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October 11, 2017
Congressman Thompson Announces FEMA Grants To the Second District
RELEASE Congressman Thompson Announces FEMA Grants To the Second District WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) announced four U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency grants totaling $10,168,502 for Yazoo, Holmes, Montgomery counties and the city of Durant. The grants will be cover the cost of debris removal in result…
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October 11, 2017
State leaders not dismissing Sen. Kirby’s proposed tax referendum
Leaders not dismissing possible statewide vote on tax hike JACKSON – A proposal to allow voters to decide whether to increase taxes to pay for transportation needs was not rejected Tuesday by the state’s Republican leadership. The presiding officers in the Legislature – Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves in the Senate and House Speaker Philip Gunn…
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October 11, 2017
SCOTUS asked to strike down #HB1523
U.S. Supreme Court asked to block new Mississippi law JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Advocates of same-sex marriage are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a new religious objections law in Mississippi. It accommodates government workers and businesses to refuse some services to people based on their own religious beliefs. An appeal to the…
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October 11, 2017
Gov. Bryant says #HB1523 “was democratically enacted and is perfectly constitutional”
Religious Accommodations Act opponents petition U.S. Supreme Court as law takes effect Governor Bryant said in a statement: “As I have said from the beginning, this law was democratically enacted and is perfectly constitutional. The people of Mississippi have the right to ensure that all of our citizens are free to peacefully live and work…
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October 11, 2017
@SenatorWicker Congratulates UMMC on Prestigious Telehealth Award
RELEASE Wicker Congratulates UMMC on Prestigious Telehealth Award Mississippi Continues to Earn National Praise for Harnessing Technology to Provide Care Our state has a well-known record of success in telehealth, having launched groundbreaking health-care initiatives that were once unimaginable. On October 5, the University of Mississippi Medical Center received a national designation solidifying its place…
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October 11, 2017
Congressman Thompson travels to Puerto Rico to view recovery efforts
Ryan leading bipartisan delegation to Puerto Rico Another bipartisan congressional delegation viewed the recovery efforts over the weekend, including Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.), as well as Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). The HIll 10/10/17
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October 10, 2017
First charter serving early elementary grades set to open in Jackson
First charter serving early elementary grades set to open in Jackson Nashville-based charter operator is on track to open Mississippi’s fifth charter school and Jackson’s fourth. Erika Berry, director of external affairs for RePublic Schools, said the group expects to hold a lottery for Joel E. Smilow Collegiate in February. The school plans to start…
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October 10, 2017
Bannon wants incumbents ousted except those that challenged Trump the most like Cruz
Bannon wants candidates to challenge ‘every Republican incumbent’ except Cruz Stephen Bannon is looking to challenge every sitting GOP lawmaker except Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), saying “no one is safe” as he looks to challenge the Republican establishment in the 2018 midterms and beyond. “There’s a coalition coming together that is going to challenge every…
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October 10, 2017
Charlie Mitchell column on corruption in Mississippi
Remake of ‘Casablanca’ to be filmed in Mississippi? A federal —not state — investigation unraveled years of ripping off taxpayers, inmates and their families. In sentencing Epps to nearly 20 years in prison, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate said the total value of contracts involved was $868 million. The judge called the level of criminal…
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October 10, 2017
Starkville High volleyball players kneel during national anthem
SHS volleyball players kneel for anthem at New Hope Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Superintendent Eddie Peasant said he is still “reviewing laws and policies” as to how the district can respond to the protests. In a prepared statement he released Wednesday, he acknowledged the students had First Amendment rights to free speech. But he also…
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October 10, 2017
Campaign for Southern Equality looking for discrimination as a result of HB1523
Mississippi’s HB 1523 Goes into Effect, Nation’s Most Sweeping Anti-LGBT Law HB 1523, the nation’s most sweeping anti-LGBT law, has gone into effect across Mississippi. This law is part of a wave of so-called religious exemption laws that are a backlash to the legalization of marriage equality. But even among its peers, HB 1523 stands…
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October 10, 2017
State Sen. Kirby plans bill to address infrastructure via referendum
Kirby plan would let voters decide on tax increases, new fees for roads, bridges Republican state Sen. Dean Kirby plans to introduce a bill next year that would raise taxes and fees to pay for needed renovations to state roads and bridges, but with several new twists compared to other such proposals that quickly have…
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August 26, 2025
August consumer confidence dips in US with jobs, tariffs and high prices driving most unease
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August 26, 2025
Jackson Police Chief resigns; Hinds County Sheriff named interim top cop in capital city
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 26, 2025
Student assessment scores see slight drop in Mississippi
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Meredith Biesinger
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August 26, 2025
Mississippi’s place on the Great Loop
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Alistair Begg
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August 26, 2025
The Lord of all nations
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Parrish Alford
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August 25, 2025
College football is back: Miss. State at Southern Miss, Georgia State at Ole Miss
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Hunter Estes
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August 25, 2025
It’s time for term limits
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Kelley Williams
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August 24, 2025
Secret rates and subsidies
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Lesley Davis
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August 22, 2025
Sororities go woke – and taxpayers helped pay for it
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