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Frank Corder
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April 28, 2022
Mississippi requests major disaster declaration from President Biden over March severe weather
Governor Reeves made the request of President Biden on behalf of the state. On Thursday, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) announced that Governor Tate Reeves has requested a Major Disaster Declaration from President Joe Biden for Individual Assistance due to tornadoes and severe weather which occurred on March 22, 2022. MEMA says that according…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 28, 2022
Governor Reeves announces new infrastructure projects
Investments include rural water improvements, maintenance to roads and bridges and construction projects under MDOT. On Thursday, Governor Tate Reeves announced new infrastructure projects across the state. This includes the largest budget ever appropriated to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. It will allow for new and continued projects to come to fruition and for additional…
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Frank Corder
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April 28, 2022
CLAW Forestry locating sawmill operations in Southwest Mississippi
The company looks to create over 130 jobs with an investment of nearly $200 million. CLAW Forestry Services, LLC announced today that an affiliate is locating a state-of-the-art sawmill in Gloster within Amite County. The project represents a corporate investment of nearly $200 million and will create 131 direct jobs and support an additional 200…
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Anne Summerhays
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April 27, 2022
Hyde-Smith, colleagues rebuke Biden border policies as nation braces for record migrant surge
Miss. Senator says safety of American people will be worse if Title 42 policy lapses. On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) participated in a news conference and rebuked the Biden administration’s border and immigration policies as the administration prepares to lift Title 42. “I think it’s pretty clear that everyone who has spoken today wants…
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Frank Corder
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April 27, 2022
President Biden appears set to cancel significant amount of federal student loan debt
Mississippi Governor Reeves calls it “fundamentally unfair and unwise.” During the 2020 election, President Joe Biden (D) repeatedly said he was open to forgiving $10,000 per borrower in federal student loan debt. With his polling in the dumps and the midterms approaching, reports this week now indicate that Biden may be willing to exceed that…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 27, 2022
Reeves announces expansion of Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The foundation focuses on finding adoptive homes for children in the Mississippi foster care system. Governor Tate Reeves today announced the expansion of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids. Governor Reeves also ceremoniously signed HB 1313, which creates the “State Representative Bill Kinkade Fostering Access and Inspiring True Hope (or…
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Anne Summerhays
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April 27, 2022
Hyde-Smith stresses need for fairness for U.S. cattle producers
Senate panel receives testimony on two bills that address price disparity between producers and consumers. On Tuesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing to receive testimony on the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022 (S.4030) and the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022 (S.3870). U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) stressed that American cattle…
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Guest Editorial
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April 27, 2022
SALTER: A vital record: Journal article chronicles path to changing Mississippi’s state flag
By Sid Salter In any given publication since 1939, The Journal of Mississippi History has been an invaluable record of the institutional memory of the state of Mississippi. But few editions of the scholarly journal have been more valuable to Mississippians than is the current Vol. 84, No. 1 and No. 2 for the Spring and Summer…
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Anne Summerhays
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April 27, 2022
Nancy and Zach New plead guilty to state charges
These charges are connected to a state investigation involving more than $77 million in misspent welfare funds. On Tuesday, Nancy and Zach New plead guilty to charges of wire fraud, fraud against the government, and charges of bribery of a public official in Mississippi’s welfare fraud case, the state’s largest ever public embezzlement case. These…
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Magnolia Tribune
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April 26, 2022
2021 State of preschool report recognizes Mississippi as one of top five states for high-quality pre-K
Mississippi’s national ranking for pre-K improved since last year from 39th to 38th for access and 42nd to 39th in state spending per child. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) recognized Mississippi in its latest report on pre-K quality as one of only five states whose state-funded pre-K program meets all 10 quality…
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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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Jeremy Pittari
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July 10, 2025
Rates of whooping cough are rising, while syphilis cases are declining in Mississippi
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Matthew Lee, Associated Press
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July 10, 2025
Rubio says U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks
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Daniel Tyson
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July 10, 2025
Natural gas pipeline project in Mississippi, Alabama winding its way through approval process
Business
Business
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Frank Corder
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July 9, 2025
Nissan delays EV production at Canton plant until 2028
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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July 8, 2025
Mississippi tech companies featured at premier national defense innovation event
Business
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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
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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July 10, 2025
Mississippi restaurants included on prestigious list
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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July 10, 2025
How are you fighting sin?
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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July 9, 2025
Where Stories Live: Inside USM’s de Grummond collection and the magic of the Children’s Book Festival
Opinion
Opinion
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Haley Fisackerly
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July 10, 2025
AWS: Good for Mississippi, great for Entergy customers
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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July 9, 2025
State’s modest gas tax hike is only a good first step to modernize our roads and bridges
Opinion
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Susan Crabtree
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July 8, 2025
OMB: States used education grants for ‘left-wing agenda’
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