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Sarah Ulmer
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March 29, 2022
UPDATE: Mississippi Senate moves to revive postpartum care coverage bill, resolution passes floor
Postpartum care making a comeback in the Legislature. UPDATE March 29, 6:30 p.m.: The Senate took up Suspension Resolution 588 which would revive the language of SB 2033 that was killed in the House earlier in session. The bill was passed by members. This will now head to the House where they will be required…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 29, 2022
AG Fitch leads bipartisan effort to support parents seeking more say in their children’s social media usage
“The online world is increasingly hostile to children,” Fitch said, “and parents need whatever help they can get to protect their vulnerable loved ones.” Attorney General Lynn Fitch led a bipartisan coalition of 44 Attorneys General to write TikTok and Snapchat this week urging them to give parents the ability to monitor their children’s social…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 29, 2022
MDHS announces additional TANF families will receive financial assistance
The first round of PEAF payments, issued in December 2021, helped over 1,500 Mississippi families. This week, 136 low-income Mississippi households received a one-time payment of $1000 in emergency financial assistance under the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) initiative administered by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS). This second round of emergency assistance funding…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 28, 2022
Conference report signed for Mississippi equal pay legislation
Mississippi remains the only state in the nation without equal pay protections. UPDATE March 30, 11 a.m.: HB 770 was adopted by the House and the Senate. Prior to the 2022 Legislative session, the idea of equal pay legislation gained traction because Mississippi is currently the only state in the nation without state level equal pay protections for…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 28, 2022
Wicker, Hyde-Smith support bill to protect flood insurance policyholders
Measure gives policyholders more options as FEMA prepares for implementation of new NFIP premium rate structure this week. On Monday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act. The legislation allows policyholders to retain existing premium rates as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares for nationwide implementation of…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 27, 2022
Joint Legislative Reapportionment Committee takes up House and Senate legislative redistricting plans
JLRC adopts new plans days before end of the 2022 Mississippi Legislative session. On Sunday, the Mississippi Joint Legislative Reapportionment Committee (JLRC) met and adopted new legislative redistricting maps for the Mississippi House and Senate Districts. The plans will now be sent to both chambers to be voted on. Through the process of legislative reapportionment,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2022
Lawmakers strike a deal on historic cut of Mississippi state income tax
The plan will eliminate the 4% bracket over four years and step down the 5% bracket over six years. UPDATE March 27, 4:00 p.m.: On Sunday, after a procedurally required hold on the filed conference report the House and Senate both adopted the report on the floor late in the afternoon. The House passed the…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 25, 2022
Follow along to see what’s left in the final days of the 2022 Mississippi Legislative session
Here’s a look at some of the bills that are in conference this weekend. With less than a week left in the 2022 Mississippi Legislative session, lawmakers face a deadline on Saturday at 8 p.m. to file conference reports on Appropriations and Revenue bills. Other general bills are also in conference between the two chambers.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 25, 2022
In light of new revenue estimate adoption, Gunn says Reeves’ income tax elimination plan to be placed in conference report
Hosemann asserts State Economist isn’t always accurate on estimate numbers as members move to adopt new revenue estimates at almost $6.8 billion. At the cusp of conference weekend, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee met on Friday to present and adopt the State Economists’ new revenue estimates for FY 2022 and FY 2023. This adoption of…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 24, 2022
Governor Reeves calls on Mississippi Legislature to eliminate income tax, introduces 8-year phase out plan
Reeves says he is prepared to do whatever it takes to get the income tax eliminated. On Thursday, Governor Tate Reeves (R) held a press conference at the Capitol in which he called upon the Mississippi Legislature to pass the elimination of the state’s income tax. “Think back to President Trump’s time in office. Every…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 24, 2022
Hyde-Smith joins colleagues in work to overturn HHS abortion rule
Congressional Review Act Directed at Stopping Biden Revival of Obamacare Rule that Violates the Law, Increases Taxpayer-Funded Abortion U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and Senator James Lankford introduced a Congressional Review Act resoluton of disproval in an attempt to put a stop to the Biden administration regulation allowing multiple payments for abortion coverage in the taxpayer-funded…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 24, 2022
Hyde-Smith to Biden: Do something that’s actually going to help the American people
The Mississippi Senator, colleagues say more American production, not litany of anti-energy polices, would help Americans. U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today disparaged efforts by President Biden and Democrats to deflect blame for soaring energy prices, and pleaded for them to “do something that’s actually going to help the American people” like abandoning a devastating…
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Frank Corder
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January 20, 2025
President Trump signs flurry of executive orders
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Zeke Miller, Associated Press
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January 20, 2025
Trump returns to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 20, 2025
Watch: Trump takes his oath of office as the 47th President of the United States
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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January 15, 2025
From boot camp to real world success
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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January 9, 2025
AI-related executive order signed by Governor Reeves
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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January 8, 2025
Global venture capital firm gener8tor focuses on the Magnolia State
Culture
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Ben Smith
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January 20, 2025
The devil and the dog
Culture
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Robert St. John
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January 20, 2025
A king cake conversion
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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January 20, 2025
The sweetness of forgiveness
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Russ Latino
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January 17, 2025
House plan to eliminate income tax paints big vision, leaves big questions for Senate
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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January 15, 2025
Mississippi sporting a growing ability to recruit and land high-tech economic development prospects
Opinion
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Bill Crawford
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January 14, 2025
Path for taxpayer relief getting more clouded
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