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September 8, 2022
FOOTE: Cashier in the Coal Mine
Submitted by Ashby Foote “In our quest for net-zero emissions, we should not succumb to net-zero common sense,” Foote writes. September 4, 2022, marked the 140th anniversary of the world’s first electricity generation station at 257 Pearl Street in lower Manhattan (NYC). Thomas Edison dreamed it up and built it. The electricity came from six 27-ton…
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Frank Corder
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September 6, 2022
Borden Dairy closing Hattiesburg processing facility by September 30
The Pine Belt closure, along with a closure in Dothan, Alabama, could impact southeast U.S. milk distribution. In early August just as students were returning to school, Borden Dairy announced the closure of its Hattiesburg, Mississippi processing facility by September 30th. The move could impact milk distribution in the southeast. According to Georgia Farm Bureau…
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Frank Corder
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September 5, 2022
Labor Day: Thank you for your hard work, Mississippi!
Mississippians all across this great state put in long hours as they seek to provide and make a life for their families. Whether you are building the ships that protect America’s freedom on the Coast, hauling timber in the Pine Belt, growing crops that feed the world in the Delta, or teaching a class full…
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September 1, 2022
KELLY: To Help Mississippi Families, Congress Should Combat Inflation, Not Tackle U.S. Tech Innovators
Submitted by Doug Kelly “Creating obstacles for American tech companies to innovate and to offer low prices to consumers is the wrong priority for Congress,” Kelly writes. Four-decade-high inflation is disproportionately affecting the South, and Mississippi families are struggling. Rather than focusing on lowering prices, though, Congress is considering legislation that would further squeeze the…
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August 31, 2022
SALTER: How will, how can the American people put our “house divided” back together again?
**Contribution from Sid Salter It is easy to read current social media posts and Tweets and conclude that American political division has never been stronger, farther apart and more distant from a reasonable path forward as a united nation than exists today. Our social media, as well as our broadcast and streaming platforms, feature the…
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Frank Corder
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August 26, 2022
Pete Smith joins Capitol Resources in Mississippi
Smith most recently served as Chief of Government Relations and Communications at the Mississippi Department of Education. Capitol Resources LLC, a premier multi-state lobbying firm in the South, has announced that Pete Smith, a communications specialist and master policy strategist, is joining their lobbying and public affairs team in Mississippi. Smith most recently served as…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 24, 2022
National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame will be built in Marks, Mississippi
The NRBHF was founded in 2010 and since 2013, it has inducted over 200 world-renowned artists. After numerous attempts over the past 50-plus years to build a Hall of Fame for Rhythm and Blues icons such as James Brown, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, and many others, the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is coming to fruition. The NRBHF…
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August 22, 2022
GIBSON: Congress Must Not Kill the Golden Goose of American Technology
Submitted by Dan Gibson, Mayor of Natchez “We need to decrease our reliability on Chinese products, not increase it,” writes Gibson. Take a stroll through Natchez, the oldest city on the Mighty Mississippi River, and you will quickly see what makes this town special. Don’t be surprised if you see a famous Hollywood actor who…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 18, 2022
BEAM Office, Senator Wicker host NTIA broadband roundtable in Jackson
Wicker, Doty, Berke announce broadband grant in the amount of $8,433,633.26 to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. On Thursday, Special Representative for Broadband Andy Berke of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Executive Director Sally Doty of the Mississippi BEAM Office hosted a roundtable discussion with internet service…
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August 17, 2022
SALTER: Ham and eggs? Massachusetts, California engage in self-imposed food price inflation
By: Sid Salter The next time you travel to Boston, it might be wise on several fronts to stick with the chowder and lobster rolls rather than ham and eggs. Heading to California? Let me suggest a nice cioppino and a salad – but again, maybe not the ham and eggs. Why? Call it self-imposed…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 16, 2022
The Mississippi Book Festival is back on at the State Capitol
After a two year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s best Literary Lawn party is returning to the Mississippi State Capitol. The festival last gathered in Jackson in 2019. It is a free event and open to the public at the historic Mississippi State Capitol building and surrounding areas. The festival takes place…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 11, 2022
Amazon marks company’s first robotics facility in Madison County, Mississippi
The facility, called JAN1, will bring nearly 1,500 jobs to the area, news Governor Reeves called a great day for all of Mississippi. In November 2020, Amazon announced plans for its third fulfillment center in Mississippi. The facility, located in Canton, is Amazon’s first in the state to feature its robotics technology. On Thursday, Amazon…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 22, 2025
IHL Board initiates search for new Jackson State president
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
One dead, suspect in custody in Ingalls Shipbuilding shooting
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Frank Corder
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August 22, 2025
Shooting reported inside Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
Culture
Culture
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Ben Smith
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August 22, 2025
Women’s archery growing in Mississippi
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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August 22, 2025
Thacker Mountain Radio to highlight Mississippi Poet Laureate, songwriters in Ocean Springs
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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August 22, 2025
As you have always obeyed
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Opinion
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Lesley Davis
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August 22, 2025
Sororities go woke – and taxpayers helped pay for it
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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August 20, 2025
Natchez’s Greg Iles saved his best writing for his reflective “Natchez Burning” trilogy
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Philip Wegmann
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August 19, 2025
Trump vows Social Security will thrive for another ‘90 years’
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