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February 14, 2017
Sen. Wiggins’ BP funds bill moves from MS Senate to House
Proposal for oil-spill fund moves to Mississippi House JACKSON, MS (AP) – The Mississippi House will get to debate a bill setting aside $750 million in oil spill economic-damage payments for projects on the Gulf Coast. The Senate passed Senate Bill 2634 last week but put it on hold. That hold was released Monday, sending…
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February 13, 2017
Sen. @RogerWicker meets #SCOTUS Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch
Wicker Meets Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today met with President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch. Wicker issued this statement following the meeting: “Judge Gorsuch has issued a number of decisions and publications that suggest that he is a very talented jurist. These…
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February 13, 2017
AMY: #msleg Republican leaders should blame themselves for widespread ignorance on #MAEP rewrite
JEFF AMY: Analysis: Lack of info not helping school funding Last week’s derailment of what had once looked like a legislative freight train might provide the opportunity. Unable to decide on what proposals to bring forward, leaders in the House and Senate both abandoned placeholder bills to die at Thursday’s deadline. The issue could still…
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February 13, 2017
MS Senate passes bill making sextortion, sexploitation a crime
Revenge porn bill passes in Senate A bill passed in the Senate would create the crimes of sextortion and sexploitation, or what some refer to as revenge porn legislation. Senate Bill 2907 would prohibit a person from disclosing a photo or other visual image without permission of a person’s intimate parts exposed or of the…
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February 13, 2017
PENDER: Bureaucracy has ear of #msleg leaving it answerable to no one
GEOFF PENDER: Bryant tackles bureaucracy, but it fights back Gov. Phil Bryant is trying to tackle state bureaucracy, but he’s seeing firsthand the wisdom of Ronald Reagan’s adage: “A government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth.” House Bill 1425 would put most of the state’s many occupational…
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February 13, 2017
CRAWFORD: Universities should raise standards, move remediation to community colleges
BILL CRAWFORD: Move remediation to community colleges, hybrid universities Universities should raise admission standards and, for the most part, exit the remediation business. Community colleges are best suited for this role with lower costs for both state and student, plus they provide more pathways to completion for academically challenged and disinterested students. Two things –…
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February 13, 2017
SALTER: #msleg pushing back hard against death penalty lawsuits
SID SALTER: Alternate execution method bill ignores larger death penalty debate House Bill 638 is the reaction to litigation filed challenging the “cruel and unusual punishment” aspects of lethal injection. Most of those legal challenges were filed as a delaying tactic to thwart the imposition of the death penalty. For good or ill, state legislatures…
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February 13, 2017
Congressman Thompson calls for new investigation in Emmett Till case
U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson calls for new investigation in Emmett Till case TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, Miss. — U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson is calling for a new investigation into the Emmett Till murder case. Thompson specifically said he wants the government to look into the woman at the center of the case, Carolyn Bryant. Byrant admitted to…
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February 13, 2017
Former Gov. Haley Barbour to speak at MSU
Former Gov. Haley Barbour to speak at Mississippi State STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is going back to school. Barbour will speak Monday at Mississippi State as part of the university’s Lamar Conerly Governance Lecture Series. WTVA-TV reports the lecture series is organized by the Office of the Provost and Executive…
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February 13, 2017
#msleg working on “How to act in a traffic stop” bill
Lawmakers working to pass “How to act in a Traffic Stop” Bill JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – State representatives are working on a new law that could prepare you for the next time you get pulled over. House Bill 509, developed by the Department of Public Safety, is something lawmakers say should have been…
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February 13, 2017
#msleg considers changing compulsory school age to 5
Lawmakers look to change compulsory school age from 6 to 5 BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – State lawmakers are looking to change the compulsory school age from 6 to 5. Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes authored an amendment to House Bill 567 that would make it requirement. Teachers at Jeff Davis Elementary in Biloxi think the change would…
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February 13, 2017
MS House passes bill to allow water on school buses
Mississippi House says kids can have water on school bus JACKSON, MS (AP) – JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – It’s a policy that could be set by local school boards, but Mississippi lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands. A bill that passed the state House last week says students must be allowed to drink…
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May 15, 2026
Effort to make all Mississippi school boards elected failed this session. Another try could come in January
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Joshua Rollo
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May 15, 2026
From Mississippi to defending America under the sea: One sailor’s journey to USS Greeneville
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Daniel Tyson
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May 15, 2026
Judge blocks release of discovery materials in Jackson bribery case against Owens, Lumumba, Banks
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Frank Corder
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May 11, 2026
Lockers Manufacturing announces $9.7 million expansion in Batesville
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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May 15, 2026
These guys don’t just drive the team bus. They go the extra mile for the players who love them
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Alistair Begg
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May 15, 2026
Hope through the silence
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Alistair Begg
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May 14, 2026
Conformed to His image
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Mike Ezell
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May 14, 2026
Supporting law enforcement shouldn’t be political
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Sid Salter
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May 13, 2026
Remembering the legacies of former GOP Gov. Kirk Fordice and First Lady Pat Fordice
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Trey Dellinger
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May 11, 2026
New Mississippi abortion pill law protects women
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