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February 8, 2017
MS Senate passes bill authored by state Sen. Wiggins to keep BP funds on Coast
Senate approves BP account for Coast The state Senate unanimously passed a bill to create a special account for BP oil disaster settlement money to ensure it is spent on the Coast, not inland. Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, authored Senate Bill 2634 to create the Gulf Coast New Restoration Reserve fund, with others in the…
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February 8, 2017
Cong. @GreggHarper, chair of US House Admin Committee, pushes to end Election Assistance Commission
Harper pushes to shut down federal election agency While President Trump is promising to launch an investigation into his belief that millions of illegal ballots were cast in 2016, the Republican-led House Administration Committee voted Tuesday to shut down the federal agency set up to help states improve their election systems. Rep. Gregg Harper, the Mississippi Republican…
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February 8, 2017
Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders and actor Danny Glover coming to Mississippi to march against Nissan
Bernie Sanders coming to Miss. for march against Nissan U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and actor Danny Glover are coming to Mississippi to help bring attention to what organizers call poor working conditions at Canton’s Nissan manufacturing plant, according to the Mississippi NAACP. The “March on Mississippi” is scheduled for March 4 at the Canton Sportsplex, as advertised by the Mississippi Alliance…
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February 8, 2017
Dept of Revenue won’t release details of Amazon deal to collect internet sales tax
Agency won’t release voluntary internet sales tax deal with Amazon A deal between Mississippi and online retail giant Amazon to voluntarily collect an internet sales tax won’t be available for public view, the Mississippi Department of Revenue said Tuesday. The agency told Mississippi Watchdog that it wouldn’t release its agreement with Amazon due to confidentiality…
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February 8, 2017
@CongPalazzo cosponsors bill to terminate the EPA
Palazzo among those who would shut down EPA Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-4, is one of four Republican congressmen who want to get rid of the EPA. The Biloxi lawmaker is a co-sponsor of what is basically the one-sentence House resolution “to terminate the Environmental Protection Agency.” The bill’s main sponsor is freshman Rep. Matt Gaetz…
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February 8, 2017
Sen. @RogerWicker Votes to Confirm DeVos for Education Secretary
RELEASE Wicker Votes to Confirm DeVos for Education Secretary WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued this statement following Senate approval of Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education: “As the product of our state’s public schools and the father of three children who graduated from Tupelo’s public school…
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February 7, 2017
@AGJimHood responds to @PhilBryantMS op-ed on funding for mental health services #msleg #mselex
Opinion Column by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood Governor Obfuscates with Call for "Gimme some of that mental health REFORM" February 7, 2017
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February 7, 2017
Sen. Thad Cochran statement on confirmation of new Education Sec @BetsyDeVos
RELEASE COCHRAN STATEMENT ON VOTE TO CONFIRM EDUCATION SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding his vote to confirm Elisabeth “Betsy” DeVos to be Secretary of Education: “I met with Betsy DeVos, and received her commitment to public education, addressing the urgent needs of rural…
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February 7, 2017
Gov. Phil Bryant discusses mental health reforms in op-ed
Mental health system needs reform: Gov. Phil Bryant We have to do better. There is no other option. The current governing structure of the Department of Mental Health provides for an executive director who is appointed by a board. Nothing within the governing structure or state law requires the executive director to report to the…
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February 7, 2017
SALTER: Neither Dems nor Repubs can claim high ground on judicial confirmations
Sid Salter: GOP, Dems both have obstructed nominees So “stolen seat” is a bit breathless in terms of characterizing Republican efforts to do the very same thing in the very same way to Garland in 2016. If the GOP has a playbook on partisanship in the judicial confirmation process, rest assured that Democrats are the…
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February 7, 2017
MS House cuts red tape for A and B school districts
House strips ‘red tape’ for A, B districts A Mississippi Delta lawmaker protested that a bill that passed the state’s House of Representatives Monday allowing districts rated A and B to offer teacher incentives such as assisted housing, saying it would draw educators away from struggling school systems. House Bill 1224 exempts top-performing districts in…
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February 7, 2017
Lottery question in limbo in MS House
Lottery turning into headache for speaker JACKSON – The fact that Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, has made no secret of his opposition to enacting a statewide lottery has not kept House members from trying to bring the issue to the forefront. Gunn, who presides over the House, must decide in the coming days whether an…
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June 17, 2025
Appointees named to Mississippi’s Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council
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June 17, 2025
Reeves, Wicker lead Mississippi economic development effort at Paris Air Show
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June 17, 2025
Governor Reeves says it’s “business as usual” despite talk of changes at FEMA
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 17, 2025
Does it represent your sin?
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Parrish Alford
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June 16, 2025
Does House settlement mean stability or more change for college athletics?
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June 16, 2025
A long thank you note
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Kelley Williams
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June 17, 2025
Georgia’s PSC is in the game on data centers, Mississippi’s has been benched
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Kimberly Ross
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June 17, 2025
Perceived hypocrisy does not an excuse make for violent mob-driven riots
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David Rives
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June 16, 2025
The designer of fatherhood: How God’s character shapes earthly Dads
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