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September 20, 2011
State agencies put in 2012 requests seeking up to $1 billion more than last year
From the Clarion Ledger… By the end of the week, state budget writers are likely to hear funding requests for the coming year that total as much as $1 billion more than they had to spend this year. No one expects the state to have the money to cover all of the requests, but agency…
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September 20, 2011
Bonds approved for civil rights, history museum
From the ClarionLedger… Mississippi moved one step closer to what could be the nation’s first state-sponsored civil rights museum when the Bond Commission on Monday unanimously approved the sale of $354 million in tax-exempt bonds. The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will get $40 million together in bond funding. “My…
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September 20, 2011
Jackson County taking bids on $20 million maritime training facility
From the Mississippi Press… PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — Jackson County leaders today began inviting companies to bid on a $20 million maritime training facility to be built on Ingalls Shipbuilding property. On Monday, the Board of Supervisors and the Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners passed a joint resolution to advertise bid on the federally funded shipbuilding…
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September 20, 2011
Hob Bryan’s opponent drops out
From the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal… JACKSON – Veteran state Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, will not face opposition in the Nov. 8 general election. Aberdeen businessman Ed Mattox, who had qualified to run against Bryan as a Republican, sent a letter to the state Election Commission stating he was dropping out for business and personal…
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September 20, 2011
Milking a dry udder
by Frank Corder
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September 19, 2011
Yes on 26 builds ‘Mississippians for Healthy Families’ a website
“Mississippians for Healthy Families” (MFHF) was established in recent weeks to counter the Personhood Ballot Initiative and the Yes on 26 group. MFHF has a Facebook site but no website as of yet, so the supporters of the amendment with the Yes on 26 group built them one! Here’s the link. Now when people search…
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September 19, 2011
Jerry Mitchell looks into AG race
Jerry Mitchell looks into AG race Attorney General Jim Hood’s campaign is questioning whether former Public Safety Commissioner Steve Simpson should be working for the same company he helped give a $5.9 million state contract. “Steve Simpson being secretly hired by a company to which he awarded a state contract just days before he quit…
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September 19, 2011
Will ballot initiatives sway turnout?
Will ballot initiatives sway turnout? JACKSON (AP) — Most political observers have little doubt three ballot initiatives to amend the Mississippi Constitution will pass on Nov. 8, but there’s debate over whether they will drive higher voter turnout or give the GOP an advantage. With elections drawing near, the initiatives don’t appear to have drawn…
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September 19, 2011
CL – Budget process should be more open, more accountable and more performance-based
Budget process should be more open, more accountable and more performance-based The unusual turnover in key leadership positions of state government has raised questions about how the budget process should proceed. Officials working on the budget now will be turning over that responsibility to a new crop of budget-writers in January. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant…
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September 19, 2011
Cochran eyes alternatives to earmarks
Cochran eyes alternatives to earmarks WASHINGTON — Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran said he’s frustrated that Congress has done away with the controversial earmarking procedure he and other lawmakers once used to steer money to their home states for military bases, schools and other programs. But Cochran, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said…
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September 19, 2011
Henry Barbour continues raising money for Rick Perry
Henry Barbour continues raising money for Rick Perry Mississippi-based Perry fundraiser Henry Barbour, a nephew of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, is raising money for the campaign, not the independent Make Us Great Again PAC. But he sees the new super PACs as powerful forces. “You can do a lot with $55 million,” said Barbour. “You’re…
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September 19, 2011
AP – Political partisan speaker’s race ahead
Political partisan speaker’s race ahead JACKSON — The 2012 election of a new speaker to lead the state House of Representatives is taking on a new look — more partisan, with fewer uncommitted members for one candidate to try to snatch from another. The speakership is one of the most powerful positions in state government.…
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June 12, 2026
U.S. and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan’s prime minister says
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 12, 2026
MDOT planning capacity projects, conducting other road work across the state
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June 12, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: June 12, 2026
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Frank Corder
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June 10, 2026
NPL Construction locating fabrication, manufacturing operations in Greenwood
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Frank Corder
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June 8, 2026
EVE Energy makes U.S. Dept. of War’s roster of “Chinese military companies”
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Matt Friedeman
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June 14, 2026
God does not play
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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June 12, 2026
College World Series field once again tilts heavily toward SEC
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Alistair Begg
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June 12, 2026
Comfort for a troubled mind
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Roger Wicker
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June 12, 2026
Wicker: Mississippi leads in national defense
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Ashby Foote
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June 11, 2026
A Jackson data center: Threat or opportunity?
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Andy Gipson
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June 10, 2026
Working with the Trump administration to eliminate welfare fraud
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