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Anne Summerhays
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April 26, 2022
Dr. Carey Wright speaks on her tenure as State Superintendent of Education
Wright’s tenure in Mississippi has been longer and marked by more student gains than any state superintendent of education since the Education Reform Act of 1982 established the SBE. Last week, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced that after a 50-year career in public education, Dr. Carey Wright, State Superintendent of Education, will retire on…
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Anne Summerhays
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April 26, 2022
Senate and House Committee leaders share broadband program priorities with NTIA
Senator Wicker among leaders naming priorities for implementation of the NTIA’s Infrastructure and Jobs Act (IIJA) broadband programs. On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and John Thune (R-SD) along with U.S. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Robert Latta (R-OH) sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Alan Davidson…
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Anne Summerhays
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April 25, 2022
Speaker Gunn recaps 2022 session at Stennis Press luncheon
Gunn provided a run-down of the Legislature’s accomplishments. On Monday, Speaker of the Mississippi House Philip Gunn spoke at the Stennis Capitol Press Forum where he provided a run-down of the 2022 Mississippi Legislative session. Gunn touched on “tremendous legislative accomplishments,” including: cutting the state’s income tax, significantly raising teacher pay, allocating $1.5 billion in ARPA funds,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 25, 2022
Governor Reeves vetoes four bills including ones related to shifting Ethics Commission authority, criminal voting rights
Reeves also allows bill creating Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program to become law without his signature. Governor Tate Reeves has vetoed four bills from the 2022 Mississippi Legislative Session. The vetoes range from provisions pertaining to campaign finance reports to restoring voting rights to criminal convictions. The vetoes include: SB 2306 SB 2336 SB 2530…
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Frank Corder
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April 25, 2022
MS Dept. of Public Safety reminds CDL drivers to check their medical cards
The federal waiver for medical certificates expired in February 2022. In March 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) issued a waiver allowing Commercial Driver License (CDL) holders to continue holding CDL privileges with expired medical certificates as a result of the ongoing COVID pandemic. This federal waiver applied to “all Commercial Learner’s Permit…
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Frank Corder
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April 25, 2022
Southern Pipe and Supply consolidating operations in Meridian
The company is creating 20 new jobs and retaining 275 others through a corporate investment of more than $25 million. Southern Pipe and Supply is expanding and consolidating its Meridian distribution operations into one location that will house its central distribution center. The project represents a corporate investment of more than $25 million and will create…
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Magnolia Tribune
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April 22, 2022
Wicker Welcomes $48.1 Million in USDA Watershed Infrastructure Funding to Mississippi
This funding will support projects that aim to address dam rehabilitation needs and flooding and drainage issues. U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will award more than $48 million to seven infrastructure projects across Mississippi. This funding will support projects that aim to address dam rehabilitation…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 22, 2022
Mississippi moves to ban covid vaccine mandates and passports
The legislation applies to state agencies, public officials, universities, community and junior colleges, counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions. Governor Tate Reeves has signed House Bill 1509, which bans public institutions and agencies from discriminating against individuals based on their COVID-19 vaccination status. It will also ban any requirement for potential vaccine passports. “Throughout the…
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Anne Summerhays
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April 22, 2022
Mississippi Equal Pay legislation signed into law
Governor Reeves was joined by Attorney General Lynn Fitch as he signed HB 770. On Wednesday, Governor Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (House Bill 770), making Mississippi the last state to adopt an equal-pay protection law. The legislation is set to go into effect on July 1, 2022. The…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 22, 2022
Jackson State University only public university in Mississippi not requesting tuition increase
IHL set the FY 2023 rates at their board meeting this week noting the increases are largely due to soaring inflation. At Thursday’s Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board Meeting, trustees approved a number of financial items on their agenda which included setting tuitions for all of Mississippi’s eight public universities. IHL was appropriated $411…
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Guest Editorial
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April 22, 2022
BORDEAUX: Democrat Economics Fail while Republican Economic Freedom Thrives
Submitted by Frank Bordeaux, Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party Conservative policymaking by committed Republican leaders are empowering job creators and unleashing the free market. America should follow Mississippi’s example. Since President Biden took office and Democrats assumed control of the U.S. Congress, inflation has skyrocketed and major supply chain issues have emptied shelves. In…
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Guest Editorial
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April 22, 2022
MCRAE: Legislative Session Marked by Responsible Governance
By: Treasurer David McRae At a time when federal policymakers, namely the Biden administration, seem to be making every wrong decision when it comes to the economy and families, Mississippi leaders are taking historic steps to put our state back on track. I want to applaud the legislature and Governor Tate Reeves in their work…
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Frank Corder
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June 9, 2025
Mississippi ranked 16th in U.S. for education in latest Kids Count national report
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Associated Press
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June 9, 2025
Trump’s new travel ban takes effect as tensions escalate over immigration enforcement
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 9, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: June 9, 2025
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
Culture
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Parrish Alford
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June 9, 2025
O’Connor homerun hire for Bulldogs baseball program
Culture
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Robert St. John
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June 9, 2025
This wasn’t supposed to be about milkshakes
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 9, 2025
Will you flee?
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Russ Latino
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June 6, 2025
Make America Boring Again
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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