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April 4, 2013
Lawmakers send bill that could arm teachers to Gov. Phil Bryant
Lawmakers send bill that could arm teachers to Gov. Phil Bryant Lawmakers are leaving open the possibility that Mississippi teachers could bear arms in their classrooms. The House and Senate passed Senate Bill 2659 Wednesday. The bill originally was designed only to grant money for schools to hire school resource officers. But some language from…
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April 4, 2013
Southaven Mayor Greg Davis due back in court April 10
Southaven Mayor Greg Davis due back in court April 10 Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is due back in a Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson next Wednesday, April 10, in a showdown with Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering over alleged misspent funds amounting to more than $70,000 including fines and penalties. According to the Davis…
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April 4, 2013
Attempted murder charge reestablished
Attempted murder charge reestablished The Legislature has reestablished the charge of attempted murder in Mississippi, with a penalty of 20 years to life. “This bill is good for Mississippi and very bad for attempted murderers,” said its author, Sen. Will Longwitz, R-Madison. “It’s just common sense, and it will keep us all safer. Victims and…
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April 4, 2013
Nunnelee works to ensure abortion fees don’t get paid by Obamacare
Nunnelee works to ensure abortion fees don’t get paid by Obamacare A Republican congressman is attempting to ensure that abortion fees aren’t part of ObamaCare insurance exchanges. Mississippi Congressman Alan Nunnelee explains that his Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act) aims to amend Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable…
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April 4, 2013
State Farm testifies on infamous sticky note
State Farm testifies on infamous sticky note More than seven years after Hurricane Katrina, former State Farm Claims Manager Lecky King for the first time publicly testified about an infamous sticky note she left on a homeowner’s Hurricane Katrina damage report. Two former adjusters for State Farm, sisters Kerri and Cori Rigsby, claim in the…
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April 3, 2013
Will Mississippi Republicans open the gift they’ve been given?
Medicaid expansion fight is a gift By Alan Lange
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April 3, 2013
Great piece by Sid Salter on education reform
Education reform remains a marathon, not a sprint In a state plagued with Mississippi’s long history of low educational attainment and withering poverty, there are no quick fixes. Thank goodness charter schools are now a tool in the toolbox for improving public education in Mississippi after a long, hard political battle. Thank goodness that Mississippi…
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April 3, 2013
Former Governor Haley Barbour portrait unveiled at Mississippi Capitol
Barbour portrait unveiled at Mississippi Capitol He also joked about the ceremony itself: “I have noticed people saying, ‘Well, I’m coming to your hanging. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time.'” Spectators applauded as Barbour and Cartmell pulled a black cloth off the painting. “Bravo! Bravo,” said state Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville. “I…
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April 3, 2013
Karl Gibbs wins HD 36 House seat filling term of father who passed away in 2013
Gibbs wins House seat The seat was left vacant by the Jan. 13 death of Democratic Rep. David Gibbs, who had served since 1993. Candidates in special elections run without party labels. Karl Gibbs will serve out the current four-year term, which ends in January 2016. He will be joining the Legislature in the final…
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April 3, 2013
DJ – 2014 budget contains some good, some bad
2014 budget contains some good, some bad The Legislature continues working through a backlog of legislative conference reports – budget bills and statutes – as the crush of deadline week intensifies in the Capitol. Late Sunday afternoon, both chambers had given final approval to K-12 public school funding, a major item every year generating intense…
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April 3, 2013
Crawford – Gov. Bryant’s teacher ed standards are in dispute
Gov. Bryant’s teacher ed standards are in dispute Gov. Phil Bryant ruffled feathers when he dinged the IHL Board for not supporting his new teacher education entrance standards. “That was quite a tantrum Gov. Phil Bryant pitched at the College Board recently, criticizing its members for voicing concerns about his effort to increase standards for…
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April 3, 2013
HARRISON: Gunn, as a member, embraced contentious debate
HARRISON: Gunn, as a member, embraced contentious debate Former Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, probably wishes his successor – Philip Gunn, R-Clinton – had the same aversion to contentious debate when Gunn was one of the minority leaders in the House. Gunn, who is in his second year as speaker of the Mississippi House, says he…
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May 15, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 15, 2025
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May 14, 2025
House Republicans pull an all-nighter on Trump’s tax bill. There’s more work to do
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May 14, 2025
Democrats are deeply pessimistic about the future of their party, an AP-NORC poll finds
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Frank Corder
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May 15, 2025
HH2 relocating Kentucky distribution center to Blue Mountain, Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2025
Nissan says Canton factory strategically important as company announces workforce reductions
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 15, 2025
Be sure
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M.C. Reid
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May 14, 2025
Pascagoula sailor Nelson Walker sets out for solo circumnavigation aboard Persimmon
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Richelle Putnam
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May 14, 2025
It all begins with a song: The heart of the Mississippi Songwriters Alliance
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Sid Salter
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May 14, 2025
MS Gaming: Legislative standoff over off-premises online sports betting continues
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Kelley Williams
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May 12, 2025
Bad energy policy represents risk to ratepayers
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Bill Crawford
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May 11, 2025
State still hugs bottom as education advances
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