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Anne Summerhays
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July 12, 2022
Altex Tube LLC locating manufacturing operations in Columbus, Mississippi
The company is investing nearly $110 million in new construction & equipment, creating over 58 direct jobs. Altex Tube LLC is locating a new manufacturing plant in Columbus, Mississippi. The project represents a corporate investment of nearly $110 million and will create 58 direct jobs. The company, which is locating on the Steel Dynamics campus in…
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Sarah Ulmer
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July 12, 2022
Final FY2022 revenue numbers up $1,456.7 million over estimates
Revenue from FY2022 reached nearly $1,500 million over estimates with June brining in $163.2 million over sine die estimates. Total revenue collections for the month of June FY 2022 are $163,200,678 or 26.98% above the sine die revenue estimate. Fiscal YTD revenue collections through June 2022 are $1,456,712,202 or 24.58% above the sine die es?mate.…
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Guest Editorial
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July 7, 2022
BRODSKY: Solar sums don’t add up
Submitted by Michelle Brodsky with the Mississippi Center for Public Policy “The sums for a switch to solar do not add up – and nowhere is the gap between the solar promise and reality more glaring than right here in Mississippi,” Brodsky writes. The media never misses the opportunity to warn us of impending climate…
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Anne Summerhays
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July 7, 2022
Due to increase in car sales over the past year, MS car tags will be lower
As of July 1st, the Legislative Tag Credit changed from 6.5% to 8.75%. The 1994 Mississippi Legislature authorized a credit to car owners in the amount of 5% of the assessed value of the motor vehicle to provide a tax break to the registered owners. This credit eased the tax burden of the individual; however,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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July 7, 2022
HPC and the National Museum of African American History and Culture sponsor free days at Two Mississippi Museums
The partnership will cover admission for any museum goers on Friday and Saturday of this week. The Higher Purpose Co. (HPC) and the National Museum of African American History and Culture are sponsoring free admission to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The supported days will be on Friday July…
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Frank Corder
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July 7, 2022
Secretary Watson talks more about cutting regulations in Part 2 of Bigger Pie Forum podcast
Listen and learn more on how the Secretary of State’s office is working to help Mississippians realize their dreams. Bigger Pie Forum recently visited with Secretary of State Michael Watson on their podcast to find out more on his office’s “Tackle the Tape” initiative and the plan within it titled “29 x 29.” Part 1…
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Guest Editorial
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July 5, 2022
BROWN: Fueling Mississippi with the tools to fight inflation
Submitted by Starla Brown “We must unleash our country’s energy abundance, end Washington’s wasteful spending, and ignite innovation,” AFP’s Brown writes. The high prices you see at the pump aren’t just some fluke or accident. These prices are a direct result of poor policy in Washington, D.C. Rather than right their wrongs, we are instead seeing…
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Frank Corder
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July 5, 2022
Columbia Industries relocating Oregon manufacturing operations to Starkville, Mississippi
The company is investing nearly $9.55 million in the project and creating 62 jobs. Columbia Industries, LLC, oilfield and solid waste equipment manufacturer, is locating operations in Starkville. The project is a $9.549 million corporate investment and will create 62 jobs. “Columbia Industries’ decision to relocate to Starkville is a sterling example of the public…
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Sarah Ulmer
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July 1, 2022
Out-of-network care to begin for BCBS members at UMMC
No relief for consumers relying on BCBS-MS and UMMC at the end of the mediation period. Mediation continues between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi Medical Center regarding insurance coverage for patients at the teaching hospital. When no resolution was initially found between the two entities, State Insurance Commissioner Mike…
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Guest Editorial
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July 1, 2022
FOOTE: Carbon to the rescue?
Submitted by Ashby Foote with Bigger Pie Forum “Trying to decarbonize the economy is a project fraught with peril,” Foote writes. Inflation is all the rage today, or at least the cause of today’s rage. Whether it is filling up your gas tank or your grocery cart, the pump and barcode price shocks are breathtaking.…
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Magnolia Tribune
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July 1, 2022
Treasurer McRae applauds reversal of Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott.
The ice cream giant originally boycotted Israel in 2021. State Treasurer David McRae today applauded Unilever for reversing Ben & Jerry’s ‘woke’ Israel boycott. Ben & Jerry’s is a subsidiary of Unilever. In December 2021, McRae joined six other state financial officers in challenging Unilever to hold its subsidiary accountable after Ben & Jerry’s unjustly boycotted…
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Anne Summerhays
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June 29, 2022
Mississippi lawmakers react to effects of inflation on consumers ahead of July 4th weekend
According to American Farm Bureau Federation, the overall cost for the holiday cookout is up 17%, or about $10 from last year. As Americans are facing some of the hardest economic challenges seen in the last decade, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) reported that the cost of a Fourth of July cookout is up $10…
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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
Business
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
Business
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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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Susan Marquez
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August 24, 2025
20 years: Remembering Hurricane Katrina
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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August 24, 2025
When there is something better than empathy
Culture
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Ben Smith
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August 22, 2025
Women’s archery growing in Mississippi
Opinion
Opinion
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Kelley Williams
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August 24, 2025
Secret rates and subsidies
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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