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Hinds County Youth Court Judge Bill Skinner blasted the state for cutbacks in funding for drug courts in an address to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors Monday. The board awarded $50,000 to the Hinds County Youth Drug Court to keep it operating for the rest of the fiscal year.

WLBT  reports several people were held up at Northminister Baptist Church last night. 

David Blount (D-St. Andrews) tweet:

Dr. Pieter Cohen of the Harvard Medical School and Dr. Nicolas Rasmussen (Ph.D.) attacked the increasing use of drugs to handle problems such as ADHD in the Wall Street Journal:

As soon as Phil Fisher leaves on June 30, 40% of Hinds County voters will not have representation on the board. Watch the videos below to see what I mean, as Robert Graham gavels down all opposition and refuses to let anyone in the audience speak.

Miss South Carolina moved to Utah:

Local blogger Stacey Spiehler had a few things to say about the matter on A Housewife in Flip-Flops:

Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Philip Gunn said no to Medicaid expansion in this editorial submitted to JJ:

Madison Police arrested former Mrs. Mississippi and Mrs. World Pamela Nail on May 30 on Old Rice Road for a refusal to take a DUI test and careless driving. Ms. Nail won the Mrs. World Pageant in 1988. She represented Mississippi and won the Mrs. America pageant in 1987.

Wyatt Emmerich (Northside Sun) and Donna Ladd (Jackson Free Press) decided to tie one on on the JFP website.  Then when Donna stalls out, Ronni Mott jumps in to help her boss.

MDOT sent out the following bulletin:

How are the academic progress rates for the other universities in Mississippi? Let's take a look.

A telecom executive disclosed some rather um, interesting capabilities of how far technology has advanced in terms of data mining on Rush Limbaugh's show yesterday. Yeah, I know, the libs will say its Limbaugh. Read the transcript for yourself:

Wednesday was Perry Day as Brian came on in the first half hour and Pete  came on in the second half.  Pete gave us an update on the Hattiesburg election contest. 

Chokwe supporter arrested. Credit: WLBT.

Mississippi Power Company's Kemper County clean coal plant is following in the foot steps of Duke Energy's Edwardsport clean coal plant, which has been riddled by cost overruns and startup problems.

The NCAA banned Mississippi Valley State University from participating in postseason play in baseball, football, and men's basketball in the 2013-2014 academic year due to low academic progress scores.

Jon Stewart on the IRS:

Update: The official opinion is posted below. I have not had time to review it in regards to this post. 

The Mississippi Attorney General stated firearms can be banned from courthouses and private property in an opinion drafted for Sheriff Brad Lance. The A.G. said such restrictions can take place even under the "open-carry" law that goes into effect on July 1. The opinion is in draft form and is not an official statement of the Attorney General.

AP reporter Jeff Amy discusses Mississippi's weak campaign finance laws in his weekly column:

The Mississippi Republican Party issued this resolution opposing Medicaid expansion:

Update: It gets MUCH better. 55 minutes of surveillance footage from that night is missing. Just routine. City says cameras shut down after a long period of inactivity. Um, yeah.


600 absentees. Unlocked City Hall and Vault. Nearly half the affidavit ballots tossed. Now a Hattiesburg resident says Dupree people voted for Dupree in his place. WDAM reports:

Attorney Herb Irvin, Don Hewitt, and Advanced Technology Building Solutions filed an objection to the validation of $90 million in special obligation bonds for the city of Jackson in Hinds County Chancery Court last week. The sale of the bonds will fund work on Jackson's water and sewer system. Siemens is the contractor on the project.

Kids over at North Jackson Elementary had a little pep rally for MCT2 tests:

State Representative Andy Gipson submitted this column on open-carry legislation for your review. Note: That is open-carry of firearms, not open containers of beer. 

Nice video of the bikers riding for Blair Batson last weekend:

A Maine doctor decided to quit accepting all insurance and require his patients to pay for all services out of their pocket. The doctor discovers his services became much cheaper as he was able to lower his overhead: