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February 8, 2017
Dept of Revenue won’t release details of Amazon deal to collect internet sales tax
Agency won’t release voluntary internet sales tax deal with Amazon A deal between Mississippi and online retail giant Amazon to voluntarily collect an internet sales tax won’t be available for public view, the Mississippi Department of Revenue said Tuesday. The agency told Mississippi Watchdog that it wouldn’t release its agreement with Amazon due to confidentiality…
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February 8, 2017
@CongPalazzo cosponsors bill to terminate the EPA
Palazzo among those who would shut down EPA Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-4, is one of four Republican congressmen who want to get rid of the EPA. The Biloxi lawmaker is a co-sponsor of what is basically the one-sentence House resolution “to terminate the Environmental Protection Agency.” The bill’s main sponsor is freshman Rep. Matt Gaetz…
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February 8, 2017
Sen. @RogerWicker Votes to Confirm DeVos for Education Secretary
RELEASE Wicker Votes to Confirm DeVos for Education Secretary WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued this statement following Senate approval of Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education: “As the product of our state’s public schools and the father of three children who graduated from Tupelo’s public school…
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February 7, 2017
@AGJimHood responds to @PhilBryantMS op-ed on funding for mental health services #msleg #mselex
Opinion Column by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood Governor Obfuscates with Call for "Gimme some of that mental health REFORM" February 7, 2017
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February 7, 2017
Sen. Thad Cochran statement on confirmation of new Education Sec @BetsyDeVos
RELEASE COCHRAN STATEMENT ON VOTE TO CONFIRM EDUCATION SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding his vote to confirm Elisabeth “Betsy” DeVos to be Secretary of Education: “I met with Betsy DeVos, and received her commitment to public education, addressing the urgent needs of rural…
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February 7, 2017
Gov. Phil Bryant discusses mental health reforms in op-ed
Mental health system needs reform: Gov. Phil Bryant We have to do better. There is no other option. The current governing structure of the Department of Mental Health provides for an executive director who is appointed by a board. Nothing within the governing structure or state law requires the executive director to report to the…
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February 7, 2017
SALTER: Neither Dems nor Repubs can claim high ground on judicial confirmations
Sid Salter: GOP, Dems both have obstructed nominees So “stolen seat” is a bit breathless in terms of characterizing Republican efforts to do the very same thing in the very same way to Garland in 2016. If the GOP has a playbook on partisanship in the judicial confirmation process, rest assured that Democrats are the…
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February 7, 2017
MS House cuts red tape for A and B school districts
House strips ‘red tape’ for A, B districts A Mississippi Delta lawmaker protested that a bill that passed the state’s House of Representatives Monday allowing districts rated A and B to offer teacher incentives such as assisted housing, saying it would draw educators away from struggling school systems. House Bill 1224 exempts top-performing districts in…
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February 7, 2017
Lottery question in limbo in MS House
Lottery turning into headache for speaker JACKSON – The fact that Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, has made no secret of his opposition to enacting a statewide lottery has not kept House members from trying to bring the issue to the forefront. Gunn, who presides over the House, must decide in the coming days whether an…
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February 7, 2017
MS House advances internet sales tax bill, Senate action to come
Bill on Internet taxes advances to Mississippi Senate JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi House has removed a procedural hold on a bill to enforce tax collections on items sold over the Internet. House Bill 480 will move to the Senate for more work. WTOK 2/6/17
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February 7, 2017
Lifting of civil service protection cause of concern for some state employees
Majority of state employees could have civil-service protections lifted Cockerham said during Thursday’s floor debate that agency heads would have to consult the Attorney General’s office to ensure no state or federal laws were being violated. Appropriations Chairman Representative John Read said it’s also a budget issue. He said agency heads need the flexibility to…
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February 7, 2017
Mississippian Nick Owens working with Trump administration
Wiggins man works with the Trump administration BILOXI, MS (WLOX) – Nick Owens grew up in Wiggins and went to Washington to work with former Senator Trent Lott. He has spent the past year providing input for then candidate and now President Donald Trump. Owens has been busy working with the president from election day…
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July 23, 2026
Gas, groceries and back-to-school items are where shoppers might see higher oil prices surface
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Frank Corder
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July 23, 2026
Outdoor stewardship grant applications open August 3
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July 23, 2026
Ezell bringing House colleagues to Biloxi for roundtable on health of Mississippi Sound
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Frank Corder
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July 23, 2026
SIP Manufacturing coming to the Sip with $100 million investment
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Frank Corder
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July 14, 2026
Aluminum Dynamics investing another $200 million in Lowndes County
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Frank Corder
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July 8, 2026
Mississippi-based UniTek Global Services acquires Concurrent Utility Services
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Alistair Begg
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July 23, 2026
Cowardly compromise
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Richelle Putnam
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July 22, 2026
Healing in clay and color: Mississippi artist Freda Clark
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Alistair Begg
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July 22, 2026
Unparalleled humility
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Sid Salter
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July 22, 2026
Critics aside, revamped youth court system is a Mississippi reform that’s long overdue
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Russ Latino
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July 21, 2026
Nolan Wells’ death is tragic on so many levels
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Sid Salter
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July 15, 2026
Sen. Graham’s sudden death will impact seniority, congressional majority prospects
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