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February 17, 2015

House Dem leader Rep. Moak uses Alday comments to take shot at Gov. Bryant

CRAWDADDY: Mississippi lawmaker says the hour was late when he made racist crack Democrats took a shot a Gov. Phil Bryant as well. “Comments about teachers ‘not prepared to teach children to read’ and ‘Mississippi’s public education system has been an abysmal failure’ demonstrate Governor Bryant’s failure to understand what educators do while racially divisive…

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February 17, 2015

State Sen. Nancy Collins plans to change House bill on doing business with Iran

Miss. senator says she plans to alter Iran divestment bill JACKSON, MISS. — A Mississippi state senator trying to curtail investments in Iran says she’s reworking the bill over concerns that it could hurt the state’s ability to work with automaker Toyota Motor Corp. The state Senate allowed Senate Bill 2807 to die at a…

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February 17, 2015

Former Sen. Trent Lott in Pascagoula Friday to speak at maritime museum meeting

Trent Lott in Pascagoula this week for Mississippi Maritime Museum’s membership meeting PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — Pascagoula native and former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott will be in town this week for the Mississippi Maritime Museum’s 2nd annual general membership meeting. The event is slated for Friday at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn in Pascagoula.…

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February 17, 2015

Sen. Cochran announces $220 million helicopter production contract for Columbus facility

Cochran announces $220M helicopter contract in Miss. COLUMBUS, MISS. — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., says the U.S. Army has approved a $220.5 million contract for the production of UH-72A Lakota helicopters in Columbus. The contract to Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. is for the procurement of 41 Lakota helicopters equipped with Airborne Radio Communications…

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February 17, 2015

Legislative Republicans pushing small hospital aid pool while Dems want Medicaid expansion

Small-hospital aid bills fire up Medicaid debate JACKSON – Bills advancing in the Mississippi Legislature are re-ignitingdebate on whether the state should expand Medicaid as allowed under federal law…. …Yet this session the Mississippi House has passed legislation to create a $10 million pool of state funds designed to help struggling, rural hospitals and OK’d…

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February 16, 2015

LG Tate Reeves files paperwork with GOP to run for re-election

Lt. Governor Makes Re-Election Bid Official Reeves files paperwork with GOP to run for Lt. Governor Lt. Governor Tate Reeves was joined earlier today by his wife, Elee, and their three girls as he filed his qualifying paperwork at the Mississippi Republican Party headquarters to run for re-election as Mississippi’s Lt. Governor. After filing for…

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February 16, 2015

Gov Phil Bryant campaign web ad on Education and 3rd Grade Reading Gate

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February 16, 2015

MS House Speaker Philip Gunn Condemns Comments Made by Rep. Gene Alday

Speaker Gunn Condemns Comments Made by Rep. Gene Alday “I condemn the comments recently made by Rep. Gene Alday,” said Speaker of the House Philip Gunn. “They do not reflect the views of the Republican party, nor of the leadership of the House of Representatives.” MS House Speaker Philip Gunn Press Release 2/16/15

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February 16, 2015

Judge Carlton Reeves sentencing remarks to hate crime murderers

One of my former history professors, Dennis Mitchell, recently released a history book entitled, A New History of Mississippi. “Mississippi,” he says, “is a place and a state of mind. The name evokes strong reactions from those who live here and from those who do not, but who think they know something about its people…

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February 16, 2015

Madison County GOP President’s Day Gala featuring House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy tonight

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February 16, 2015

DJ Editorial – #MS1 Special election should be as early as possible

Special election should be as early as possible Some have speculated that the governor will set the election to coincide with the Aug. 4 state, district and county party primaries. We hope that doesn’t happen, for several reasons. Chief among them is that the 1st District doesn’t need to go that long without representation in…

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February 16, 2015

Rep. Gene Alday should retire after race-tinged comments

Rep. Gene Alday should retire after race-tinged comments The former mayor of Walls (population 1,248) went on to say, “I come from a town where all the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call ‘welfare crazy checks.’ They don’t work.” Sam Hall Clarion Ledger 2/16/15

News

News | Russ Latino •

January 13, 2026

Mississippi’s Catholic Bishops support House plan to create Education Savings Accounts

News | Mark Sherman, Associated Press •

January 13, 2026

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports

News | Frank Corder •

January 13, 2026

Alleged Beth Israel arsonist indicted by Hinds County grand jury

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

January 13, 2026

Higgins contracted to lead Tate County economic development

Business | Frank Corder , Daniel Tyson •

January 8, 2026

xAI investing more than $20 billion in Southaven data center

Business | Frank Corder •

December 19, 2025

Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility

Culture

Culture | Meredith Biesinger •

January 13, 2026

The stories that can’t be replaced: Inside Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood

Culture | Alistair Begg •

January 13, 2026

Blind from birth

Culture | Robert St. John •

January 12, 2026

Mardi Gras in the Hub City

Opinion

Opinion | Kimberly Ross •

January 13, 2026

Renee Good’s death may have been legally justifiable. It’s still tragic

Opinion | Russ Latino •

January 12, 2026

Trump White House endorses Speaker Jason White’s universal school choice plan

Opinion | Roger Wicker •

January 9, 2026

Magnolia Tribune

House Dem leader Rep. Moak uses Alday comments to take shot at Gov. Bryant

State Sen. Nancy Collins plans to change House bill on doing business with Iran

Former Sen. Trent Lott in Pascagoula Friday to speak at maritime museum meeting

Sen. Cochran announces $220 million helicopter production contract for Columbus facility

Legislative Republicans pushing small hospital aid pool while Dems want Medicaid expansion

LG Tate Reeves files paperwork with GOP to run for re-election

Gov Phil Bryant campaign web ad on Education and 3rd Grade Reading Gate

MS House Speaker Philip Gunn Condemns Comments Made by Rep. Gene Alday

Judge Carlton Reeves sentencing remarks to hate crime murderers

Madison County GOP President’s Day Gala featuring House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy tonight

DJ Editorial – #MS1 Special election should be as early as possible

Rep. Gene Alday should retire after race-tinged comments

News

Mississippi’s Catholic Bishops support House plan to create Education Savings Accounts

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports

Alleged Beth Israel arsonist indicted by Hinds County grand jury

Business

Higgins contracted to lead Tate County economic development

xAI investing more than $20 billion in Southaven data center

Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility

Culture

The stories that can’t be replaced: Inside Norris Bookbinding Company in Greenwood

Blind from birth

Mardi Gras in the Hub City

Opinion

Renee Good’s death may have been legally justifiable. It’s still tragic

Trump White House endorses Speaker Jason White’s universal school choice plan

Dictator can no longer threaten Americans

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