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March 16, 2016
Workforce training bill headed to Governor Bryant for signature
Workforce Training Bill Heads to Governor Jackson, Miss. – Legislation to bolster Mississippi’s workforce is on the way to Gov. Bryant’s desk. The House passed Senate Bill 2808 on Tuesday. The bill creates the Mississippi Works Fund to provide highly focused workforce training for new and existing businesses. This fund is an addition to the…
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March 16, 2016
Judge Carlton Reeves questions court’s standing to decide if #MSflag should be removed
Judge: Is Court Proper Place for Mississippi Flag Debate? A federal judge is ordering attorneys to file arguments over whether courts have standing to decide if Mississippi should remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves has set a Mar. 21 deadline for briefs by Mississippi Attorney General Jim…
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March 16, 2016
MS Senate committees pass gas tax placeholder bill to beat deadline
Committee balks at roads tax increase Simmons introduced a proposal Tuesday to add an 8-percent sales tax on gasoline and diesel, increase the cost of car tags with varying user fees and require counties to raise taxes in order to share the money that would be generated to fix the state’s ailing roads and bridges.…
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March 16, 2016
Senate Appropriations Committee whacks away at state budget but increases education spending
First Senate budget draft is ugly That chopping sound you might have heard near High Street on Tuesday was the Senate Appropriations Committee whacking away at most state agencies — passing out first drafts of budget bills that cut about 4 percent from most budgets, on top of roughly 1.5 percent mid year cuts recently…
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March 16, 2016
Hosemann orders Ocean Springs Bluebird Cancer Retreat to stop soliciting donations
Hosemann orders adult cancer camp shutdown Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said in a statement that his office has ordered Ocean Springs-based Mississippi Gulf Coast Bluebird Cancer Retreat to stop soliciting donations, the Sun Herald reported. Hosemann said his office found several violations of state law, including failing to provide exam records and notification of…
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March 15, 2016
Gas tax discussion picks up steam
WLOX.com – The News for South Mississippi WLOX / WLBT 3/14/16
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March 15, 2016
Senate Transportation chair Sen. Simmons (D) proposes increases in gas, county taxes and car tags
Senate chair: Raise taxes, car tag fees for roads Senate Transportation Chairman Willie Simmons on Monday unveiled a proposal to add an 8 percent sales tax on gasoline and diesel, increase the cost of car tags with varying user fees, and require counties to raise taxes in order to share the money that would be…
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March 15, 2016
AP requests MS House, Senate email, schedules to “test government openness”
Top Miss. lawmakers: Email, schedule not for public JACKSON – Republican leaders in the Mississippi House and Senate have denied a request for email correspondence and information about their schedules, saying the state Public Records Act does not apply to legislators. Top Democrats in each chamber ignored identical records requests The Associated Press submitted as…
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March 14, 2016
MBJ: Support for gas tax for roads, bridges cited in YP poll
New poll shows Mississippi voters back higher gas taxes for roads, bridges Magellan Strategies BR’s automated telephone survey shows 43 percent support from Republican voters and 42 percent from Democrats. The pollsters surveyed “likely” voters in the state’s March 8 presidential primaries. A total of 995 Republicans and 471 Democrats responded. Opposition from likely Republican…
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March 14, 2016
CRAWFORD: If not conservative leaders, who can we depend on to teach our children virtues, morality?
BILL CRAWFORD — America struggling to provide moral examples for children If not our conservative leaders, what institutions can we depend upon today to teach our children virtues and morality? Thomas Jefferson said this was the responsibility of our public schools. But, many fail in this duty. So, we rely on our churches. But, many…
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March 14, 2016
Future of #MS01 could soon be in DeSoto County voters’ hands
1st District could see ‘tug of war’ for dominance Three of the past four representatives of the district – Roger Wicker, Alan Nunnelee and now Kelly – have all hailed from Lee County, while the fourth, Travis Childers, was from neighboring Prentiss County. However, according to recent census numbers, DeSoto County is the state’s third…
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March 14, 2016
SALTER: Early voting no panacea for increasing turnout but would bring MS into modern era
Sid Salter: Early voting would take state into modern era The fact is early voting is no panacea for increasing voter turnout just as voter ID was no panacea to eliminating election fraud. The fact is absentee ballots in Mississippi still present the greatest opportunity for political mischief. Republicans and Democrats alike know this. With…
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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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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Susan Marquez
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December 26, 2025
A cure for the post-holiday blues
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Alistair Begg
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December 26, 2025
Dead-end streets
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 25, 2025
Where Christmas comes to life: Mississippi’s growing role in holiday movies
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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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