Pete Smith
Pete Smith
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The medical volunteers have come in to fill a critical need and their support has been immeasureable.
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Gaming is a key part of Mississippi's tax revenue base. It is a topic that will be discussed.
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The House recognized the serious difficulties of this whole approach. It would've shortchanged municipalities and shortchanged the state general fund, which are recipes for tax increases.
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These people would apparently just contact girls randomly, bait them with alcohol and recruit them.
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Things were just obliterated, so the majority of the money is going to be used to rebuild.
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in rural Mississippi, it is sometimes harder to get to them.
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They basically get people to believe that if they put up some money, they will get more back. They're appealing to one of the basic flaws in human nature: greed.
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It doesn't appear to be anything criminal. At this point in time, it's being handled as a death investigation.
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They had no reason to suspect he had sucked equity out of the home into a fictitious account for himself.
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What customers are saying is 'We can't have this anymore'. We want the security, but it has to be transparent. It has got to drop in place, and it has got to be very easily implemented.
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What was very alarming to us is when we get our end-of-the-year statistics in. Although we are down overall, we see an increase of cars that were taken after being left running unattended ... people warming up cars, people running into a store quickly.
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The governor believes that this $20 million will be appropriate for his Healthy Kids initiative.
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The governor believes this bill cuts revenue to the state at a time when it would be irresponsible to do so. Even so, he is having the numbers recalculated as a part of his consideration of whether to veto or sign the bill.
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The governor has not set a timetable on when he will make a decision. He's going to take the time to pick the best person for the job.