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Sarah Ulmer
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May 4, 2022
Final tally released of cities, counties opting out of Medical Marijuana program
Residents can force the issue by way of a public referendum if they can gather enough signatures to put it on a local ballot. The final day for cities and counties to opt out of Mississippi’s brand-new medical marijuana program was yesterday, May 3rd. In total, 10 counties and 17 municipalities chose not to participate…
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Frank Corder
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May 4, 2022
Filmmaker Tate Taylor talks bringing the movie industry to Mississippi with Bigger Pie Forum
Listen to Part 3 in the BPF series on the renaissance happening in Natchez. Bigger Pie Forum recently sat down with successful filmmaker and writer Tate Taylor. Taylor talks about his fascinating journey back to the Church Hill community outside of Natchez where he is shaking things up and investing in Mississippi while trying to…
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Anne Summerhays
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May 4, 2022
Mississippi leaders react to leaked draft of SCOTUS opinion in Mississippi’s Dobbs case
Governor Reeves says countless lives can be saved if opinion stands. On Monday, a draft of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked and published by Politico. The draft opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, stated that, “Roe and Casey must be overruled,” adding, “It is time to heed the Constitution…
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Anne Summerhays
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May 4, 2022
Senator Hyde-Smith seeks justification for increasing IRS budget
The Biden administration’s FY2023 budget recommends $14.1 billion for the IRS, a 12% increase over the $12.6 billion provided by Congress for FY2022. On Tuesday, the Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee held a meeting to discuss the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request from the U. S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In his testimony,…
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Guest Editorial
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May 4, 2022
SALTER: Title 42 and immigration politics: What the issue means to Mississippi and the South
By: Sid Salter The latest skirmish in the nation’s highly partisan, often logically erratic fight over the broad topic of immigration is being fought over the Biden Administration’s plan to rescind an obscure public health law written 78 years ago to stop the spread of communicable diseases like tuberculosis. Title 42, part of the 1944…
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Anne Summerhays
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May 4, 2022
Hyde-Smith wants Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board defunded
Miss. Senator cosponsors bill to stop all funding for Homeland Security censorship plan. On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) helped introduce S.4124, a measure to prohibit the use of federal funds “to establish or support the activities of a Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security, or any other similar entity established…
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Anne Summerhays
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May 3, 2022
MDAH hosts Celebration of Life for former Governor Winter, First Lady Winter
Speakers included former President Bill Clinton, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, and former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson. On Tuesday, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) hosted a Celebration of Life for former Governor William Winter and First Lady Elise Winter at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. Speakers at the event…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 3, 2022
Black Activists hope SCOTUS abortion opinion in Mississippi’s Dobbs case holds true
“Finally, the disproportionate murder of preborn black babies can come to an end.” Members of the Project 21 black leadership network expressed cautious optimism regarding a leaked document indicating that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade and return the issue of abortion back to the states as argued by Mississippi in defense of its 15-week…
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Guest Editorial
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May 3, 2022
MORGAN: The future of travel in Mississippi – Looking ahead with confidence
Submitted by Danielle Morgan, Executive Director, Mississippi Tourism Association “Travel is a significant economic driver and an important part of who we are as a state.” As Mississippi emerges from the pandemic and begins its next chapter of tourism growth, it’s time to turn the page and confidently look ahead. A time to envision a…
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Frank Corder
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May 3, 2022
Leaked draft SCOTUS opinion in Mississippi’s Dobbs case points to overturning Roe v. Wade
If majority holds and leaked draft is real, SCOTUS could side with Mississippi’s argument for states’ rights in defense of its 15-abortion ban. Late Monday evening, Politico reported on a leaked draft of a majority opinion in Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban case, known as Dobbs, currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. That draft opinion authored…
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Anne Summerhays
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May 2, 2022
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Palazzo welcome $36.7 million in GOMESA funds to Mississippi
Off-shore energy production in FY 2021 generates revenue for state, three coastal counties On Monday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-MS) celebrated the distribution of more than $36.7 million to the State of Mississippi and its three coastal counties. The funds will go towards coastal conservation, restoration,…
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Anne Summerhays
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May 2, 2022
“George Washington” of the Mississippi Republican Party, Wirt Yerger, Jr., passed away
Yerger established the Republican Party in Mississippi, serving as State Chairman of the MSGOP from 1956 to 1966. On Monday, Wirt Yerger, Jr., founding Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, passed away. In 2020, the Mississippi Top 50 announced Yerger as one of three honorees in the 2020 Hall of Fame. Yerger received a Bachelor of…
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Sophie Bates, Associated Press
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September 23, 2026
Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in death of black woman found hanging from tree, seek 3rd suspect
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Frank Corder
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September 23, 2026
After losing her bid for U.S. Senate in the Democratic Primary, Priscilla Till to run for Mississippi Governor
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Cass Rutledge
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September 23, 2026
Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area
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Business
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Cass Rutledge
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September 18, 2026
Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2026
Hitachi Energy brings largest U.S. investment to date to Mississippi
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
General Atomics announced second expansion this year, bringing 125 more jobs to Shannon
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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September 24, 2026
The meaning of the Cross
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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September 23, 2026
No. 21 Florida counting on Swamp to help slow down No. 4 Ole Miss star QB Trinidad Chambliss
Culture
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Marilyn Tinnin
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September 23, 2026
Jim Abbott: Paper man chasing the truth in the Mississippi Delta
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Sid Salter
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September 23, 2026
Midterm elections in Mississippi shaping up as a familiar exercise in black-and-white
Opinion
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Bill Cork
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September 22, 2026
The states winning investment are the states ready to deliver
Opinion
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Lesley Davis
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September 21, 2026
The war on women’s spaces has reached the sorority house
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