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July 20, 2020
Auditor’s Office Arrests Three in Jones County
Today Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office arrested Jones County District 5 Road Foreman Roland Graham and Larry Barnes. Graham was indicted for fraud or embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the state, and Barnes was indicted for conspiracy to defraud the state, by a grand jury assembled by District Attorney Anthony Buckley.…
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July 17, 2020
Mississippi Banks Ask Consumers to Deposit, Use Spare Change Due to Coin Shortage
Time to empty out the piggy banks to help small businesses. Mississippi banks are asking consumers to deposit their spare change at their local bank or coin-cashing machines as the pandemic-related shutdowns has created a coin shortage. When COVID-19 restrictions went into place, establishments like retail shops, school cafeterias, and laundromats—the typical places where coin…
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July 17, 2020
Mississippi Egg Marketing Board Applauds U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on New Dietary Recommendations for Infants
The Mississippi Egg Marketing Board applauds the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for recommending eggs as a first food for babies and toddlers. The Committee issued these recommendations along with a scientific report on Wednesday, July 15. “Today is an important day for the American diet and for eggs. In an historic first, the Dietary…
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July 16, 2020
Crown Cork and Seal reopening manufacturing line in Batesville, creating 60 new jobs
Innovative packaging company Crown Cork and Seal is reopening a manufacturing line at its Batesville facility to support an increase in demand. The project is creating 60 new jobs. “In today’s challenging times, job creation has become even more critical to sustaining strong communities and rebuilding local economies,” Gov. Tate Reeves said. “Crown Cork and Seal’s decision to ramp up production…
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July 15, 2020
SALTER: Mask requirements are by no reasonable measure tyranny or an attack on one’s liberty
By: Sid Salter Erstwhile DeSoto County state legislator and failed GOP gubernatorial contender Robert Foster is certainly entitled to his opinions about government mask requirements. He is also free to apply whatever overwrought definitions to freedom, liberty, and tyranny that he chooses. Likewise, I am free to point out that one of the great things…
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Magnolia Tribune
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July 14, 2020
$1.95 Million in Grant Funding Awarded to Increase College Completion among Mississippi Students
Students attending six Mississippi public universities will benefit from a five-year, multi-million dollar commitment from the Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) to support college retention, persistence, and completion through the Improving Mississippi’s Persistence and Completion Together (IMPACT) initiative. WHEF is an endowed Mississippi non-profit organization that has focused its efforts on promoting increased postsecondary access…
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July 8, 2020
SALTER: Legacy of John C. Stennis challenged in the wake of ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement
By: Sid Salter The social and cultural ripples from the “Black Lives Matter” movement continue, from the amazing saga of the taking down of the Mississippi state flag to the ongoing debate over moving or removing monuments and changing building names on edifices named for individuals who don’t pass muster through the prism of racial…
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Sarah Ulmer
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July 7, 2020
MSDH announce limitations on elective surgeries in some counties with rise of COVID cases
In a press conference on Tuesday, Dr. Dobbs announced that there were 957 new cases of COVID-19 reported today with 44 additional deaths. Dobbs indicated that some of those numbers were backlogged from over the weekend. With the consistent high numbers over the last two weeks, Dobbs said they would be issuing an order to…
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July 7, 2020
Regulated Medical Waste and Secure Document Destruction company expanding to Northwest Mississippi
GreenServ, Inc., a regulated medical waste and secure document destruction company, is increasing its presence in Mississippi by locating processing operations and corporate headquarters in Batesville. The project is a $6 million corporate investment and will create 45 jobs. “GreenServ is a valued member of Mississippi’s business community, and the company’s expansion into Panola County highlights the fact that our…
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Sarah Ulmer
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July 1, 2020
SALTER: The path to flag change proves that racial views evolve with life experiences, history
By: Sid Salter Mississippi’s tense and emotional public debate of removing the Confederate Battle Flag from the canton corner of the state flag evoked some of the more startling lessons of history regarding the evolution of racial views by individuals and by institutions. Let’s stop here and applaud the leadership and vision of House Speaker…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 25, 2020
Coaches, Universities urge Legislators to take action in changing the state flag
Coaches from all eight of Mississippi’s public universities rallied at the state Capitol on Thursday calling for Legislators to take action and change the state flag. “I had a meeting with our team the other day and I could tell a hurtfulness in our locker room, a confusion in our locker room, because they want…
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June 24, 2020
SALTER: Mississippi’s state flag has become an albatross around the necks of our grandchildren
By: Sid Salter It has been my experience over some 40 years of writing about public policy in Mississippi that we as a people are slow to change, even when embracing change would be to our certain benefit and obstinance about doing so is to our undeniable detriment. There is no greater manifestation of that…
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 15, 2025
Lawmakers see financial literacy as a growing need in Mississippi’s colleges and universities
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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December 15, 2025
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Black death row inmate over racial bias in Mississippi jury makeup
Business
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Frank Corder
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December 11, 2025
$100 million metallurgical biocarbon manufacturer locating in Pike County
Business
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Frank Corder
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December 2, 2025
BWC Terminals break ground in Pascagoula
Business
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
Culture
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Robert St. John
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December 15, 2025
The last strand of tinsel
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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December 15, 2025
The law of love
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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December 14, 2025
Charles Wesley and Christmas
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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December 10, 2025
University of Mississippi Chancellor responds to Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit, seeks dismissal
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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December 10, 2025
Guardrails or gravel? Why America and Mississippi must get AI regulation right in 2026
Opinion
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Merle Flowers
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December 8, 2025
The Parents Over Platforms Act: A targeted, privacy-respecting alternative to ASAA
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