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June 13, 2016
Chairmen Turner, Polk look to strengthen oversight ability of Personal Service Contract Review Board
Turner seeking further oversight of state bid process Even as federal officials continue to investigate the alleged scheme where former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps received bribes for the awarding of contracts to private companies, legislative leaders say they are looking for ways to further strengthen a committee designed to provide oversight of…
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June 13, 2016
State Rep. Jay Hughes (D) attempts to link MS Republican Legislators to convicted AL Speaker
State Rep. Jay Hughes, a freshman Democrat, posted this on Facebook on Sunday, seemingly trying to link the Mississippi Republican legislative supermajority to the now convicted Alabama Speaker of the House. Hughes posted a picture of the Alabama Speaker with Mississippi House Speaker ProTem Rep. Greg Snowden, writing, “SPECIAL INTERESTS & CRONIES IN A SUPERMAJORITY:…
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June 13, 2016
Lt. Gov. Reeves speaks at Leadership Lauderdale ceremony
Reeves speaks at Leadership Lauderdale graduation Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves congratulated the graduates, touched on education in the state and described the ingredients that make an outstanding leader at Thursday’s Leadership Lauderdale 2016 graduation ceremony at the Riley Center…. …To succeed as a whole, Reeves said the state must improve its educational system. “If we…
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June 13, 2016
State Treasurer Fitch pitches college saving, financial literacy in DeSoto County
Children are state’s ‘treasure’ Who better to make the pitch to set aside savings for their college education than Lynn Fitch, Mississippi State Treasurer… …”We are No. 1 in poverty — that just breaks my heart,” Fitch told an audience of more than 300 people gathered at Northpoint for the DeSoto County Economic Development Council’s…
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June 13, 2016
PENDER: Mississippi government’s default setting is secrecy
Geoff Pender: State government’s default setting is secrecy Mississippi government’s default setting is secrecy. I base the above statement on more than 25 years of waiting outside government boardrooms while the boards met in secret and discussed matters that should have been discussed in public. I base it on untold hours spent trying to get…
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June 13, 2016
Embezzlement trial for Morgan Shands delayed until November
Politico Shands’ embezzlement trial repeatedly delayed The bingo-related embezzlement trial of state politico and attorney Morgan Shands originally set for December 2014 has been postponed repeatedly and will remain on hold at least until November. Meanwhile Shands of Bay St. Louis has defaulted on his agreement to repay more than $370,000 over 10 years to…
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June 13, 2016
Gov. Bryant expresses pride in daughter’s job
Gov. Bryant excited about his daughter’s job Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he was expressing pride in his daughter when he said her job as a county board of supervisors’ attorney is “usually not a position for a young lady.” He told high school girls at a leadership program: “Most board attorneys tend to be…
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June 11, 2016
Sen. Thad Cochran sponsors and gets Senate to pass Racial Amity Resolution
SENATE PASSES COCHRAN SPONSORED RACIAL AMITY RESOLUTION Measure Designates Sunday as a National Day of Racial Amity and Reconciliation WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today approved a bipartisan resolution sponsored by U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) to designate Sunday, June 12, as a National Day of Racial Amity and Reconciliation.…
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June 11, 2016
Rep. Trent Kelly weekly newsletter 6/10/16
Thank you for taking the time to read my weekly newsletter. ACTIONS IN THE HOUSE Reliable and Affordable Energy This week, the House voted on legislation to protect access to reliable and affordable energy. Regardless of the impact to consumers or the economy, the president and Democrats in Congress are determined to eliminate fossil fuels…
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June 11, 2016
Reeves – some agency heads crying to media because #msleg is trying to do budgeting differently
Agencies fume, legislators triumph in budget battle “I’ve said repeatedly that this is not going to be an easy transition,” Reeves told Mississippi Today in a phone interview. “Change is always tough in government because people don’t want to do anything different. “They feel like if they’ve done it one way for 20 years, they…
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June 10, 2016
Special session on the horizon? Only Governor Bryant knows for sure
Call likely limited to FY 2016 shortfall by Frank Corder
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June 10, 2016
US Senators Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran anchor Seersucker Day lineup in US Senate
Seersucker, Seersucker Everywhere It’s National Seersucker Day and boy, did we celebrate! Despite Sen. Bernie Sanders’ meetings in the Capitol — who wasn’t wearing seersucker, by the way — and President Barack Obama endorsing Hillary Clinton (they weren’t, either), the Capitol still took a little time out of its day for the political stripe. The…
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December 23, 2025
Coast Guard returning full operations to its Pascagoula station
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 23, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education launches AI pilot program in 15 school districts
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December 23, 2025
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Marilyn Tinnin
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December 24, 2025
The Nutcracker: An enduring Christmas tradition
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Alistair Begg
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December 24, 2025
Prophecy fulfilled
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 23, 2025
The Singing Christmas Tree: A Belhaven tradition and a Mississippi legacy
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Sid Salter
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December 24, 2025
Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s
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Donna Akers
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December 23, 2025
The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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