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December 29, 2016
School Superintendents concerned over #MAEP rewrite
Education supes air concerns over MAEP for 2017 legislative session Republican leaders want to rewrite the state’s education funding formula to put more money into the classroom and less into administrative expenses, but that has local superintendents concerned. Thriving in ambiguity is what the superintendents are hoping to achieve given the possibility the funding formula…
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December 29, 2016
State Rep. Holland’s funeral home building in Nettleton given to city for library
Holland Funeral Home to become Nettleton’s new library NETTLETON, Miss (WTVA) — “I am a lifelong learner. I have spent my life in a public library and whatever I might be and whatever I am quite frankly I pretty much owe to two things, the public library and public education of this state and it…
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December 29, 2016
Gov. Bryant, #msleg leaders plan to fill rainy day fund
Leaders plan to follow rainy day fund law in upcoming session JACKSON – Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt.Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn all are in agreement that only 98 percent of the state’s projected revenue for the upcoming fiscal year should be budgeted during the 2017 session. Setting aside the 2 percent –…
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December 29, 2016
#msleg may revise 2016 Budget Transparency and Simplification Act over special funds
Legislators may revise change in Miss. budget process The Budget Transparency and Simplification Act was intended to streamline spending by wiping out the practice of some state government agencies paying others for things such as rent and technology services. It was also supposed to move all “special funds,” which are fees collected for specific programs,…
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December 29, 2016
SALTER: PERS faces unsustainable conditions
Sid Salter: Public pension issue will grow into crisis PERS officials are quick to point out that Mississippi’s pension system is not in “crisis” at this time and that’s true. But our state’s share of the national economic problem of low rates of return on pension system investments and a growing imbalance in the number…
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December 28, 2016
#msleg PEER report recommends more funding for Charter School Authorizer Board
Report calls for more charter school funding The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review, or PEER, is required by law to analyze finances for Mississippi’s fledgling charter schools system, created by legislation in 2013. The report says that funding for charter schools is not providing enough money to also run the Mississippi…
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December 28, 2016
MITCHELL: MSSC swearing in, decisions not high in minds of Mississippians
CHARLIE MITCHELL: Supreme Court oath-taking won’t be quite as spectacular Seven white men, one woman (the fourth in the court’s history), one African-American (the third since Reconstruction) are at the top level of judicial review for the state. There was a time when decisions of the court were almost constantly in the news, but that’s…
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December 28, 2016
Sen. @RogerWicker touts action in Senate under GOP leadership in op-ed
ROGER WICKER: New laws creating overdue reforms Congress ended 2016 with a major piece of legislation to keep goods flowing on our waterways and our communities protected from dangerous floods. The “Water Resources Development Act” (WRDA) is good for Mississippi, authorizing important projects such as dredging for our ports on the Mississippi River and initiatives…
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December 28, 2016
Lawmakers vague on further tax reform in #msleg 2017 session
Mississippi lawmakers vague on ’17 tax proposals JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi lawmakers passed a substantial tax-cut package in 2016, with reductions phasing in over several years. Leaders are vague about whether they will propose other tax changes during the 2017 legislative session that begins Jan. 3. Nicole Kaeding, an economist with the Washington-based Tax…
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December 28, 2016
Former MDOC Commissioner Epps to stay in prison until sentencing, judge says
Judge rejects Epps’ request to leave jail until sentencing U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on Friday rejected a plea from Christopher Epps to release Epps until his May 24 sentencing. Wingate revoked Epps’ bail on Nov. 4 after Epps was charged with stealing outdoor lights and a control box from the house he forfeited…
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December 27, 2016
PETTUS hits keep coming, takes stab at @realDonaldTrump’s “heart”
Gary Pettus: ‘I am Donald’s Heart’ Whatever you may have heard about me from the disgusting media, Donald is not me-less. I exist. And I am better than everyone else’s. You wouldn’t believe how much better. Let me tell you how much: Most are pear-shaped organs about 4 inches across, but I am more like…
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December 27, 2016
70 groups and individuals file motions in #HB1523 case #msleg
HB 1523 opponents growing in number Two days before the Christian holiday, 70 groups and individuals were included in motions filed in federal court offering additional reasons why House Bill 1523, a law Bryant has chosen to defend, should be struck down. HB 1523, or the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act,” legalizes…
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September 5, 2025
Reeves responds to critics over sending Mississippi National Guard to D.C.
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Daniel Tyson
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September 5, 2025
Mississippi PSC takes action against Holly Springs Public Utility
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September 5, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: September 5, 2025
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September 5, 2025
Hiring stalls with US companies reluctant to expand in an uncertain economic landscape
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Lynne Jeter
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September 3, 2025
Hood Industries invests $245 million in Waynesboro expansion
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Lynne Jeter
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August 29, 2025
Tri-state partnership boosts South’s automaker bid
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Susan Marquez
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September 5, 2025
September in Mississippi brings football, books and chicken wings
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Susan Marquez
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September 5, 2025
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service connects Gulf Coast cities
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Alistair Begg
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September 5, 2025
Striving after the wind
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Roger Wicker
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September 5, 2025
Taiwan has resolved to live free
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Sid Salter
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September 3, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Rollins praised MSU’s ag tech, research during campus visit
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Chris Brown
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September 1, 2025
Mississippi shouldn’t subsidize bad decisions, Green New Deal in other states
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