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Culture  |  Frank Corder  • 
June 24, 2022

Wicker, Hyde-Smith not among 15 Republicans to support Senate gun bill

President Biden calls on House to swiftly pass the bill and send it to his desk. In 65-33 vote on Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed the gun control bill a bipartisan group of legislators had been negotiating for weeks following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in passing the bill.  Mississippi’s…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 24, 2022

PSC announces $300 million settlement with Entergy Mississippi

This is the largest settlement in the state’s history and includes $235,000,000 with $65,000,000 in savings to customers.  On Thursday, the Mississippi Public Service Commission announced a $300 million settlement with Entergy Mississippi over the Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant.  The vote to approve the settlement by the PSC Commissioners was unanimous. The settlement will produce $80 cash…