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April 1, 2021
Wicker, Secretary of the Navy, Congressmen Visit Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today toured the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Wicker was joined by the Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker, U.S. Representatives Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Jerry Carl, R-Ala., and Rear Admiral Tom Anderson, the U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Officer for ships. “Ingalls is one…
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April 1, 2021
YP Daily Roundup 4/1/21
YP – Lawmakers adopt FY2022 state budget The total budget for the state will be close to $21 billion, with the majority of that coming from the federal government. The state will fund roughly $6 billion… …Earlier in the year, members agreed on a $1,000 teacher pay raise, a roughly $51 million budget item. At…
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March 31, 2021
Altman named acting director of MDOT
The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) named Jeffrey C. Altman, P.E., acting executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). Altman will assume the role effective April 1 following the retirement of MDOT Executive Direct Melinda McGrath after 36 years of state service. “It was with great reluctance that we accepted Melinda’s retirement earlier this…
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March 31, 2021
Mississippi Members of Congress Announce $24.3M for Mississippi Airports
FAA Airport Improvement Grants Offer Support to 26 Facilities Statewide U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., with U.S. Representatives Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., and Michael Guest, R-Miss., today announced the award of $24.3 million in grants to make improvements at 26 Mississippi airfields. The U.S. Department of Transportation on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the Airport…
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March 31, 2021
SALTER: From Thalia to Yazoo: Texas was McMurtry’s connection to Mississippi’s Morris
By: Sid Salter The passing of iconic Texas novelist, screenwriter and antiquarian bookseller Larry McMurtry at age 84 on March 25 will mean different things to different fans of his prolific writing life. Some will remember retired Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call from the 1986 Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lonesome Dove” novel and the series…
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March 31, 2021
Secretary of State shares Municipal Primary Election Reminders
Municipal Primary Elections will take place one week from today, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Any voter in line at 7 p.m. is entitled to cast a ballot. Our office will have observers in precincts across the State. Problems at the polls observed by State…
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March 31, 2021
Wicker Receives Farm Bureau Golden Plow Award for Ag Leadership
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today received the Golden Plow award from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and Mississippi Farm Bureau. The Golden Plow is the highest honor the AFBF gives to sitting members of Congress. “I appreciate the American Farm Bureau for their tireless work for our nation’s farmers and rural Americans,” Wicker said. “I…
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March 31, 2021
YP Daily Roundup 3/31/21
YP – Medical Marijuana language removed from Harper Grace’s Law ending Senate attempts ahead of court hearing Throughout the 2021 Legislative session, the Mississippi Senate has tried to pass measures that would codify the operation of a medical marijuana program in the state should the Mississippi Supreme Court strike down Initiative 65, the ballot referendum…
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March 30, 2021
Red Land Cotton bringing 40 jobs to Tylertown with new sewing operations
Cotton producer Red Land Cotton, manufacturer of high-end linens, has located sewing operations in Tylertown to support an increased demand for the company’s products, all of which are grown and manufactured in the U.S. The project is a $375,000 corporate investment and will create 40 jobs. “The state of Mississippi is proud to welcome Red…
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March 30, 2021
Attorney General Fitch Joins 12-State Coalition Defending Religious Liberty
Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit led by the State of New York against the U.S. Department of Labor challenging a Trump Administration rule clarifying the scope and application of religious exemptions for federal contractors. The 12-state intervention motion was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern…
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March 30, 2021
YP Daily Roundup 3/30/21
YP – Conferees remove House income tax phase out proposal from bond bill The Mississippi House’s plan to phase out the state income tax appears to be dead, dead, dead for the 2021 session. Speaker Philip Gunn filed HB 1439, titled the “Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2021,” in late February. The bill would have phased out…
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March 29, 2021
YP Daily Roundup 3/29/21
YP – Conference weekend brings up division over Medicaid tech bills With only a few days left in the 2021 Mississippi Legislative Session, the House and Senate still cannot seem to come to an agreement on the Medicaid Technical Amendments bills. The sticking point seems to be on a prior proposal to remove the Division…
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Daniel Tyson
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January 14, 2026
Senate looks to repeal nearly two dozen “obsolete” state boards and commissions
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Daniel Tyson
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January 14, 2026
Attorney General’s Office losing attorneys to higher-paying jobs, lawmakers told
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Frank Corder
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January 14, 2026
Schumer touts “a series of blue-chip Senate recruits.” Mississippi’s Colom not among them
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Frank Corder
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January 13, 2026
Higgins contracted to lead Tate County economic development
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January 8, 2026
xAI investing more than $20 billion in Southaven data center
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Richelle Putnam
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January 14, 2026
Eliot Parker: Craft, conflict, and the writing life
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Alistair Begg
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January 14, 2026
Transforming grace
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Meredith Biesinger
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January 13, 2026
The stories that can’t be replaced: Inside Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood
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Chris Brown
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January 14, 2026
Advanced nuclear is America’s strategic energy advantage
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Kelley Williams
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January 14, 2026
Who you gonna’ believe?
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Sid Salter
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January 14, 2026
Highly partisan Farm Bill impasse on Capitol Hill is an odd issue for a primary challenge
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