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Sarah Ulmer
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January 2, 2019
SALTER: Mississippi’s congressional clout will be tested, realigned in the 116th Congress
By: Sid Slater During the 2018 federal election cycle, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other national news organizations examined the question of what they saw as Mississippi’s declining clout on Capitol Hill. Clearly, the 2018 retirement of 45-year veteran Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran – who held the vastly influential post of…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 26, 2018
SALTER: SBA poultry loan review shines bright light on industry’s role in Mississippi economy
By: Sid Salter The ancient creation dilemma is based on determining which came first, the chicken or the egg? But in 2018 agri-business government lending, the current dilemma is more accurately based on which comes first, the independent poultry grower or the corporate poultry integrator? The answer is complex and that complexity is based in…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 21, 2018
Amazon Locating Consumer Goods Fulfillment Center in Marshall County, Miss., Creating 850 Jobs
Amazon is locating a consumer goods fulfillment center in Marshall County. The project will create 850 jobs over three years. “I am proud to welcome Amazon as the newest member of the Mississippi business community. Amazon’s presence demonstrates to industry leaders around the globe that Mississippi has what it takes for companies like Amazon to…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 21, 2018
MCPP: Mississippians Gave $1.8 Billion To Charity Last Year
As many prepare for end-of-year charitable contributions, data from the Internal Revenue Service continues to show Mississippi as one of the most charitable states in the country. According to the IRS, some 250,000 Mississippians took an itemized deduction for charitable giving last year. The average deduction in the Magnolia State was $7,135. This is the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 19, 2018
SALTER: Christmas holiday’s bounty belies hard realities of poverty, hunger in Mississippi
By: Sid Salter Perhaps if I were a preacher, which I’m decidedly not, and I offered a sermon, which this decidedly isn’t, I’d call it: “Christmas and The Farm Bill.” While most of us in this country and in this state celebrate the birth of Christ with family feasts that call Norman Rockwell paintings to…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 12, 2018
SALTER: McNeece was a fourth-generation community journalist and a lady of great substance
By: Sid Salter My friend Lisa Denley McNeece would have made light of the cruel absurdity of her death on Sunday at her home in Bruce. Under singularly unexpected circumstances, she just died. She was a vibrant 56 years old. The doctor told the family he suspected a massive embolism or blood clot. Loved ones…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 6, 2018
Latorre brings unique perspective as Mississippi Division of Medicaid’s first full-time medical director
Dr. Carlos Latorre earned two degrees in geology and worked at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg for six years before deciding he really wanted to study medicine. Now, after seven years of experience in family medicine, Latorre is switching gears again as he joins the Mississippi…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 6, 2018
Trey Dellinger to head Americans for Prosperity’s Mississippi Chapter
Americans for Prosperity-Mississippi (AFP-MS), Mississippi’s leading grassroots advocacy organization, on Monday announced Trey Dellinger as its new State Director. Trey will succeed outgoing State Director Russ Latino, who has accepted a Vice President position with AFP, overseeing economic policy initiatives nationally. “I am incredibly honored by this opportunity,” said Dellinger. “At Americans for Prosperity, we…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 5, 2018
OPINION: The Mob Attacks Rudolph
We can learn many wonderful lessons from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But more than that, it is something families with young children have enjoyed for generations. By: Brett Kittredge, Director of Marketing and Communications for Mississippi Center for Public Policy. On the Day after Thanksgiving, my wife, my three boys, and I sat down to watch the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 5, 2018
SALTER: Bush’s long friendship with Montgomery served Mississippi and both men well
By: Sid Salter George Herbert Walker Bush and Gillespie V. “Sonny” Montgomery were both elected to Congress on Nov. 8, 1966 and both took office on Jan. 3, 1967. Unknown to either of them at the time, it was the beginning of a long and meaningful friendship. As freshmen in Congress, central Mississippi’s Montgomery, the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 4, 2018
Medicaid EASE Initiative aims to improve access to needed services
DOM’s EASE Initiative aims to improve access to needed services for Medicaid beneficiaries Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is increasing the number of physician visits it covers for Medicaid beneficiaries, the first of a series of changes the agency plans to roll out in the coming year. The move is…
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 28, 2018
OPINION: Hyde-Smith Defeats Espy
With Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s victory in the special election runoff to fill the remainder of Sen. Thad Cochran’s term, Mississippi voters did what they have done for the past 30 years; vote for a Republican Senator. By: Brett Kittredge, Director of Marketing and Communications for Mississippi Center for Public Policy. To find the last time a…
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Frank Corder
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March 5, 2025
Mississippi shipbuilders ready to work with Trump’s new White House office of shipbuilding
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Daniel Tyson
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March 5, 2025
Legislation to outlaw squatting moves forward in Senate
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Gene Johnson, Associated Press
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March 5, 2025
The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history
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Frank Corder
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March 4, 2025
Fabricators Supply expanding in West Point, adding 15 jobs
Business
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Frank Corder
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March 3, 2025
ABB doubling size of its Senatobia facility with $40 million investment
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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March 2, 2025
SBA rolls out new loan program
Culture
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Jim Beaugez
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March 5, 2025
Mississippi Blues artist Brian Ballou makes his mark
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C.H. Spurgeon
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March 5, 2025
Grow in grace and knowledge
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Meredith Biesinger
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March 4, 2025
Hattiesburg Pocket Museum: Mississippi’s tiniest museum
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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March 5, 2025
Bird flu a dire concern to Mississippi’s almost $4 billion top agricultural commodity
Opinion
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James McHale
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March 4, 2025
Maximizing Mississippi’s higher ed ROI requires better data and inclusive financial aid
Opinion
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Charlie Bufalino
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February 28, 2025
Charter schools in Mississippi are working: Let’s give more families the opportunity
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