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January 4, 2013
Mississippi Tea Party – Call your Senator over fiscal cliff vote
There they go again. Congress and Obama just passed a bill to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. But instead of focusing on the real driver of our fiscal imbalance, runaway government spending, Congress passed a bill that’s all taxes and no serious spending reductions. The bill was filled with terrible economic policy from top to…
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January 4, 2013
Cottonmouth – Nancy Loome of Parents Campaign exposes profiteering of charter schools
Nancy Loome of Parents Campaign exposes profiteering of charter schools Nancy Loome of the Parents’ Campaign penned an article for today’s Clarion-Ledger that exposes one of the big problems with the charter school movement. It’s paid for by big businesses who have something on their minds other than your kid’s education: their profits. From the…
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January 4, 2013
SALTER: Legislature faces thorny 2013 issues
SALTER: Legislature faces thorny 2013 issues Mississippi lawmakers face the usual lineup of tough issues in the 2013 session – the state budget, transportation issues, charter schools, renewed calls for a state bond bill, and perhaps the toughest issue of all, the question of whether or not to expand the state’s Medicaid program. The 2013…
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January 4, 2013
Mississippi lawmakers face April deadline for budget
Mississippi lawmakers face April deadline for budget Mississippi budget writers have released their initial proposals. But they’re months away from deciding exactly how much the state will spend on education, health care and other services during fiscal 2014, which begins July 1. There are significant differences between a plan drafted by Republican Gov. Phil Bryant…
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January 4, 2013
Cochran ousts Roberts as top Ag Committee Republican
Cochran ousts Roberts as top Ag Committee Republican Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has ousted Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) as the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee in the new Congress. The move makes it more likely that the new five-year farm bill the committee is crafting will have more provisions for southern crops. “I…
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January 4, 2013
Bryant is trying to stop Healthcare exchange
Miss. health insurance exchange proposal in limbo Mississippi’s proposed health insurance exchange is in limbo because of a dispute between the governor and the insurance commissioner. Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney are Republicans. They disagree about which one of them has authority to create a plan and submit it for federal approval.…
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January 3, 2013
PERRY – Fordice daughter pens memoir
PERRY/Fordice daughter pens memoir Many of us talk about Kirk Fordice; but few in Mississippi actually knew the man that ushered in an era of Republican dominance in the state. As a high school senior, I interned for him during his first term as governor; a role I repeated in college during his second term.…
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January 3, 2013
Brumfield – More political, budget fights loom
More political, budget fights loom Opponents to the last-minute federal fiscal cliff deal see the same fights moving into the next Congress. “I think it’s indicative of how things will play out over the next few months and the next four years,” said Rep. Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo. Nunnelee and his House colleagues lost a 257-167…
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January 3, 2013
Siemens, Jackson reach $90M deal on massive infrastructure project
Siemens, Jackson reach $90M deal on massive infrastructure project Ending months of negotiations, the city of Jackson and Siemens have agreed to a $90 million deal that Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. has called the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history. The complex deal still needs approval from the Mississippi Development Authority, but the contract…
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January 3, 2013
CEO stands behind controversial Mississippi Power plant in Kemper County
CEO stands behind controversial Mississippi Power plant in Kemper County In the woods of east Mississippi, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. is pouring billions of dollars into construction of a power plant that burns coal but would emit less carbon dioxide. It’s a response to looming federal limits on carbon emissions as regulators try…
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January 3, 2013
Harper: Get serious about spending
Harper: Get serious about spending U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper said he’s fought to reform entitlements and cut spending for years and the “fiscal cliff” bill Congress passed late on New Year’s accomplishes neither of those goals. “For four years, I’ve fought to reform entitlements and cut spending,” said Harper, a Republican, in a Twitter post…
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January 3, 2013
Charter schools talk a political red herring
During Mississippi’s upcoming 2013 legislative session, we will hear a lot of talk about charter schools. It’s nothing new, since for two years now, at least, the vast majority of educational reform energy has been focused on charter schools. It’s just that this year, education reform is getting even more attention — meaning charter schools…
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June 6, 2025
State funding for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning down from previous year
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
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Daniel Tyson
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June 6, 2025
Legal fight over control of Jackson airport continues
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 6, 2025
Take a Dip this Summer: Your guide to Mississippi’s best water parks
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 6, 2025
Have I betrayed Him?
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Ben Smith
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June 5, 2025
Love God, love family, and shoot ducks
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Russ Latino
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June 6, 2025
Make America Boring Again
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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