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February 9, 2022
SALTER: Origin of state’s huge budget surplus lost in legislative march toward massive tax cuts
By: Sid Salter Is Mississippi on solid fiscal footing for the future as the Republican leadership of both houses of the Mississippi Legislature take slightly different paths in their march toward a massive tax cut? As in most matters of politics and public policy, the answer to that question depends on who is providing the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 9, 2022
Speaker Gunn rolls out graphic comparison of House vs. Senate income tax cut proposals
The Mississippi House is willing to move toward full elimination, the Senate shows caution with a bracket elimination. Both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature have proposed plans to cut the state’s individual income tax. On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Philip Gunn (R) released graphics that depicted the House’s comparison of the two chambers’ proposals…
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Anne Summerhays
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February 8, 2022
Hyde-Smith says Biden Administration is ‘slow walking’ offshore energy, imperiling production outlook
“I have never seen such slow walking in my life, to the detriment of my state of Mississippi,” the Mississippi Senator declares. On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to consider three pending nominations: Laura Daniel-Davis to be the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management, Maria…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 8, 2022
NFIB reports inflation impact on small businesses
22% of small businesses report inflation as their biggest problem since the new year. While inflation is still impacting small businesses the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index says they have decreased slightly in January to 97.1. This is down 1.8 points from December. The most recent survey says that inflation remains a problem for small…
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Anne Summerhays
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February 8, 2022
Bills to use ARPA funds for infrastructure grant programs pass the Mississippi House
HB 1421 and HB1425 would create ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program & ARPA Wastewater Infrastructure Grant Program Tuesday morning, House Bills 1421 and 1425 passed the Mississippi House of Representatives. The legislation seeks to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to establish infrastructure grant programs under the Department of Health and the…
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Anne Summerhays
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February 8, 2022
EPA Regional Administrator responds to Ag Commissioner Gipson’s letter concerning Yazoo Pumps
EPA acknowledges the problems but doesn’t reinstate its commitment to finish the pumps as was funded under the Trump Administration. On Monday, Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson shared a letter from the EPA Regional Administrator in response to his letter requesting they finish the building of the Yazoo Pumps. Letter from EPA Regional Administrator in…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 8, 2022
Mississippi Senate moves prenatal postpartum care bill forward
Postpartum coverage bill heads to the House where the same language died in Medicaid tech bill last year. Mississippi women on Medicaid could receive an additional 10 months of postpartum coverage through a bill authored by Senator Kevin Blackwell (R). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, coverage was extended indefinitely to those who receive Medicaid benefits.…
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Anne Summerhays
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February 7, 2022
Mississippi House Democratic Leader says eliminating state income tax “doesn’t make much sense”
Rep. Robert Johnson spoke at the Stennis Capitol Press luncheon today where he provided updates on the 2022 legislative session from his perspective. Mississippi House Minority Leader State Representative Robert Johnson (D) spoke at the Stennis Capitol Press Forum in Jackson on Monday about the 2022 Legislative session and the priorities of the Democratic Party.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 7, 2022
Former deputy municipal clerk found guilty of embezzlement
Former deputy municipal clerk in Monticello, Kim Davis, has been found guilty of embezzlement according to State Auditor Shad White. Davis was convicted in the Lawrence County Circuit Court after entering a guilty plea. She was originally arrested for a cash-skimming scheme in November 2020. It was reported that she embezzled cash as town residents…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 7, 2022
Mississippi revenue up above estimates into the start of the 2022 calendar year
State revenue was up nearly 30% above estimates in January. Mississippi state revenues continue to soar above the fiscal year legislative budget estimates. Total revenue collections for the month of January FY 2022 are $121,788,680 or 27.83% above the sine die revenue estimate. Fiscal YTD revenue collections through January 2022 are $667,046,328 or 20.45% above…
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Anne Summerhays
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February 4, 2022
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, and colleagues call for accountability on illegal immigrant flights
Miss. Senators question DHS Secretary on reports of overnight flights On Thursday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) joined 13 Senators in signing a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to explain reports that ICE is processing large groups of single adult illegal immigrants at makeshift borders and loading them onto…
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Anne Summerhays
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February 4, 2022
MS House passes bill requiring sellers of alternative nicotine products, package retailers to have a third-party age verification service
An amendment was passed to include medical marijuana dispensaries. On Thursday, the Mississippi House passed legislation that would require sellers of alternative nicotine products and package retailers to have a third-party age verification service. HB 976, authored by State Rep. Nick Bain (R), revises the provisions of law that regulate alternative nicotine products such as an…
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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
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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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
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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September 23, 2026
Discord and division
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Opinion
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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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