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December 8, 2020
Wicker Celebrates Award of $495.7 Million to Expand Internet Access in Mississippi
As Senate Commerce Chair, Wicker Led Efforts to Reform FCC Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction ### U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today celebrated the award of $495,725,799.60 from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expand high-speed broadband internet access in Mississippi. The funding, which is…
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December 7, 2020
FCC Awards Mississippi $495 million for Broadband Expansion
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today its Phase 1 recipients of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction. Mississippi, along with many other states across the country, will receive a total of $9.2 billion to expand high-speed internet services. Mississippi was awarded the second highest amount out of all of the other states at roughly…
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Frank Corder
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December 7, 2020
Vicksburg Mayor Flaggs ups ante on COVID enforcement – non-compliant businesses may face utility cut off
On Friday, Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs held a press conference to enact a civil emergency order that mandates mask wearing in the city while also requiring temperature checks at social gatherings, retail businesses, restaurants and bars in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19 in his area. Enforcement of that order could result, according to…
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December 3, 2020
Medicaid names Steve Stanic as Deputy Administrator and Chief Information Technology Officer
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid has named Steve Stanic as the agency’s Deputy Administrator and Chief Information Technology Officer. Stanic previously served as Vice President/CIO of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems. In his new role, Stanic will be charged with advancing information technology strategy and delivery across a government agency with an annual budget of over…
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December 2, 2020
Hyde-Smith opposes proposed NAFTA-era tax increase on Foreign Trade Zones in USMCA
Proposed US-Mexico-Canada ‘Technical Correction’ Could Affect Mississippi FTZs ### U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voiced her opposition to a proposed “technical correction” that would re-impose a $2 billion NAFTA-era tax increase on Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs), including such job-creating areas in Mississippi. Hyde-Smith joined Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) in a letter asking U.S. Trade…
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December 1, 2020
Kimberly- Clark to further expand Corinth nonwovens facility, adding 33 jobs
Kimberly-Clark, maker of essential products including Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Depend® and WypAll® brands, has approved a significant investment in its Corinth manufacturing facility, the second major investment in the past 12 months, to further expand capacity and bring industry leading nonwovens capability in support of Kimberly-Clark’s continued growth in North America. “Kimberly-Clark and its dedicated workforce in Corinth…
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December 1, 2020
Empower Mississippi Expands Communications & Outreach Team
Empower Mississippi announced the expansion of its communication and outreach team with the addition of Brett Kittredge to Vice President of Marketing and Communications, and the elevation of Joanna Holbert to Director of Outreach. Kittredge served as Empower’s Director of Communications from 2015 through 2018. He returns to the organization on the heels of his…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 1, 2020
DHS Director pushes agency toward integrity, compliance and excellence
Since his appointment by Governor Tate Reeves in March, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Bob Anderson, has steered the agency in a new direction and away from the corruption of his predecessors. Anderson came to the position at DHS after spending over 20 years with three different U.S. Attorney offices where…
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Frank Corder
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November 30, 2020
Commissioner Brandon Presley talks PSC, Election 2020, and where MS Democrats go from here
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley joined Y’all Politics for an update on the happenings at the commission, namely as it relates to broadband expansion and combatting telemarketers. Presley, one of only three Democrats elected to state/regional offices in Mississippi, also offered his take on the recent Election and discussed where the Mississippi Democratic…
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November 24, 2020
Attorney General Fitch joins $17.5 million settlement over 2014 Home Depot data breach
Attorney General Lynn Fitch today announced that Mississippi, along with the Attorneys General of 45 other States and the District of Columbia, have obtained a $17.5-million settlement against Georgia-based retailer, The Home Depot. This resolves a lengthy multistate investigation of a 2014 data breach, which exposed the payment card information of approximately 40 million Home…
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Frank Corder
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November 19, 2020
Ag Commissioner Gipson talks income tax, gas tax, Delta pumps and more with Y’all Politics
Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson joined Y’all Politics today to discuss his thoughts on the outcome of Election 2020 and its impact on Mississippi, as well as on a potential economic shutdown under a Biden Administration. Gipson commented on his support for Governor Tate Reeves’ proposed phase out of the state income tax,…
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November 18, 2020
Senator Wicker’s Commerce Committee Advances Aircraft Safety Legislation
In the wake of the tragic Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., began working on legislation to enhance aircraft safety and reform the regulatory process to help prevent future tragedies. Wicker is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which has jurisdiction over aircraft…
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 20, 2024
Mississippi Dept. of Education pushes additional changes to K-12 funding formula
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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December 20, 2024
Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures eased last month
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Frank Corder
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December 20, 2024
State Rep. Charles Young, Jr. has died
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Frank Corder
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December 16, 2024
Stark Aerospace adding nearly 100 jobs in Columbus to support new U.S. Navy contract
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Lynne Jeter
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December 11, 2024
Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network awarded $7.1 Million in RESTORE funding
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Frank Corder
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December 10, 2024
DeLisle announced as site for new PCC GulfChem plant
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C.H. Spurgeon
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December 20, 2024
Folly of doubt
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Ben Smith
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December 19, 2024
The duck massacre
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Susan Marquez
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December 19, 2024
Local spirits make great gifts
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Steven Gassenberger
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December 18, 2024
The PERS $25 billion problem
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Sid Salter
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December 18, 2024
GOP’s Clarke Reed fundamentally changed partisan politics in Mississippi and the South
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Jameson Taylor
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December 16, 2024
Federalism at the crossroads: What’s next for the states after Chevron?
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