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March 28, 2014
Mississippi House, Senate working out budget compromise in lead up to deadline
Legislators contemplate budget compromise Legislative leaders met behind closed doors Thursday trying to reach a budget compromise that has a Saturday night deadline. At one point Thursday, there was hope that negotiators could hammer out a final compromise on Thursday or today and present it to the House and Senate chambers Saturday for final approval.…
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March 28, 2014
Religious Freedom bill in final Legislative negotiations
Mississippi religious freedom bill headed to final negotiations Mississippi lawmakers could try to write a final version of a religious-practices bill that has sparked concerns about anti-gay discrimination. The Senate on Thursday voted to send Senate Bill 2681 into negotiations with the House. The two sides face a Monday deadline to file a final version…
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March 28, 2014
Mississippi Senators Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran back counterdrug training
Senators back Counterdrug Training Washington, D.C. Mississippi’s Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran, along with a bi-partisan group of other senators, are speaking out in favor of funding counterdrug training centers around the country. Appropriations for five such facilities is not included in the president’s fiscal year 2015 budget. The Regional Counterdrug Training Academy (RCTA) at…
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March 28, 2014
The Parents Campaign, Nancy Loome pushing to kill special-needs vouchers, increased MAEP funding
Email from The Parents Campaign and Nancy Loome… “My inbox is overflowing and my phone ringing off the hook with our members expressing their dismay that the voucher bill is still being considered. I agree! HB 765 is obviously the first step in the effort to privatize and “profitize” our public schools. “Heather, a mom…
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March 28, 2014
Mississippi House passes marijuana oil bill to help children with seizures
Mississippi House passes bill to legalize marijuana oil with tight restrictions The Mississippi House of Representatives voted Thursday to make a medicinal marijuana oil legal in the state under tightly controlled circumstances. The House voted 112-6 to pass the final version of House Bill 1231. The Senate still must approve the agreement before it goes…
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March 28, 2014
Dickie Scruggs in home confinement
Dickie Scruggs, who helped fellow inmates in prison, moves to home confinement He earned millions and made national headlines suing corporations, but disbarred attorney Dickie Scruggs returned home quietly last week to Oxford, where he will finish a prison sentence under home confinement. His old friend Mike Moore, a Jackson lawyer who previously served as…
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March 27, 2014
Chris McDaniel @CMforUSSenate on Memphis Fox 13 news
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March 27, 2014
Former attorney Dickie Scruggs moves to halfway house – UPDATE (make that his own house)
Dickie Scruggs placed on home confinement Disbarred Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is back at home in Oxford. Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke says Scruggs was released to home confinement on March 20. He says the expectation is the Scruggs remain on home confinement until his release date after serving time in a federal…
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March 27, 2014
McDaniel campaign coordinator, state Sen. Melanie Sojourner defends McDaniel in SunHerald op-ed
MELANIE SOJOURNER: Chris McDaniel personifies conservatism and practicality There has been some back and forth recently in the Sun Herald about the nature of the U.S. Senate primary in Mississippi. Wyatt Emmerich’s recent column looked at the race dispassionately — he did not endorse either candidate — prescribing how he sees each candidate’s view for…
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March 27, 2014
Possible nominee to Commission on Marine Resources draws early ire from charter boat captains
South Mississippi charter boat captains upset over possible CMR nominee The Coast’s charter boat captains aren’t happy with the man they believe will be the nominee to represent them on the Commission on Marine Resources and they’re letting the governor know it. Ed Simmons didn’t have a charter boat license until a few weeks ago,…
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March 27, 2014
Rep. Cecil Brown (D): Special-education kids “more expensive,” “just a bother” to some districts
Glimmer of hope for Mississippi’s overlooked special-needs students Mississippi’s Department of Education has made a habit of pouring taxpayer money into lawsuits against parents of special-needs students rather than funding improvements in the state’s sub-par program, as parents have requested. “School districts often spend more money in lawsuits fighting parents of special-needs kids than they…
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March 27, 2014
State Treasurer Lynn Fitch says closing MPACT would have been more expensive
Fitch: Closing MPACT would have been more expensive The board that oversees the state’s prepaid college tuition plan considered closing the program before deciding this week to reopen enrollment. But shutting it down would have left the state with an even larger shortfall, state Treasurer Lynn Fitch told the Daily Journal editorial board on Wednesday.…
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April 10, 2026
Strategic, unified vision transforms Carthage
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 10, 2026
Miss. Dept. of Health outlines upcoming fiscal year budget
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 10, 2026
Mississippi moves up to 48th in national health rankings
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Susan Marquez
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April 10, 2026
C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure
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Daniel Tyson
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April 9, 2026
Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Marilyn Tinnin
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April 10, 2026
Joan Williams: Gifted author and Faulkner’s protégé
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Alistair Begg
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April 10, 2026
Protected by His presence
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Marilyn Tinnin
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April 9, 2026
The Mississippi Gift Company spreads the best of the Magnolia State across the globe
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Roger Wicker
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April 10, 2026
Rebuilding the American arsenal
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Russ Latino
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April 8, 2026
The truth about ACA subsidies after the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
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Sid Salter
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April 8, 2026
A new take on an old question about who Mississippians trust with life-altering decisions
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