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June 28, 2013
Open Carry Law Opposed By Horhn, Who Voted For the Bill
Open Carry Law Opposed By Horhn, Who Voted For the Bill You can carry a gun on your hip, a la old west style, especially after July 1, when a new law goes into effect stressing that Mississippi’s constitution allows for open carry. But, not everybody is happy about it. That includes some state lawmakers…
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June 28, 2013
CottonMouth – What does a “repealer” do?
What does a “repealer” do? Executive branch agencies, like the Department of Medicaid, or the Department of Environmental Quality, are created by state statute. Those statutes, of course, are written and passed by the Legislature. Our Mississippi Legislature has kept much power for itself over the years by inserting language that automatically repeals the statutes…
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June 28, 2013
MS Pep – Lt. Gov. Reeves hints at support of one-year repealer, and more expansion debate in 2014
Lt. Gov. Reeves hints at support of one-year repealer, and more expansion debate in 2014 On the opening day of the special session Thursday, the House voted to both reauthorize and to fund the health care program, something it could not do in the regular session. But both bills were held on parliamentary maneuvers meaning…
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June 28, 2013
Rep. Broomfield becomes Moss Point mayor Saturday
Rep. Broomfield becomes Moss Point mayor Saturday Democratic state Rep. Billy Broomfield will be sworn in Saturday afternoon as the new mayor of Moss Point. Broomfield says his resignation from the Mississippi House will take effect that day. He has served in the Legislature since 1992, representing a district that is entirely in Jackson County.…
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June 28, 2013
Capital Chronicles – Budget surplus: Old “problem” in new economy
Budget surplus: Old “problem” in new economy About the same time the economy collapsed, I began working in earnest on the state’s budget as part of Gov. Barbour’s budget policy team. (Note: There was no correlation between my working on the budget & dwindling tax revenues.) In 2007, Mississippi’s fiscal situation was beginning to crumble:…
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June 28, 2013
Myths v. Facts: Wicker Sanctuary Cities Amendment
Myths v. Facts: Wicker Sanctuary Cities Amendment to S. 744 This amendment’s purpose is to promote greater information sharing between and among local, state, and federal law enforcement officials regarding criminal conduct by illegal immigrants. Federal law already encourages such information sharing. There is no consequence, however, for those jurisdictions that actively choose to violate…
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June 28, 2013
Cochran and Wicker vote no on immigration bill
COCHRAN OPPOSES IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL Determines Senate Measure Won’t Solve Border Security, Enforcement Issues WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today voted against passage of the Senate’s immigration reform bill, determining that the legislation will not solve the border security or enforcement problems that now characterize illegal immigration in the United States. The…
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June 28, 2013
Halftime in the special session
The rout is on by Frank Corder
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June 28, 2013
FLASH – MS House Democrats in full scale retreat on #Medicaid – HB2 passes 115-1
Speaker Philip Gunn Statement on Passage of Medicaid Funding Bill Jackson, MS—House Bill 2 (HB2), the Medicaid Appropriations Bill, passed the House floor by a vote of 115-1. It provides $840 million in state supported funds. “I commend House members for their prudent work today on funding and reauthorizing the Division of Medicaid,” said Speaker…
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June 27, 2013
FLASH – HB2 passes in Appropriations Committee in what observers call a unanimous voice vote
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June 27, 2013
Votes on HB1 on #Medicaid – Moak, Brown and other House Democrats cave
MS Hospital Assn Tweet Voting against Medicaid Bailey Banks Baria Barnes Blackmon Broomfield Buck Buck Burnett Calhoun Clark Coleman, M Dickson Ellis Espy Evans, J Gibbs Harrison Perkins Smith, F Straughter Watson Young
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June 27, 2013
HB1 passes in a rout – House Democrats running for cover in 93-23 vote
House Bill 1 (HB1), the Medicaid Reauthorization Bill, passed the House floor by a vote of 93-23. “We have passed a bill that only reauthorizes Medicaid,” said Speaker of the House Philip Gunn. “There is no repealer in this bill, because we believe that the days of playing politics with the lives of 700,000 Mississippians…
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June 18, 2025
Wall Street drifts after the Fed indicates it may still cut rates twice this year
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Frank Corder
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June 18, 2025
Wicker unhappy with proposed U.S. defense spending, calls budget request “inadequate”
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Frank Corder
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June 18, 2025
Construction of new Mississippi alcohol warehouse on schedule
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 18, 2025
Rockabilly Way: Saltillo’s quiet legacy in American music
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 18, 2025
Why are you upset?
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 17, 2025
Does it represent your sin?
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Sid Salter
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June 18, 2025
Mississippi was once the scene 62 years ago of a federalized National Guard at Ole Miss
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Kelley Williams
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June 17, 2025
Georgia’s PSC is in the game on data centers, Mississippi’s has been benched
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Kimberly Ross
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June 17, 2025
Perceived hypocrisy does not an excuse make for violent mob-driven riots
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