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April 18, 2013
Miss. senators vote no on expanded background checks
Miss. senators vote no on expanded background checks Mississippi Sens. Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran voted Wednesday against proposals to expand gun-related background checks and ban assault weapons. Each proposal failed to get the 60 votes needed for passage. The background checks amendment, which failed 54-46, was the core of the Senate’s gun-control legislation. Drafted…
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April 18, 2013
Lee County Justice Court Judge also got suspicious letter
Lee County Justice Court Judge also got suspicious letter Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland received a letter containing a suspicious substance, similar to letters received by President Barack Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said at a Wednesday night news conference that his department was notified of the suspicious…
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April 18, 2013
Gov. Bryant calling lawmakers back into session for auto supplier
Gov. Bryant calling lawmakers back into session for auto supplier Gov. Phil Bryant is calling the Mississippi Legislature back into special session, Capitol sources say, to consider economic incentives for an automotive supplier that wants to locate a plant near West Point. Lawmakers and others said they’ve been told the session would be April 29th.…
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April 18, 2013
BRIAN PERRY – Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) right to debate guns
PERRY/Wicker right to debate guns Wicker voted to proceed with debate and consideration of the bill under an open-amendment process, along with 18 other Senators with an A or A+ rating from the National Rifle Association. That means there will be debates on amendments, votes on amendments and debate on the bill. In the end,…
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April 18, 2013
BIGGERPIE – MS Democratic Party chairman: Kemper plant already built
MS Democratic Party chairman: Kemper plant already built Q. From a political perspective, the Republicans have been extremely supportive of the Kemper plant. Former Gov. Haley Barbour was much in favor of the plant. At the Public Service Commission, the two Republican commissioners – Leonard Bentz and Lynn Posey – have supported it, but the…
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April 17, 2013
Jackson wins in HD11 runoff for Joe Gardner’s seat
Jackson wins handily, takes Gardner’s empty House seat Lataisha Jackson has won a runoff election in House District 11 to fill the unexpired term of the late state Rep. Joe Gardner. Complete, but unofficial, returns from yesterday’s runoff showed Jackson with about 70 percent of the vote over Anderson Boothe. MBJ 4/17/13
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April 17, 2013
Judge grants prison return motion by Dickie Scruggs
Judge grants prison return motion by Dickie Scruggs Former famed Oxford ligitator Richard “Dickie” Scruggs asks to return to prison while his legal appeals play out in what’s called the Scruggs II bribery case. Friday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rejected his legal team’s arguments and upheld his 2009 conviction for…
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April 17, 2013
Pickering – DMR Considers Decision to Transfer Boats to Mississippi Taxpayers
(Biloxi, Miss.) – Today, State Auditor Stacey Pickering met with Mississippi Department of Marine Resource Foundation board members at the Bolton State Office Building in Biloxi, Miss. The board agreed to meet within the next 7 to 10 days to discuss transferring ownership of two boats that were being leased from the DMR Foundation by…
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April 17, 2013
Gov. Bryant Enacts Measure to Create Coast-Wide Tourism Partnership
Gov. Bryant Enacts Measure to Create Coast-Wide Tourism Partnership BILOXI—Flanked by local elected officials, business leaders and tourism leaders, and members of the Legislature, Gov. Phil Bryant today signed a bill that creates a unified, Coast-wide tourism partnership. House Bill 1716, establishes the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau to serve as the…
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April 17, 2013
Condoleezza Rice and Haley Barbour to host Silicon Valley immigration forum
Condoleezza Rice and Haley Barbour to host Silicon Valley immigration forum Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will host a public forum on immigration reform next week in Silicon Valley. The panel discussion will take place just days after the unveiling of a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill. Talking about immigration reform and its implications…
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April 17, 2013
CL – Talks on Medicaid necessary for state
Talks on Medicaid necessary for state During a Stennis Center/Capitol Press Corp luncheon Monday, Sen. David Blount made an off-hand comment about the state providing $25 million in tax incentives for “an outlet mall in Rankin County.” Blount was making an argument in favor of Medicaid expansion, which he said would cost the state $1.1…
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April 17, 2013
Report shows: Mississippi records near-record voter turnout in 2012 presidential election
Report shows: Mississippi records near-record voter turnout in 2012 presidential election A new reports finds more than 1.285 million Mississippians voted for president in 2012, one the largest turnouts ever in the state. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says in a news release that the figure was second only to voter participation in the 2008…
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 28, 2026
Mississippi lawmaker calls for ban on kratom products
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Frank Corder
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September 28, 2026
U.S. Dept. of Education rescinds Biden-era attempt to expand Title IX beyond “biological reality”
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Frank Corder
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September 28, 2026
Governor sets Senate District 34 special election
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Cass Rutledge
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September 25, 2026
A&W Custom Furniture expanding in Okolona, adding 20 jobs
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Frank Corder
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September 24, 2026
England-based SubSea Craft expanding operations, locating U.S. facility on Mississippi Coast
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Cass Rutledge
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September 23, 2026
Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area
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September 28, 2026
Scenes from Davis Wade: Miss. State vs. Missouri
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Robert St. John
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September 28, 2026
More to be thankful for
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Matt Friedeman
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September 28, 2026
The ‘Mississippi Miracle’ and what it can mean for the Church
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Roger Wicker
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September 28, 2026
Putin must be defeated
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Sid Salter
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September 23, 2026
Midterm elections in Mississippi shaping up as a familiar exercise in black-and-white
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Bill Cork
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September 22, 2026
The states winning investment are the states ready to deliver
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