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Frank Corder
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July 10, 2020
Do businesses have to accept cash during COVID-19?
State Senator Chad McMahan’s recent Facebook post on businesses not accepting cash for payments during the COVID-19 pandemic has been shared over 18,000 times and has received over 2,100 likes since Wednesday. The Mississippi state senator from District 6 wrote the post after he says several people reached out to him about the issue of…
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Frank Corder
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July 9, 2020
First U.S. Google Operations Center locating in Southaven, Mississippi
Today, Google announced that it will be opening its first U.S. Google Operations Center in Southaven, Mississippi. The Operations Center will provide customer and operations support to Google’s customers and users around the world. “This Google Operations Center represents a critical investment for the company and we look forward to being an active member of…
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Magnolia Tribune
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July 7, 2020
Hyde-Smith urges House to pass bill to help non-profits during COVID-19
With Senate passage of legislation to help nonprofit groups remain financially viable during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged consideration and passage of the bill by the House of Representatives. Prior to the Fourth of July break, the Senate passed the Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act (S.4209). Hyde-Smith is an…
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Frank Corder
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July 6, 2020
U.S. Treasury releases listing of PPP loan recipients per state
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, today announced it was releasing detailed loan-level data regarding the loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This disclosure covers each of the 4.9 million PPP loans that have been made. “The PPP is providing much-needed relief to millions of American small businesses,…
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Magnolia Tribune
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July 4, 2020
KIEFER: Pandemic brings rural broadband opportunity, but we are squandering it
Thousands of families in Mississippi cannot receive a cellphone call in their homes because of weak signals — a problem that the Department of Education plan to buy them a wireless hotspot that depends on the cellphone network will not cure. Thousands more depend on AT&T’s abandoned copper wires in the ground for decaying and…
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Frank Corder
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June 30, 2020
Future USS Thad Cochran to be built at Ingalls in Pascagoula
Monday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Congressman Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., praised the award of a $936 million contract to construct a DDG-51 Flight III Destroyer at Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula. The ship will be named after former U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. “Today’s announcement from the U.S. Navy is a huge…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 30, 2020
U.S. Chamber of Commerce again endorses Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for US Senate
Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has again endorsed Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in her race to retain her seat against Democrat challenger Mike Espy. The Chamber also endorsed Hyde-Smith in 2018 in the special election race to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Thad Cochran. The organization has been active in political…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 25, 2020
Calgon Carbon increasing capacity at Port Bienville, investing $185 million
Calgon Carbon, manufacturer of activated carbon products, is increasing production capacity at Port Bienville in Hancock County. The project represents a corporate investment of $185 million and is creating 38 jobs. “Aptly positioned on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Calgon Carbon’s innovative products help industries and communities clean their air and water to protect our precious…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 23, 2020
Back to Business liability legislation gains legs in the Senate
The Mississippi Senate Judiciary A Committee passed the Back to Business Liability Assurance Act in committee this morning. The bill is part of HCR 69 resolution to allow measures related to COVID-19 to be brought up this late in the session. “This is intended to provide protections except in those instances where there are ‘bad…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 20, 2020
WATSON: How Mississippians can help get our businesses back on track
By: Secretary of State Michael Watson COVID-19 has undermined the wellbeing of Mississippi far beyond the scope of public health. Businesses are closing, and, more often than not, their owners and workers can do little to nothing to stem the change in economic tides. The temporary shutdown did more than send workers home for a…
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Frank Corder
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June 18, 2020
Mississippi institute leans in to find cure for obesity, diabetes using novel research
It is no secret that Mississippi’s obesity and diabetes rates are above the national average. In fact, Mississippi is the only state in the “Diabetes Belt” with every county showing excessive diabetes prevalence, with estimates showing 1.5 million people, or nearly half of the state’s population, considered obese with nearly 300,000 diagnosed with diabetes as…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 9, 2020
Relativity increasing presence at Stennis Space Center
Relativity Space, the first and only company to 3D print entire rockets, continues to grow with a $2.42 million investment in southern Mississippi to support the expansion of its rocket vehicle and engine testing capabilities at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. “People across our nation know that if you want to go to space, you have to go…
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Frank Corder
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July 1, 2025
Trump nominates Kruger, Leary for U.S. Attorneys in Mississippi
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Daniel Tyson
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July 1, 2025
Horhn sworn in as new Mayor of Jackson
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Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
, Matt Brown, Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
Senate passes Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill as Vance breaks 50-50 tie
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Lynne Jeter
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June 27, 2025
Howard Industries announces $237 million expansion in Clarke, Jones and Simpson counties
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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Bernard Condon, Associated Press
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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July 1, 2025
What’s Happening, Mississippi? Things to do in the Magnolia State in July 2025
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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July 1, 2025
Has He forsaken you?
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Robert St. John
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June 30, 2025
Crusts off
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Matthew Becker
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July 1, 2025
America First: Make NATO great again
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Sid Salter
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June 25, 2025
After a half-century of legal logjam, will killer of Coast banker’s wife face execution June 25?
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Samuel Creekmore
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June 24, 2025
Mississippi must lead on addiction and PTSD treatment
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