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January 27, 2017
House Appropriations Committee passes one year ban on state agencies buying, leasing new vehicles
Bill: No new cars for state agencies The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed a one-year ban on most state agencies buying or leasing new vehicles, part of a savings and cuts package legislative budget leaders proposed in the fall. Rep. Toby Barker, R-Hattiesburg, said House Bill 938, authored by Appropriations Chairman John Read, would…
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January 27, 2017
State Sen. Tommy Gollott looks to break #msleg service record this year
Gollott chases longest serving lawmaker record Cy Young’s 749 complete games pitched. Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points basketball game. Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2,632 consecutive baseball games played. Those are records that probably will never be broken. In Mississippi, Sen. Tommy Gollott, R- Biloxi, is working on a record that may never be broken. In September of this year, Gollott…
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January 27, 2017
Pascagoula hardest hit by @EdBuild recommendations while DeSoto Co, Jackson schools would see boon
A.P. examines how school districts fare in funding proposal Below is a table ranking Mississippi school districts by their estimated gain or loss in state aid per student in a scenario drawn from a consultant’s recommendation to alter the state school funding formula. To reach the conclusions, The Associated Press took the base student cost,…
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January 27, 2017
House Ed Committee passes bill requiring public schools to fly #msflag or lose state accreditation
Bill: Make schools fly Mississippi state flag A bill advancing in the Mississippi House would require all K-12 schools to fly the state flag or lose state accreditation. House Bill 280 passed the House Education Committee 13-8 Wednesday. It would require all schools to follow all state laws. WTOK 1/26/16
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January 27, 2017
Senate considers merging Perry Co, Richton and Houston, Chickasaw Co school districts
Lawmakers eye school district mergers Bills are moving ahead in the Mississippi Senate that would require the merger of two sets of school districts in 2019. Senate Bill 2461 would merge the Perry County and Richton school districts. Senate Bill 2463 would consolidate the Houston and Chickasaw County school districts. However, unlike earlier proposals, it…
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January 27, 2017
MS House bill addresses methods of execution
Mississippi could sidestep lawsuits with other execution methods Mississippi, facing repeated court challenges to lethal injection and the difficulty of finding drugs for executions, could start looking at alternative ways to carry out the death penalty. A state House committee Thursday approved legislation to explicitly legalize the current drugs Mississippi plans to use to execute…
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January 27, 2017
MS Senate bill would give Governor oversight of Depts of Health, Mental Health and Rehab Services
Three health agencies could be under governor’s oversight Legislators could give the governor oversight of three more state agencies, the Mississippi State Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Rehabilitation Services. The proposal is in Senate Bill 2567, called the Mississippi Health Agency Reorganization Act of 2017… …The bill passed…
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January 27, 2017
Congressman @GreggHarper spends time with @VP Pence at Republican meeting
Great seeing our Vice President @mike_pence today. It was an honor to spend my first four years in the House with him! pic.twitter.com/jDxCTPOP0J — Gregg Harper (@GreggHarper) January 26, 2017 1/26/17
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January 27, 2017
Senators Wicker, Cochran Announce Army Contract to Advance Supercomputing at ERDC in Vicksburg
RELEASE Wicker, Cochran Announce Army Contract to Advance Supercomputing at ERDC in Vicksburg With $88.8 Million Contract, Army Continues to Invest in Vicksburg Facility to Boost Advanced Computing WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today announced the award of an $88.8 million defense contract to continue expansion of high performance…
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January 27, 2017
@CongPalazzo Praises Trump Administration for Disaster Assistance
RELEASE Palazzo Praises Administration for Disaster Assistance Washington, DC – Congressman Steven Palazzo (MS-4) released a statement today praising the Administration and FEMA Acting Administrator Bob Fenton for their aid in the disaster recovery process following the news conference update: “I would like to thank President Trump, Governor Bryant, and Acting Administrator Fenton…
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January 27, 2017
A #msleg bill requiring sellers of ammunition to keep written records
File this #billoftheday as least likely to ever see the light of the day. Regardless, Rep. Omeria Scott has introduced HB739 that would require anyone selling rifle or pistol ammunition to keep a record of all sales of such cartridges sold, showing the description of the kind and caliber of cartridges so sold, the name,…
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January 27, 2017
Mississippi House of Representatives Weekly Summary for January 27, 2019 #msleg
Mississippi House of Representatives Weekly Summary for January 27, 2017 Committees met frequently during the fourth week of the 2017 legislative session, as next Tuesday’s deadline to have House Bills out of their corresponding committees quickly approaches. After Tuesday, Jan. 31, no additional bills will be added to the House calendar for consideration, and members…
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November 6, 2026
Lipscomb, a first-time candidate, says, “These are not my first fights,” as she launches Secretary of State bid
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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November 6, 2026
U.S. continues to generate jobs, yet inflation is eroding the spending power of millions of Americans
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November 6, 2026
Reeves announces approval of more than 100 Opportunity Zones under federal tax program
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October 22, 2026
New Albany’s claim to cake fame: Sugaree’s Bakery
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Frank Corder
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October 20, 2026
Fairbanks Morse Defense doubling manufacturing capacity at its Pascagoula facility
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Cass Rutledge
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October 20, 2026
Lumber manufacturer investing $8.3 million in Macon expansion
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November 6, 2026
No. 2 Georgia and No. 12 Mississippi meet again in a showcase of two of the SEC’s best since 2023
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November 6, 2026
Veteran’s Day events held across Mississippi
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November 6, 2026
Love in action
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Russ Latino
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November 4, 2026
Democrats took Republicans behind the woodshed. The GOP has only itself to blame
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Sid Salter
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November 4, 2026
Like other tax proposals, California voters on Nov. 3 test-drove a tax on billionaires
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Russ Latino
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November 3, 2026
A time for choosing: America’s future is bigger than one election
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