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January 29, 2015
State Rep. Mark Baker wants bill to require AG to get approval before filing lawsuits over $250,000
Bill seeks to limit AG’s right to sue JACKSON – A House committee’s passage Wednesday of a bill to require the state attorney general to gain approval from an oversight committee to file any lawsuit on behalf of the state for more than $250,000 led one lawmaker to brand the legislation partisan politics. House Bill…
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January 28, 2015
Senators Cochran and Wicker Cosponsor “Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act”
Senators Cosponsor “Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act” to Protect Free Speech U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today cosponsored new legislation to ensure the Internal Revenue Service and Obama administration do not act to limit free speech rights of groups based on their political leanings. Cochran and Wicker…
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January 28, 2015
Bills protecting 2nd Amendment head to MS State Senate
BILLS PROTECTING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS HEAD TO STATE SENATE Bills reducing fees on concealed carry permits and recognizing military service for firearm training head to the Senate for consideration, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said today. The legislation is part of his legislative agenda. Senate Bill 2394, which reduces the fee on concealed carry permits, passed…
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January 28, 2015
CLEVELAND – Senate Bill to end licenses dangerous
Senate Bill to end licenses dangerous There’s a bill in the Mississippi Senate that if passed would abolish the requirement for resident hunting and fishing licenses. That in itself would cost the state wildlife agency about $16 million, but there’s more and it makes the bill very dangerous. It would also cost the Mississippi Department…
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January 28, 2015
MS Hunters and Fishermen remain outraged at proposed bill by Sen. Melanie Sojourner
Bill would abolish resident license “I can think of about 20 million reasons not to support this bill,” said lifelong hunter and fisherman James Thornhill of Jackson. “Most of those would be in dollars but the main problem is that it’s nuts. If this thing passes, all the money I’ve paid into the federal programs…
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January 28, 2015
State Rep. Andy Gipson: Dangerous dogs bill will die in committee
“Dangerous Dog Bill” will likely die in committee JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – House Judiciary B Chairman, Representative Andy Gipson, says they will not take action on the bill that would define pit bulls as dangerous dogs…. …“I made the decision not to bring House Bill 1261 up for a vote in committee, said…
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January 28, 2015
Senators Cochran, Wicker favor Level the Playing Field Act, will help state’s shrimping industry
MSNewsNow.com – Jackson, MS WLBT 1/28/15
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January 28, 2015
Democrat Oxford alderman Jay Hughes qualifies for HD 12 over education votes
RELEASE: Oxford Alderman Jay Hughes Announces Campaign for District 12 Representative Alderman, Businessman Wants Focus on Public Education Oxford, Mississippi – Jay Hughes officially announced his candidacy for District 12 of the State House of Representatives when he filed his papers in Jackson on Tuesday. Hughes is the current alderman for Ward 1 in Oxford.…
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January 28, 2015
State Rep. Jeff Smith wants to give school board members a raise, allow them into PERS
Excerpt from HB 122 as filed by Rep. Jeff Smith: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-6-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR PERSONS SERVING AS MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS; TO REMOVE THE OPTION FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO RECEIVE PER DIEM COMPENSATION INSTEAD OF A SALARY; TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON…
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January 28, 2015
Stokes wins Jackson Ward 3 seat, will resign Hinds Co. Board of Supervisors
Stokes wins back Ward 3 city council seat Kenneth Stokes has won back the Jackson City Council Ward 3 seat, pulling 62% of the vote in a special election that included eight candidates. Stokes held the seat from 1989 until 2012, when he resigned after being elected to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors. WLBT…
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January 28, 2015
Pascagoula Schools Sup pens op-ed on what’s behind #CommonCore commotion
WAYNE RODOLFICH: What’s really behind the commotion over Common Core? State senators Michael Watson and Angela Hill have co-written a bill to repeal Common Core State Standards. However, they voted in favor of Common Core Literacy on House Bill No. 1593 in 2012 (as sent to the governor). Their current bill calls for a complete…
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January 28, 2015
The Parents Campaign wants to see special needs bill die
Excerpt from The Parents Campaign email: The Senate Education Committee has passed a voucher bill that, if enacted, would be a big step toward privatizing public education in Mississippi. That bill could be brought up for a vote of the full Senate as early as tomorrow. Please call your senator as soon as possible…. …Please…
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March 27, 2026
Mississippi lawmakers agree on $2,000 teacher pay raise
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March 27, 2026
Vance holds first meeting of a new anti-fraud task force targeting benefit programs
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March 27, 2026
Study committee created to ensure Mississippi municipalities are receiving accurate sales tax diversions
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March 26, 2026
DG Foods announces $1.19 million expansion
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March 25, 2026
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 20, 2026
International Paper to build new $225 million facility in Rankin County
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Marilyn Tinnin
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March 27, 2026
Richard Truly: Mississippi’s astronaut and national treasure
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Alistair Begg
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March 27, 2026
Numbering our days
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Meredith Biesinger
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March 26, 2026
Anthony’s: A West Point table worth coming back to
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Russ Latino
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March 26, 2026
Facts, not feelings, are a hard sell in teacher pay raise debate
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Russ Latino
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March 25, 2026
Senate Democrat suing state over Mississippi Supreme Court map named by Hosemann to help redraw lines
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Sid Salter
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March 25, 2026
Supreme Court action on Mississippi cases impacts protest rights, balloting procedures
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