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April 20, 2016
Legislature looks to tighten welfare programs, increase Medicaid verifications
Legislature Considers Auditing Welfare Recipients A joint House-Senate committee filed the latest version of House Bill 1116 Monday. It would have an outside company build an electronic records system for Medicaid. Officials would periodically verify recipients’ financial information and residency to determine whether they’re still eligible for aid. A discrepancy would result in someone losing…
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April 20, 2016
Campaign finance reform dead but not quite dead dead dead just yet
Mississippi House Turns Back Campaign Cash Rules The Mississippi House may have killed a bill that would have restricted personal use of campaign money on a voice vote, with no record of how individual members voted. Tuesday’s vote on House Bill 797 followed a debate in which a number of longtime House members complained about…
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April 20, 2016
No changes to MAEP in 2016 session
Bill to Change School Funding Formula Dies Lawmakers won’t rewrite Mississippi’s K-12 school funding formula this year. Senate Education Committee Chairman Gray Tollison, an Oxford Republican, says House and Senate negotiators couldn’t reach agreement on possible changes. House Bill 458 died Monday when the House and Senate failed to file a conference report. WTOK 4/19/16
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Magnolia Tribune
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April 19, 2016
Heads are spinning as Republicans hand tax relief to Mississippi taxpayers
by Frank Corder
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April 19, 2016
@MSGOP chair @joenosef to speak at Lamar Co. Republican Club
MSGOP Chairman to address Lamar County Republican club LAMAR COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. MSGOP Chairman Joe Nosef will address the Lamar County Republican Club at their meeting on Tuesday. WDAM 4/18/16
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April 19, 2016
ClarionLedger attempts to paint Tax Cuts for Mississippians as madness, begs Governor to stop it
No tax cuts: Lawmakers, please, stop the madness Stop the madness. We are begging the governor, please — for the love of Mississippi — stop the madness. This isn’t hyperbole. We’re not being funny. We are completely serious. Please. Stop. The. Madness. This legislative session has confounded a number of people as lawmakers have chosen…
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April 19, 2016
Bond bill passes Legislature as Sen. McDaniel questions need to help Ingalls, museums etc.
Lawmakers slash budgets, borrow, cut taxes Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, and others of the Senate’s most conservative lawmakers questioned the borrowing in the bond bill, and the need to fund museums, zoos, parks and borrowing to help private companies, such as Ingalls shipbuilding on the Coast. McDaniel said the state has $4.4 billion in debt…
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April 19, 2016
Tax cut package passes Mississippi House, Senate
Lawmakers slash budgets, borrow, cut taxes The tax cut deal, starting in 2018, would begin phasing out the corporate franchise tax over 10 years and cost $260 million, and the 3 percent individual income tax bracket over five years, eventually costing $415 million. For the fiscal 2017 budget lawmakers continued to set on Monday, the…
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April 19, 2016
AG Hood pens op-ed calling Legislature ignorant, irresponsible over not doing what he suggests
Attorney General Jim Hood: Legislative leadership is being irresponsible The lieutenant governor of Mississippi has decided that huge tax cuts in the face of equally large reductions in a dwindling state budget make sense for our citizens. And yet, nothing could be more irresponsible. To essentially ignore the health, education and public safety of nearly…
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April 19, 2016
Legislators agree to campaign finance reforms
House, Senate negotiators reach campaign finance deal The measure would ban some spending of campaign money such as buying cars, clothing (other than campaign T-shirts and such), and other non-campaign expenses. It would allow some spending not related to a campaign but for expenses incurred by being an “officeholder.” It appears the compromise measure would…
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April 18, 2016
Gulfport mayor Billy Hewes: I have a right to my opinion and won’t be shamed for it
Hewes says ‘door of tolerance swings both ways’ Mayor Billy Hewes reiterated in a Facebook post that the city is all about tolerance, despite his personal belief that only heterosexuals should be allowed to marry…. …While his position has not changed since 2004 on marriage, he said in the Facebook post: “I have every right…
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April 18, 2016
Legislators reach tax cut agreement
Legislative leaders reach accord to cut taxes, budget work continues Besides reaching an agreement Sunday night on a tax cut proposal legislative leaders also hammered out an accord on bonds to fund construction projects and on tax credits, such as for the development of historic properties. The bond package totals $249.6 million and includes funds…
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June 12, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: June 12, 2026
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Frank Corder
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June 11, 2026
Miss. Supreme Court rules AG, not Auditor has authority to prosecute cases seeking recovery of state funds
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Frank Corder
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June 11, 2026
Insurance Commissioner threatens to pull licenses of over 70 producers after scheduled hearings
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Frank Corder
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June 10, 2026
NPL Construction locating fabrication, manufacturing operations in Greenwood
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Frank Corder
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June 8, 2026
EVE Energy makes U.S. Dept. of War’s roster of “Chinese military companies”
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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June 12, 2026
College World Series field once again tilts heavily toward SEC
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Alistair Begg
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June 12, 2026
Comfort for a troubled mind
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Susan Marquez
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June 11, 2026
Let’s scream for ice cream
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Ashby Foote
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June 11, 2026
A Jackson data center: Threat or opportunity?
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Andy Gipson
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June 10, 2026
Working with the Trump administration to eliminate welfare fraud
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Sid Salter
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June 10, 2026
Legislature should heed Rep. Price Wallace’s effort to revive the ballot initiative process
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