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April 10, 2013
Crawford – PERS allowed to take higher risks
PERS allowed to take higher risks While you were sleeping the governor and Legislature gave PERS authority to make higher-risk investments with retirement funds. House Bill 990, introduced by the vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Mac Huddleston of Pontotoc, and co-sponsored by committee chairman Herb Frierson of Poplarville, passed the House 82 to…
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April 10, 2013
AP Analysis: Education focus shifts to implementation
AP Analysis: Education focus shifts to implementation If 2013 was the education session for Mississippi’s Legislature, it will be followed by the implementation season. State leaders will have to create structures to authorize charter schools and fund prekindergarten programs. Literacy coaches will have to be hired to implement a new focus on reading grades K-3,…
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April 10, 2013
Bryant Says He’ll Sign DUI Ignition Bill
Bryant Says He’ll Sign DUI Ignition Bill Gov. Phil Bryant’s spokesman says the governor will sign a bill aimed at strengthening laws against drunken driving. A national group that says it represents 80 Mississippi restaurants had urged Bryant to veto House Bill 481. The American Beverage Institute, based in Washington, D.C., said Monday that if…
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April 10, 2013
School district bill sent to governor
School district bill sent to governor Governor Phil Bryant is being asked to sign a bill into law that would consolidate the West Point and Clay County school districts into one district. Senate Bill 2637 was recently passed by the Mississippi Legislature. It calls for the county district to be dissolved into the city district…
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April 10, 2013
Miss. set to add terrorism to death penalty law
Miss. set to add terrorism to death penalty law Mississippi is set to add terrorism to the list of crimes that could lead to the death penalty, if a victim is killed. “The governor intends to sign this public safety measure,” Gov. Phil Bryant’s spokesman, Mick Bullock, told The Associated Press. Mississippi prosecutors already can…
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April 10, 2013
Pender – State budget recap
Pender – State budget recap Here’s a recap of some of the spending in the state’s FY2014 budget, which takes effect July 1: … Geoff Pender Clarion Ledger 4/9/13
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April 10, 2013
ICYMI – Session marked by sweeping education reform
ICYMI – Session marked by sweeping education reform The 2013 legislative session brought landmark education reforms, including public charter schools and rigorous literacy standards for students, a conservative $5.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2014 and new laws aimed at strengthening and protecting families, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said today. Of the new measures enacted,…
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April 9, 2013
PSC’s Presley Gets $1.2 Million Refund for School
PSC’s Presley Gets $1.2 Million Refund for School Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley announced today the reimbursement of $1,230,313.55 to Hernando High School by Entergy Mississippi for over a decade of high electricity bills. From September 2001 to July 2012, Entergy over billed the school for electricity usage for an amount just under a million…
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April 9, 2013
American Beverage Institute wants Gov. Phil Bryant to veto DUI bill
American Beverage Institute wants Gov. Phil Bryant to veto DUI bill A national group that says it represents 80 Mississippi restaurants is urging Gov. Phil Bryant to veto a bill aimed at strengthening laws against drunken driving. The American Beverage Institute, based in Washington, D.C., said Monday that if the bill becomes law, it would…
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April 9, 2013
Sam Hall (D-Clarion Ledger) – Looking Forward, Democrats On Better Footing In Medicaid Expansion
Sam Hall (D-Clarion Ledger) – Looking Forward, Democrats On Better Footing In Medicaid Expansion As might have been expected, talk turned to Medicaid during the Stennis Institute/Capitol Press Corp luncheon featuring Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, and Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Magee. While no new ground was broken, the dichotomy between the positions held by the two…
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April 9, 2013
Blount and Gipson take different views of recently passed business incentives
Blount and Gipson take different views of recently passed business incentives Sen. David Blount and Rep. Andy Gipson agree it’s a matter of time before they join their colleagues in a special session to hash out funding for the state’s Medicaid program. Blount, a Jackson Democrat, and Gipson, a Simpson County Republican, recapped the just-ended…
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April 9, 2013
MS Tea Party – Senate Committee’s Rejection of Bomgar for State Board of Education is a Travesty
By Forest Thigpen (4-7-13) It is a travesty that a majority of the Senate Education Committee would consider the CEO of one of Mississippi’s greatest success stories to be unworthy to serve on the State Board of Education. Maybe the education establishment is afraid that Bomgar might try to apply the same innovation to the…
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December 15, 2025
Lawmakers see financial literacy as a growing need in Mississippi’s colleges and universities
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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December 15, 2025
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup
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Frank Corder
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December 11, 2025
$100 million metallurgical biocarbon manufacturer locating in Pike County
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Frank Corder
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December 2, 2025
BWC Terminals break ground in Pascagoula
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Robert St. John
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December 15, 2025
The last strand of tinsel
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Alistair Begg
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December 15, 2025
The law of love
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Matt Friedeman
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December 14, 2025
Charles Wesley and Christmas
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Russ Latino
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December 10, 2025
University of Mississippi Chancellor responds to Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit, seeks dismissal
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Sid Salter
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December 10, 2025
Guardrails or gravel? Why America and Mississippi must get AI regulation right in 2026
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Merle Flowers
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December 8, 2025
The Parents Over Platforms Act: A targeted, privacy-respecting alternative to ASAA
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