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March 16, 2016
Workforce training bill headed to Governor Bryant for signature
Workforce Training Bill Heads to Governor Jackson, Miss. – Legislation to bolster Mississippi’s workforce is on the way to Gov. Bryant’s desk. The House passed Senate Bill 2808 on Tuesday. The bill creates the Mississippi Works Fund to provide highly focused workforce training for new and existing businesses. This fund is an addition to the…
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March 16, 2016
Judge Carlton Reeves questions court’s standing to decide if #MSflag should be removed
Judge: Is Court Proper Place for Mississippi Flag Debate? A federal judge is ordering attorneys to file arguments over whether courts have standing to decide if Mississippi should remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves has set a Mar. 21 deadline for briefs by Mississippi Attorney General Jim…
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March 16, 2016
MS Senate committees pass gas tax placeholder bill to beat deadline
Committee balks at roads tax increase Simmons introduced a proposal Tuesday 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 generated to fix the state’s ailing roads and bridges.…
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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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Frank Corder
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December 12, 2025
Navy Secretary tells shipbuilders to “act like we’re at war.” What it means for Mississippi’s Ingalls shipyard is unclear
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Frank Corder
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December 12, 2025
Damage Control: Thompson says he misspoke when referring to attack on National Guardsmen as an “unfortunate accident”
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Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press
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December 12, 2025
Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations
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Frank Corder
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December 11, 2025
$100 million metallurgical biocarbon manufacturer locating in Pike County
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Frank Corder
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December 2, 2025
BWC Terminals break ground in Pascagoula
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Matt Friedeman
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December 14, 2025
Charles Wesley and Christmas
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 12, 2025
Holly Jolly Oxford: A little slice of Stars Hollow in the Magnolia State
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Alistair Begg
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December 12, 2025
The purpose of the cross
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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
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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
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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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