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Frank Corder
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January 6, 2022
WATERS: How has National Council for the Social Studies influenced new MDE standards?
Submitted by Kacee Waters Public concern rightly comes from the mention of NCSS as resource for new curriculum, says public school mom and Ocean Springs School Board member. There has been much concern expressed as of late over the Mississippi Department of Education’s new social studies standards. MDE developed and adopted similar social studies standards…
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 6, 2022
Mary Dukes Appointed as Director of the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory
Dukes has over 24 years of experience and has served in both the public and private sectors. On Thursday, Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell announced the appointment of Mary Dukes to Director of the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory. The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory provides forensic services to law enforcement agencies throughout the state, with laboratories located in…
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Frank Corder
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January 5, 2022
Miss. Dept. of Education will hold hearing on new social studies curriculum following public outcry
Concerns over MDE using resources from National Council for the Social Studies, an avid supporter of Critical Race Theory, prompts public hearing on new curricula. Following calls for a hearing by parents and other interested parties, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has announced that it will hold a public hearing about proposed revisions to…
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Anne Summerhays
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January 5, 2022
Congressional Redistricting to hit Mississippi House floor Thursday
The plan was passed out of both chambers’ Rules committees on Wednesday. Qualifying for 2022 midterms is already underway. The Mississippi House Rules Committee unanimously passed the Congressional Redistricting plan put forward by the Joint Legislative Redistricting Committee out of committee today. The plan is to have the full House consider HB 384 on Thursday.…
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Frank Corder
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January 5, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Challenge to Biden COVID Vaccine Mandates on Friday
Mississippi Governor Reeves hopeful Justices will issue a stay, ultimately strike down the federal mandates. The U.S. Supreme Court is returning earlier than expected to take up the challenges to President Joe Biden’s COVID vaccine mandates on health care workers and private businesses that employ 100 or more workers. The Justices will meet Friday, January…
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Anne Summerhays
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January 5, 2022
Hosemann anticipates Mississippi Senate will have a tax relief bill this session, not a “tax swap” bill
The Lt. Governor’s comments align more with Governor Reeves than Speaker Gunn. Over the last year, there has been a question of whether or not Mississippi will join the trend of states lowering and cutting taxes. However, it is unclear if Governor Tate Reeves, Speaker Philip Gunn, and Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann can find a…
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 5, 2022
SALTER: Federal prosecutor James Tucker stood tall challenging Mississippi’s corruption
Submitted by Sid Salter “Tucker was a man of impeccable personal and professional integrity and battled corruption with courage, vigor, and a sense of moral outrage.” When retired federal prosecutor James B. Tucker died on Dec. 28 at the age of 82, the cause of justice and the rule of law in Mississippi lost a…
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Anne Summerhays
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January 4, 2022
Hyde-Smith highlights $2.77 million in DOJ grants for six Mississippi school districts
The award will go towards violence reduction initiatives in the school districts. Today, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) highlighted highlighted the DOJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services approval of more than $2.77 million in School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) grants for six Mississippi school districts. The DOJ’s award will go towards violence reduction initiatives in…
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Frank Corder
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January 4, 2022
Hosemann seeks to flip the script on Medicaid Expansion
The Mississippi Lt. Governor wants to explore how the state can provide health care for “working Mississippians” even as Governor Reeves, Speaker Gunn remain opposed. In a press gaggle following the opening of the 2022 legislative session, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann gave a passionate defense for the state seeking to provide health care for working…
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Frank Corder
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January 4, 2022
State Auditor Shad White calls out racists books targeted to children bought with federal, state tax dollars
“Ideas like this should not be put into the hands of kids,” White says. In a video released Tuesday morning, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White points to racist books promoted to children being bought with taxpayer dollars that are now available in public libraries. The Auditor says he made a commitment to highlighting how tax…
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Anne Summerhays
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January 3, 2022
Wicker, Hyde-Smith urge Supreme Court to block Biden’s private business vaccine mandates
Miss. Senators join colleagues in opposition to OSHA vaccine order U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) have joined 45 Senators and 136 Representatives in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States. In the amicus brief, the lawmakers urge the Court to block the Biden Administration’s order requiring…
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Frank Corder
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January 3, 2022
Dobbs to YP: Supply of COVID therapeutics in Mississippi much lower than demand
Omicron, now the primary variant across the state, is proving to be less severe but more contagious. Dr. Thomas Dobbs, State Health Officer with the Mississippi Department of Health, joined Y’all Politics for an updated discussion on where the state is now as COVID cases and hospitalizations rise. This is a follow up to an…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 6, 2025
State funding for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning down from previous year
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
News
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Daniel Tyson
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June 6, 2025
Legal fight over control of Jackson airport continues
Business
Business
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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
Business
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
Culture
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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June 8, 2025
Langdon and Maude Schuyler Clay capture the culture of Mississippi through the lens of a camera
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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June 8, 2025
The party called Pentecost
Culture
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Marilyn Tinnin
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June 8, 2025
Elizabeth Spencer: A Grande Dame of Southern literature
Opinion
Opinion
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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
Opinion
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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