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October 5, 2017
Funds for loaning textbooks to private schools see drop at Dept of Ed
Mississippi had spent up to $600,000 on private school textbooks. Now that’s changing. Citing budget cuts, the Mississippi Department of Education is scaling back the use of state funds to pay for loaning textbooks to some private schools, including treatment facilities and religious schools. The MDE allocated $396,647 for the program for the 2018 fiscal…
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October 5, 2017
#mstop50 in the news: Tupelo mayor, Oxford mayor make the list
Local leaders included in list of top 50 most influential in state JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) – Several local people have been included in a list naming Mississippi’s most influential people. The Mississippi Top 50 Award was created “to recognize those that help, by virtue of their position and talent, move the conversation in Mississippi forward.”……
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October 5, 2017
AG Hood creates mental health task force
Can a task force improve Mississippi’s approach to mental health? JACKSON – After years of asking the Legislature to increase funds for the Department of Mental Health, Mississippi’s attorney general is saying it’s time to change the conversation on mental health in the state. On Tuesday, Attorney General Jim Hood convened the state’s first task…
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October 4, 2017
Sen. Cochran comments on @POTUS Second Disaster Supplemental Request
RELEASE COCHRAN STATEMENT ON SECOND DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today released the following statement on the Trump administration’s request for new emergency supplemental funding to address recent natural disasters, including the damage caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: “A significant number…
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October 4, 2017
YP MEMORY – Jim Hood is now backtracking on mental health stance
From the award winning Y’all Politics Memory Division, in 2015, Attorney General Jim Hood came out aggressively against a Mental Health Task force proposed by the Legislature. Here’s the Clarion Ledger Article. Legislation to study Mississippi’s mental health system met opposition from Attorney General Jim Hood, who claims it could jeopardize the state’s ongoing negotiations…
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October 4, 2017
State Auditor @StaceyPickering issues demand for $250K for former Harrison Central bookkeeper
State Auditor Issues over $250,000 in Demands and Makes Arrests Agents from the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) recently arrested Sherry Brewer, former Bookkeeper for Harrison Central High School. She was issued a demand of $14,698.36, which includes interest and investigative costs. A Harrison County Grand Jury indicted Brewer for embezzlement and alteration of…
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October 4, 2017
State. Sen. Chris McDaniel on Donald Trump – “sometimes we disagree”
Could Mississippi Be the Next Alabama? This time around, McDaniel and other potential challengers are hoping to capitalize on heightened GOP voter dissatisfaction with the Republican-controlled Congress. An analysis of the Alabama race by the Senate Leadership Fund, a Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC that spent heavily on behalf of Strange, explained that GOP leadership has…
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October 4, 2017
Senate confirms Mike Hurst as Mississippi’s next U.S. Attorney
COCHRAN, WICKER CONGRATULATE MIKE HURST ON SENATE CONFIRMATION Miss. Senators Support Hurst’s Confirmation as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today welcomed the unanimous Senate confirmation of D. Michael Hurst of Madison to be the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District…
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October 4, 2017
@CongPalazzo frustrated with Congressional leadership over #Obamacare
Facebook post from Congressman Steven Palazzo: “In 2015, both the House and Senate passed a bill to FULLY and COMPLETELY repeal Obamacare. President Obama vetoed it. “Now that we have a Republican in the White House, I don’t understand why leadership won’t just take that exact same vote. That’s why I’ve joined an effort by…
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October 4, 2017
With only one candidates qualifying for special election offices, DeSoto Co. Election Commissioners scrub election
DeSoto commissioners cancel special election In a surprise move, the DeSoto County Election Commissioners Monday requested to scrub or cancel the Special Election scheduled for Nov. 7, due to the fact only one candidate qualified to run for the Office of Circuit Court Judge, County Court Judge and Prosecuting Attorney. Danny Klein, Chairman of the…
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October 4, 2017
ClarionLedger gives an “Oh Boy!” to State Auditor Pickering for MS Dept of Ed report
Attaboys & Oh Boys for Oct. 4 Oh Boy! To the news from state Auditor Stacey Pickering who says his office found “blatant disregard for state purchasing rules and regulations” at the Mississippi Department of Education. The auditor is questioning millions of dollars in education spending, but called one batch of MDE purchases, totaling $214,470,…
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October 4, 2017
@SenatorWicker Commends Trump’s Pick to Lead Army Corps
RELEASE Wicker Commends Trump’s Pick to Lead Army Corps President Chooses Long-Serving Mississippi River Commission Member WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today welcomed news that President Trump intends to nominate R.D. James to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. If confirmed by the Senate for the position, Mr. James would…
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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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Daniel Tyson
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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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