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May 8, 2015
Brookhaven DailyLeader editorial: Common Core debacle keeps getting sillier
Common Core debacle gets sillier: Editorial The Common Core debacle just keeps getting sillier. After an uproar over the new academic standards, state legislators passed a bill that would distance Mississippi from Common Core. The bill would have created a panel to examine the standards to see if they were a good fit for Mississippi…
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May 8, 2015
MDE: nearly 5800 third graders could fail
Nearly 6,000 students could repeat 3rd grade Nearly 5,800 third graders failed Mississippi’s first high-stakes reading assessment tied to a new state law requiring they be held back another year. The Mississippi Department of Education on Thursday released the much-anticipated results of the assessment, which all third graders took in April, but it provided only…
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May 8, 2015
Wicker supports Iran review bill
RELEASE: Wicker Supports Bill to Review Iran Agreement Senator Says Congress, American People Deserve Chance to Weigh In WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today supported legislation to provide Congress with the opportunity to approve any final deal reached by the Obama Administration and Iran.…
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May 8, 2015
Cochran: Senate should “exercise strict oversight of Obama administration’s negotiations with Iran
RELEASE: COCHRAN STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF THE IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT REVIEW ACT WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today offered the following statement after the Senate approved the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (HR.1191) on a 98-1 vote. Cochran cosponsored the Senate legislation. “This overwhelming bipartisan…
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May 8, 2015
Sen. Cochran urging more telehealth support in Congress
RELEASE: COCHRAN URGES INCREASED SUPPORT FOR TELEHEALTH PROGRAMS UMMC’s Dr. Henderson Advocates Federal Changes to Build on Mississippi Telehealth Success WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, today explored how the federal government could increase its support for telehealth in order to improve and make more affordable healthcare in…
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May 8, 2015
MS House Democrat Leader Moak’s fuzzy “math” on 2015 House races
Moak’s math: state House is in play for Democrats State House Democratic Leader Bobby Moak, in a letter seeking donations for his Leadership PAC, says “the polls and data we are looking at show us that NOW there is opportunity for Democrats to regain the House” in 2015. Republicans hold a 66-56 majority in the…
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May 7, 2015
State Senator Will Longwitz raising questions about Oxford Houses
State senator raises concerns about Oxford Houses in Miss. State Senator Will Longwitz is raising questions about Oxford Houses, halfway homes for recovering addicts are operated. An Oxford House opened April 1 in Jackson, leaving residents complaining about the safety of their children and concern about the upkeep of their neighborhood. There are 15 Oxford…
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May 7, 2015
$13 million capital improvement plan approved by Jackson commission
WJTV 5/6/15
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May 7, 2015
Rep. Greg Snowden on end of MDOC state county work program
WTOK 5/6/15
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May 7, 2015
Third grade reading scores to be set by MS Board of Education
Vote set to name passing score for third-grade reading test JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state Board of Education is scheduled to meet Thursday to vote on the reading test score third graders will be required to have to advance to fourth grade. Mississippi’s 38,000 public school third graders took the 50-question computerized test in…
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May 7, 2015
MSSC allows Bryant to join #Initiative42 ballot language appeal
High Court approves Bryant’s request in school funding case The State Supreme Court on Wednesday approved Gov. Phil Bryant’s request to join an appeal of a lower court’s actions on a school funding initiative on November’s statewide ballots…. …A Hinds County judge last month re-wrote the title of the Legislature’s alternative initiative. The GOP legislative…
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May 7, 2015
Cochran, Wicker introduce legislation to ensure adequate Medicare reimbursements
RELEASE: COCHRAN, WICKER BILL WOULD PRESERVE LONG-TERM CARE COVERAGE AT MISSISSIPPI HOSPITALS Bipartisan Legislation Would Ensure Adequate Medicare Reimbursement for Long-Term Care Hospitals WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today announced the introduction of legislation to ensure adequate Medicare reimbursements to long-term care hospitals that care for people with…
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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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