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Anne Summerhays
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January 11, 2022
NFIB releases monthly survey showing impact of inflation on small business owners
In December 2021, 22% of small business owners report inflation as biggest problem in operating their business. In December 2021, a NFIB Research Center survey found that 22% of small business owners reported inflation as their most important problem encountered in operating their business. Price raising activities have reached levels not seen since the early 1980s when prices…
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Anne Summerhays
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January 11, 2022
AG Fitch joins 51 Attorneys General in asking FCC to adopt stricter rules to stop robocalls
The AGs support proposals to keep scammers from reaching consumers with unauthenticated U.S. phone numbers listed on caller ID. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined a bipartisan coalition of 51 Attorneys General in a comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Attorneys General signed the letter in support of proposals that to stop…
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Frank Corder
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January 10, 2022
Governor Reeves cuts ribbon with Delta’s newest e-commerce business Parmida
The Governor’s office says the expansion of Parmida is a case study in how organizations and communities’ band together to successfully recruit a new business. On Monday, Governor Tate Reeves joined Parmida LED Technologies (Parmida), Sunflower County, the City of Indianola, and Delta Council/Delta Strong leaders to mark the opening of the already announced location…
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Frank Corder
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January 10, 2022
Bill of the Day: Protecting little Johnny’s lemonade stand from heavy-handed city governments
Y’all Politics brings you a Bill of the Day from the Mississippi Legislature that just may pique your interest. Young entrepreneurs setting up a table on the sidewalk in front of their house selling mom’s lemonade and a fresh baked cookie hot out of the oven has been a staple of American life for generations.…
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Frank Corder
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January 10, 2022
Halfway through fiscal year, Mississippi state revenues exceeding estimates by over half a billion dollars
State collected $106.8 million above estimate in December. Halfway through the 2022 fiscal year, the Mississippi state revenues continue to outpace budget estimates. For the month of December 2021, total revenue collections were $106,793,974 or 21.22% above the sine die revenue estimate. Fiscal YTD revenue collections through December 2021 are $545,257,648 or 19.31% above the sine…
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Anne Summerhays
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January 10, 2022
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Guest react to December jobs report showing fewest added in any month of 2021
Unemployment falls to 3.9%, economy added 199,000 jobs. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that during the month of December the total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 199,000, falling short of economists’ expectations of 422,000 job gains. The unemployment rate declined to 3.9%, 0.3 percentage point down from November. The labor force participation rate…
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 7, 2022
WICKER: Biden Needs to Shift Mindset on COVID
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker We Can and Must Learn to Live with the Virus The latest wave of COVID-19 came just in time for the holidays, causing headaches for travelers and forcing some families (gratefully, not ours) to cancel family gatherings. This new wave continues to spread rapidly, with more than a million people…
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Frank Corder
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January 5, 2022
Alabama Media Group, Expedia top list of vendors receiving Mississippi Tourism Advertising dollars
Legislative PEER report details how state advertising dollars are being spent. On Wednesday, the Joint Legislative PEER Committee released its latest report titled FY 2021 Annual Report: A Review of the Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Advertising Fund. The report reviews where the MDA Tourism Advertising funds were spent and details the amounts that were deposited. State law…
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Anne Summerhays
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January 5, 2022
Hosemann anticipates Mississippi Senate will have a tax relief bill this session, not a “tax swap” bill
The Lt. Governor’s comments align more with Governor Reeves than Speaker Gunn. Over the last year, there has been a question of whether or not Mississippi will join the trend of states lowering and cutting taxes. However, it is unclear if Governor Tate Reeves, Speaker Philip Gunn, and Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann can find a…
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Anne Summerhays
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January 4, 2022
NFIB urges the Mississippi Legislature to ease tax burden on small businesses
90.9% of NFIB members in MS support reducing, eliminating the inventory tax. 77.9% support reducing, eliminating the personal income tax. As the Mississippi Legislature gavels into session today, Dawn McVea, State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), says that tax relief tops the small business agenda for this year’s session. “It’s been a challenging couple of…
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Frank Corder
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December 29, 2021
Following concession by Biden that there is no federal government COVID solution, Mississippi Governor calls on President to end mandates
Governor Reeves says former President Trump realized states were best suited to handle the pandemic response. This week, President Joe Biden joined a call with representatives from the National Governors Association (NGA) to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 response by state and federal governments. NGA Chairman and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) addressed the President first,…
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Magnolia Tribune
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December 29, 2021
SALTER: California, Massachusetts laws could raise food prices far beyond their state’s borders
Submitted by Sid Salter “To me, over-regulation that raises the cost of meat beyond the financial means of working families is the greater sin.” Voters in California and Massachusetts have directly passed laws regulating the conditions in which pigs, hens, and calves are housed in industrial agriculture production facilities that may prove to be the…
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 26, 2026
MDOT to evaluate roads repeatedly damaged by flooding, other natural disasters
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Frank Corder
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May 26, 2026
EXCLUSIVE: Gipson talks gubernatorial run in interview with Magnolia Tribune
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Marisa Atkinson
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May 26, 2026
Researchers develop method to detect diseases before symptoms appear
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
Business
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
Culture
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Frank Corder
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May 26, 2026
Southern Miss, Miss. State hosting NCAA baseball regionals; Ole Miss heads to Lincoln
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 26, 2026
Sweet summer days at Cherry Creek Orchards
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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May 26, 2026
Soul rest
Opinion
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Roger Wicker
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May 26, 2026
Deterrence is cheaper than war
Opinion
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Ashby Foote
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May 25, 2026
The fog of peacemaking
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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May 24, 2026
Memorial Day: A tale of two Mississippi soldiers
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