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November 6, 2015
HD 79: Tullos (R) over incumbent Eaton (D) by 6; HD 122: Baria (D) up by 103
Party switch gives GOP supermajority, strengthens Gunn House District 79 — It appears Republican challenger Mark Tullos of Raleigh has defeated incumbent Democratic Rep. Bo Eaton of Taylorsville. Tullos leads by six votes, and there are only four affidavit votes out pending photo ID verification. Tullos told supporters, “Don’t ever believe that your vote doesn’t…
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November 6, 2015
Speaker Gunn, ProTem Snowden renominated by House Republican Caucus
Party switch gives GOP supermajority, strengthens Gunn The House Republican Caucus met at the Capitol on Thursday, and unanimously renominated Gunn as speaker for the new four-year term starting in January. It also renominated Rep. Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, as speaker pro tempore and Andrew Ketchings as clerk of the House. Their elections in January are…
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November 6, 2015
It’s official: Steverson switches to GOP, giving House Republicans a supermajority
Rep. Jody Steverson (D-Ripley) Switches Parties Jackson, MS—Speaker Philip Gunn today confirmed that Representative Jody Steverson, a Democrat from Ripley, Miss., has joined the Republican Party. “We are pleased with Rep. Steverson’s decision,” said Speaker Gunn. “His views and ideology closely align with those of the Republican Party. We look forward to continuing our work…
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November 6, 2015
Rep. Jody Steverson flips to give Republicans 74 seat supermajority #msleg
Quick flip: Steverson switch to GOP gives supermajority Bobby Harrison at the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal is reporting that state Rep. Jody Steverson, D-Ripley, plans to switch to the Republican Party — just two days after his re-election as a Democrat. This would give the House GOP a 74-seat supermajority. Clarion Ledger 11/5/15
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November 5, 2015
PERRY writes of Rep. Greg Snowden’s memory of Fred Thompson
BRIAN PERRY/Snowden recalls Thompson Mississippi House Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden (R-Meridian) worked for Thompson in 1977 as a law clerk. “I was there when his acting career began,” Snowden said. Thompson represented Marie Ragghianti who had served as Chairman of the Tennessee Parole Board. But the man who appointed her, Democrat Governor Ray Blanton,…
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November 5, 2015
Pro42ers call Legislature “selfish,” say they put edu last despite it being biggest budget item
WLOX.com – The News for South Mississippi WLOX 11/4/15
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November 5, 2015
Post election #Initiative42 comments
What’s next after failed school funding initiative? Despite the loss, those with the campaign said Initiative 42 “was just the beginning.” “Of the approximately 640,000 Mississippi voters who cast ballots on Tuesday – one of the lowest turnouts in state history – only about 25,000 more people voted against the amendment than voted for it.…
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November 5, 2015
Wicker Votes to Overturn EPA’s Water Rule
RELEASE: Wicker Votes to Overturn EPA’s Water Rule Following Judicial Action, Senate Acts to Stop Administration’s Overreach WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted for a Senate proposal to overturn an Obama Administration rule that would give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers new power to regulate irrigation ditches,…
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November 5, 2015
Cochran votes to curb EPA overreach
RELEASE: COCHRAN VOTES TO CURB EPA OVERREACH ON CLEAN WATER REGS Legislation Would Stop EPA’s Regulation of New Ditches, Ponds and Puddles WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today voted to advance a Resolution of Disapproval to effectively reject the Obama administration’s expansion of federal jurisdiction over isolated non-navigable waters and wetlands under…
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November 5, 2015
Palazzo talks freedom of religion on House floor
Congressman Palazzo addresses House about freedom of religion On Wednesday, Mississippi congressman Steven Palazzo spoke on the House floor, expressing his concerns for Americans’ right to freedom of religion. Palazzo said there are recent events taking place in Mississippi as well as across the nation that threaten the U.S. First Amendment right. WDAM 11/4/15
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November 5, 2015
Speaker Gunn talks Democrats switching parties to reach Republican supermajority
Will Mississippi Democrat switch parties to give House GOP a supermajority? Gunn said Wednesday that he might try to persuade at least one Democrat to switch parties to reach the 60-percent supermajority of 74. He would not name names, but said: “There are Democrats right now who ought to be Republican.” Gunn said he has…
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November 5, 2015
DAILY JOURNAL: Cochran, Wicker played influential roles in federal budget deal
DAILY JOURNAL: OUR OPINION: Federal budget deal clears the 2016 deck President Barack Obama’s signing Monday of a bipartisan, two-year federal budget bill avoids default, probably a a government sutdown, and delays another all-out fighting over budgeting until at least the presidential and congressional campaigns in 2016. Obama received the budget after bipartisan coalitions in…
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September 19, 2025
Congressional midterms taking shape in Mississippi
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 19, 2025
AGB Search chosen to assist IHL in nationwide search for new JSU president
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Frank Corder
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September 19, 2025
Mississippi’s Thompson votes against U.S. House resolution honoring Charlie Kirk
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September 17, 2025
Ridgeland-based HORNE to join BDO USA
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Lynne Jeter
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September 16, 2025
Port Pascagoula drives $18.3 billion in economic impact for Mississippi
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September 15, 2025
A framework deal on TikTok has been reached between the US and China
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Susan Marquez
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September 21, 2025
Music world lost a legend with passing of Bobby Whitlock
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 19, 2025
Discover treasures at Relics in Tupelo
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Alistair Begg
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September 19, 2025
Theology for life
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Russ Latino
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September 18, 2025
Kimmel’s “the FCC won’t let me be” moment
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Russ Latino
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September 18, 2025
Sticks and stones: Navigating ‘free speech’ after Charlie Kirk’s murder
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Sid Salter
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September 17, 2025
Nash’s book chronicles a new take on the realities of ‘Reconstruction in Mississippi’
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