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March 16, 2016
Senate Appropriations Committee whacks away at state budget but increases education spending
First Senate budget draft is ugly That chopping sound you might have heard near High Street on Tuesday was the Senate Appropriations Committee whacking away at most state agencies — passing out first drafts of budget bills that cut about 4 percent from most budgets, on top of roughly 1.5 percent mid year cuts recently…
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March 16, 2016
Hosemann orders Ocean Springs Bluebird Cancer Retreat to stop soliciting donations
Hosemann orders adult cancer camp shutdown Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said in a statement that his office has ordered Ocean Springs-based Mississippi Gulf Coast Bluebird Cancer Retreat to stop soliciting donations, the Sun Herald reported. Hosemann said his office found several violations of state law, including failing to provide exam records and notification of…
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March 15, 2016
Gas tax discussion picks up steam
WLOX.com – The News for South Mississippi WLOX / WLBT 3/14/16
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March 15, 2016
Senate Transportation chair Sen. Simmons (D) proposes increases in gas, county taxes and car tags
Senate chair: Raise taxes, car tag fees for roads Senate Transportation Chairman Willie Simmons on Monday unveiled a proposal to add an 8 percent sales tax on gasoline and diesel, increase the cost of car tags with varying user fees, and require counties to raise taxes in order to share the money that would be…
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March 15, 2016
AP requests MS House, Senate email, schedules to “test government openness”
Top Miss. lawmakers: Email, schedule not for public JACKSON – Republican leaders in the Mississippi House and Senate have denied a request for email correspondence and information about their schedules, saying the state Public Records Act does not apply to legislators. Top Democrats in each chamber ignored identical records requests The Associated Press submitted as…
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March 14, 2016
MBJ: Support for gas tax for roads, bridges cited in YP poll
New poll shows Mississippi voters back higher gas taxes for roads, bridges Magellan Strategies BR’s automated telephone survey shows 43 percent support from Republican voters and 42 percent from Democrats. The pollsters surveyed “likely” voters in the state’s March 8 presidential primaries. A total of 995 Republicans and 471 Democrats responded. Opposition from likely Republican…
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March 14, 2016
CRAWFORD: If not conservative leaders, who can we depend on to teach our children virtues, morality?
BILL CRAWFORD — America struggling to provide moral examples for children If not our conservative leaders, what institutions can we depend upon today to teach our children virtues and morality? Thomas Jefferson said this was the responsibility of our public schools. But, many fail in this duty. So, we rely on our churches. But, many…
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March 14, 2016
Future of #MS01 could soon be in DeSoto County voters’ hands
1st District could see ‘tug of war’ for dominance Three of the past four representatives of the district – Roger Wicker, Alan Nunnelee and now Kelly – have all hailed from Lee County, while the fourth, Travis Childers, was from neighboring Prentiss County. However, according to recent census numbers, DeSoto County is the state’s third…
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March 14, 2016
SALTER: Early voting no panacea for increasing turnout but would bring MS into modern era
Sid Salter: Early voting would take state into modern era The fact is early voting is no panacea for increasing voter turnout just as voter ID was no panacea to eliminating election fraud. The fact is absentee ballots in Mississippi still present the greatest opportunity for political mischief. Republicans and Democrats alike know this. With…
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March 14, 2016
PENDER: Lawmakers talk big on campaign finance reform but haven’t seemed gung-ho
Geoff Pender: ‘Private Gain’ series shows fundamental flaw State lawmakers talk about transparency and reform a lot. But they haven’t seemed so gung-ho about reforming this exquisite nonsense. Already this session, proposals to ban or restrict personal spending of campaign money died without a vote. But two measures remain alive that would require politicians to…
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March 14, 2016
Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes (D) new chair of MS Legislative Black Caucus
Gulfport rep steps into lead role in Black Caucus JACKSON – Democratic Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes of Gulfport is stepping into a new leadership role as chairwoman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus…. …“I’m still being optimistic and looking forward to a resolution addressing the flag,” Williams-Barnes said. She said the Black Caucus has not discussed…
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March 12, 2016
MS AG Jim Hood begs to not testify in @Google case – plus a document dump
Notice to Depose MS AG Jim Hood 021916 AG Jim Hood Seeks Protective Order 021016 Memo in Support of Protective Order by MS AG Jim Hood 021116 AG Jim Hood Exhibits 021116 Google's motion in opposition to AG Jim Hood's motion for protective order 030716 MPAA's motion to quash supboena MPAA's Memo of Support to…
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Frank Corder
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June 13, 2025
Nearly 280 from Mississippi National Guard deployed to D.C. in support of Saturday’s military parade
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Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press
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June 13, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 13, 2025
Mississippi Medicaid appropriation increases by $58 million for new fiscal year, state support nears $1 billion
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Laura Lee Leathers
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June 13, 2025
Roses and ramblings
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 13, 2025
Weep for His pain
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Richelle Putnam
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June 12, 2025
Serving fresh, supporting local: Inside Vicksburg’s Tomato Place
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Lesley Davis
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June 12, 2025
A victory for sorority sisters: The DOE affirmed what every 18-year-old pledge already knew
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Russ Latino
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June 11, 2025
Gipson in for Governor. What’s the state of play for 2027?
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Josh Riggs
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June 11, 2025
Mississippi’s education success isn’t a miracle
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