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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2019
Federal health plans extension good news for Mississippi
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Monday that they will allow insurance companies to continue to offer certain health plans that would have been phased out on January 1, 2020. These plans are often referred to as “grandmothered” plans, which do not meet all of the many mandates and restrictions in the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2019
SALTER: Warren’s 2019 political stop in Mississippi has few parallels to RFK’s 1967 Delta visit
By: Sid Salter The rather nondescript email from activist Marissa Barrow of the “Progressive Change Campaign Committee” arrived in my email inbox on March 18 with the subject line: “Elizabeth Warren parallels RFK’s 1967 tour of Mississippi Delta.” Upon opening the email, I was greeted with a series of comparative photographs – some color photos…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 25, 2019
OP-ED: Mississippi Voters Support Donor Privacy Bill on Governor’s Desk
A bill that would protect the personal privacy of individuals who donate to nonprofit charities awaits the signature of Gov. Phil Bryant this week. Authored by Rep. Jerry Turner and championed by Rep. Mark Baker, HB 1205 allows a nonprofit organization to defend itself in court if a rogue government agency or employee releases the nonprofit’s…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 21, 2019
Congressman Guest Welcomes Home Army National Guard
Yesterday, Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) greeted troops of the 155th Brigade Combat Team of the Mississippi Army National Guard as they returned home to Mississippi. These troops were deployed for eight months to Kuwait and other locations in the Middle East. “I was honored to greet these men and women as they returned home after…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 20, 2019
SALTER: Wicker’s politically unpopular vote to maintain separation of powers was the right one
By: Sid Salter The social media hysteria, threats of political retribution, and withering criticism of Mississippi senior U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker’s vote in favor of a resolution of disapproval for President Donald Trump’s Feb. 15 national emergency declaration aside, Wicker’s vote was the right one. As Wicker and the other 11 Republican senators who voted…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2019
March 14 Proclaimed as Agriculture Day in State of Mississippi
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson was joined by Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick, Mississippi Senate Agriculture Chairman Billy Hudson and Mississippi House of Representatives Agriculture Chairman Bill Pigott as Governor Phil Bryant signed a proclamation declaring March 14, 2019, as Agriculture Day in the State of Mississippi. “I appreciate Governor Bryant…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
Global engineering company Weir Group increases investment in Newton, expanding production and adding 150 additional highly skilled jobs
Scotland-based mining equipment manufacturer The Weir Group is investing an additional $15 million in its Newton manufacturing facility as part of a total $50-million plan supporting an additional 150 jobs at the plant. When the investment plan is complete, employment will increase to more than 400 workers, a 60 percent increase from 2016. “Mississippi is…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
A dispute between one lawmaker and DPS raises questions on ‘what is public record?’
DPS spends $18,000 and counting to fight $200 ethics fine over records flap with lawmaker The disagreement began when Representative Joel Bomgar sent an email to Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy with questions and observations on drug dealers “fighting over turf,” the economics of the drug trade, and whether prison hurts or helps…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
SATLER: Will Baker, Fitch or Taggart become state’s first GOP attorney general since 1878?
By: Sid Salter The 2019 Mississippi Republican primary for attorney general will pit three veteran GOP politicians against each other for the right to become Mississippi’s first GOP attorney general since George Emrick Harris in 1878. The Republican winner will face Democrat candidate U.S. Army Col. Jennifer Riley Collins (Ret.), a decorated military intelligence officer…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 12, 2019
KOHLER Engines increasing its footprint in Hattiesburg
KOHLER Engines, a leading manufacturer of industrial gasoline and diesel engines, is growing its manufacturing operations in Hattiesburg, Miss. The company is making a significant investment in Hattiesburg and anticipates creating 250 full-time jobs. “The name KOHLER is synonymous with quality. The company is known around the world for its high-quality products, so it makes…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 6, 2019
SALTER: GOP secretary of state primary may raise some interesting election law issues
By: Sid Salter One of the more interesting political eleventh-hour developments as the 2019 March 1 qualifying deadline approached came in the Mississippi Secretary of State’s race with the surprising entry of incumbent Republican Southern District Public Service Commissioner Sam Britton into that GOP primary against incumbent Gulf Coast State Sen. Michael Watson. As soon…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 5, 2019
ABB expanding in Senatobia, creating 50 new jobs and fulfilling 150 previously announced jobs
Global manufacturing technology leader ABB is expanding its advanced manufacturing operations in Senatobia. The project is a $36 million corporate investment and will create 50 new jobs. The expansion also will enable the company to fill 150 of the remaining 300 jobs announced in 2016. “ABB’s decision to expand in Senatobia just more than two…
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Frank Corder
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November 4, 2025
Democrats pick up seats in Mississippi House, Senate due to court-ordered special redistricting elections
News
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 4, 2025
Reeves announces new initiatives as part of Rural Health Transformation Program
News
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Frank Corder
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November 4, 2025
Holly Springs sues PSC over actions related to the city’s electric utility
Business
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Daniel Tyson
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October 30, 2025
Mississippi senators hear concerns from farmers as state’s agriculture industry struggles
Business
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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October 29, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate as government shutdown clouds economic outlook
Business
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Magnolia Tribune
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October 27, 2025
Delta Grain investing $3.76 million to expand Sidon operations
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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November 4, 2025
Where art meets ocean air: The Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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November 4, 2025
He knows
Culture
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Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press
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November 3, 2025
Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November
Opinion
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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October 29, 2025
Shutdown impacts in Mississippi require an understanding of reliance on federal funds
Opinion
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Daniel Sparks
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October 24, 2025
Mississippi taking strides to reduce harm from smoking
Opinion
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Grant Callen
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October 23, 2025
If lawmakers are trying to defund public education, they aren’t very good at it
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