1,149 research outputs found
Jere Nash Interview with Crymes G. Pittman
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with attorney Crymes G. Pittman in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topic is Pittman\u27s experience representing Governor Bill Allain against allegations of homosexuality
Jere Nash Interview with John Pennebaker
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with John Pennebaker, the former chair of the Mississippi House Transportation Committee, in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include the Mississippi highway system and highway legislation; taxes to support highway program; Bill Allain; 1987 Highway bill; and rule changes in the Mississippi House
Jere Nash Interview with Glenn Endris
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with Gulf Coast Mississippi legislator Glenn Endris in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include gaming bills in the Mississippi legislature; highway legislation; education legislation; Gene Taylor; growth of casino industry; Endris\u27s background; and Richard Nixon\u27s visit to the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Camille
Jere Nash Interview with Bob Montgomery
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with state senator Bob Montgomery in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Mississippi Senate; Medicaid bill; Brad Dye; Mississippi Highway program and legislation; gambling legislation; tobacco litigation; tort reform; and Montgomery\u27s reelection campaign following reapportionment
Jere Nash Interview with Sam Waggoner
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with Sam Waggoner, a former Central District Highway Commissioner, in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Waggoner\u27s background; 1986 Mississippi Legislature Special Session on highways; the 1987 Highway bill; and Owen Cooper
Jere Nash Interview with Rick Carter
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with casino proprietor Rick Carter as research for Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Clark\u27s background; casino industry in Mississippi; legislation on gaming; and current status of casinos on the Gulf Coast
Jere Nash Interview with Buddy Medlin
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with capitol lobbyist Buddy Medlin in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include 1989 gaming legislation in the Mississippi legislature; lottery legislation; Brad Dye; ending prohibition in Mississippi; John Bell Williams; Medlin campaigning for a Mississippi House seat; Ellis Bodron; Charlie Sullivan; and James O. Eastland
Jere Nash Interview with Dick Molpus
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with former Mississippi Secretary of State Dick Molpus in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include the Educational Reform Act of 1982; William Winter; Buddie Newman; Ellis Bodron; Sonny Meredith
Jere Nash Interview with David Watkins
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with education reform advocate and attorney David Watkins in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include the 1982 Educational Reform Act; 1985 statewide teacher strike; Bill Allain; separation of powers issue in 1982-83; Cliff Finch; Ed Brunini, Brunini\u27s law firm and the Capitol Street gang; legal representation during Jackson school district integration; and Adequate Education Act in 1997 for equity funding
Jere Nash Interview with Joey Langston
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with trial lawyer Joey Langston in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Langston\u27s family, background, and law practice; Richard Scruggs; tobacco litigation; Langston working for John Arthur Eaves\u27s campaigns in 1979 and 1987; Ray Mabus; Bill Waller; Cliff Finch; Jim Roberts; Mike Moore; and tort reform. End of the recording contains several minutes of casual conversation with an unidentified man
- …
