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September 9, 2015
Hattiesburg raising taxes, first time since 2001
Hattiesburg 2015-16 levy will include tax increase The Hattiesburg City Council has voted to raise residents’ tax rates for the first time since at least 2001. Council approved 4-0 Tuesday a 114.1-mill tax levy for fiscal year 2015-16, an increase of 2.1 mills. WLOX 9/9/15
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Magnolia Tribune
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September 9, 2015
U.S. Dept. of Ed suspension data challenged by Mississippi schools
Attaboys and Oh Boys for September 9 Oh boy! To misleading data that paints a worst picture than actual reality. When researchers at the University of Pennsylvania released a study of U.S. Department of Education statistics showing suspension rates of public school students, comparing rates of African-American students with the overall rates, Mississippi was listed…
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September 9, 2015
Pickering announces former Alcorn Co. purchasing clerk guilty plea, sentencing
RELEASE: State Auditor and DA Announce Additional Plea Agreements in Public Corruption Investigation Corinth, Miss-William Paul Rhodes former Alcorn County Purchasing clerk, pled guilty to hindering prosecution, fraudulently obtaining public funds, and false representation to defraud government. Rhodes received 15 years in the custody of the MDOC with 10 of those years suspended, followed by…
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September 9, 2015
Palazzo Demands Senate Institute “Nuclear Option” to Stop #IranDeal
RELEASE: Palazzo Demands Senate Institute “Nuclear Option” to Stop Iran Deal Washington, DC – Congressman Steven Palazzo (MS-4) sent a letter tonight to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly urging him to use any and all possible options to block the president’s Iran deal. Most specifically, the letter insists the Senate institute the “nuclear option”…
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September 9, 2015
Roll Call: Palazzo sends letter to McConnell, encourages Senate rule change over #IranDeal
House Republican Tells Senate to Go ‘Nuclear’ Over the Iran Deal Rep. Steven Palazzo, a Republican from Mississippi, has written to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., encouraging the leader to effectively change the Senate’s rules with a simple majority to allow just 51 senators to overcome procedural hurdles and get legislation disapproving the international…
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September 9, 2015
Third Grade Reading Gate scores show 8 percent of students will repeat third grade
Final reading test cuts number of failing third-graders More than 2,900 Mississippi students — 8 percent — are expected to repeat the third grade because they scored too low on the Third Grade Gate reading test. That’s an improvement from the 15 percent that failed the first time on the exam, a linchpin of Gov.…
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September 8, 2015
Patsy ‘Ma’ Brumfield squawks at cost of lawsuit her group paid to initiate, bless her heart #42
State hires Wallace to battle 42 On hiring Wallace and paying him more than $60,000 in state funds, Gunn said, “Remember, the Legislature was sued. We had to defend ourselves because the attorney general refused to defend us. We won at the Supreme Court level, so we were proven to be correct in defending ourselves…
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September 8, 2015
Race for MS AG: Hurst challenges Hood to Debates
RELEASE: Hurst Challenges Hood to Debates Proposes Three Debates; Willing to Work With Opponent On Scheduling and Details FLOWOOD, MISS (SEPTEMBER 8, 2015) – Last week Republican Mike Hurst reached out to Democrat incumbent Jim Hood proposing the two candidates for Attorney General meet in at least three debates to provide voters with a discussion…
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September 8, 2015
Most Coast House, Senate seats unopposed
November ballot to contain proposed constitutional amendment, some open seats On the Coast, 12 House seats and six Senate spots are going uncontested in November. Ten House members and four senators had no competition to begin with; the rest won party primaries or are unchallenged in the general election. In the state Senate, the District…
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September 8, 2015
#Initiative42 a dream come true for trial lawyers
Scheme to Take Education Funding Authority From Legislators Spells Trouble For Mississippi Taxpayers For starters, approval of Initiative 42 would be a dream come true for trial lawyers, who would have a new tool with which to frivolously sue the state and line their own pockets at the expense of taxpayers and the state’s economic…
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September 8, 2015
DeSoto Co. voter says she was disenfranchised by voting in Dem primary but not allowed in GOP runoff
Voter feels primary system disenfranchises A voter who voted Democrat in the Aug. 4 primary and wished to cast a vote in the Republican primary runoff election on Aug. 25 for DeSoto County Superintendent of Education said she was disenfranchised at the ballot box… …”My inclination is likened to what party officials feel in that…
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September 8, 2015
NYT: Nomination of Robert Gray illustrates forlorn state of affairs for Southern Democrats
Chosen by Mississippi Democrats, Shy Trucker Is at a Crossroad The victory of Mr. Gray — like the bizarre primary wins of Alvin Greene, South Carolina’s 2010 Democratic nominee for the Senate, and Charlie Brown, the 2014 Democratic candidate for governor in Tennessee — illustrates to some degree the forlorn state of affairs for Democrats…
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 15, 2026
Lawmakers gavel in for special session, look to reform Mississippi’s youth court system
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 15, 2026
Mississippi Postsecondary Attainment Council tasked with connecting schools, businesses, state agencies
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Frank Corder
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July 15, 2026
Alleged Beth Israel arsonist has trial delayed a third time
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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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Frank Corder
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July 7, 2026
Hood Industries closing Wiggins mill after 56 years
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Alistair Begg
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July 15, 2026
God vindicates His people
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Meredith Biesinger
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July 14, 2026
A little bit of wonderland in Hattiesburg: The story of Ross Mansion
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Alistair Begg
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July 14, 2026
You shall be clean
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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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Kelley Williams
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July 13, 2026
Black Swans and Mudberg
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Robert St. John
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July 13, 2026
The least valuable customer in Nevada
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