephen McDill — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:00:32 +0000

DESOTO COUNTY- Gulf Coast CEO and Mississippi gubernatorial candidate Dave Dennis tours Desoto County. In this second highlight reel, MBJ-TV meets two voters on a windy hill in Nesbit to get their take on the GOP candidate.

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Decision 2011: Dennis in DeSoto County

Stephen McDill — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:33:10 +0000

SOUTHAVEN- Gulf Coast businessman and Republican supporter Dave Dennis travels to north Mississippi in a bid to snatch the GOP spot on the ballot away from Lt. Governor Phil Bryant.

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Smiths expanding Desoto operations

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:01:44 +0000

OLIVE BRANCH — Smiths Medical, as reported last week at www.msbusiness.com, a global provider of medical products, is expanding its DeSoto County operations by moving into a larger facility in the Crossroads Distribution Center in Olive Branch. The move will consolidate distribution operations formerly located in Southaven and San Diego. Smiths Medical manufactures medical devices, [...]

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