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February 10, 2013
Sen. Nancy Collins: PERS program needs hard deliberations for its future
NANCY COLLINS: PERS program needs hard deliberations for its future Let’s consider the facts. Financial liabilities of the plan have been growing at a rapid pace. Last year, the plan was funded at only 64 percent. Today, the system’s funded status is 58 percent, well below the recommended level of 80 percent, and unfunded accrued…
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February 9, 2013
Rep. George Flaggs is officially ‘in’ for Vicksburg mayor’s race
Flaggs officially in mayor’s race Rep. George Flaggs Jr. is retiring from the Mississippi Legislature in June, but is hoping his career in politics will not come to an end. Vicksburg Post 2/9/13
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February 9, 2013
Arthur Laffer has great WSJ op-ed on elminiating disincentives for working poor
Disincentives, Still Crazy After All These Years Mr. Alexander reports that a single mother of two in the Keystone State earning no wages will obtain welfare benefits—such as food stamps, child care and Medicaid services—worth more than $45,000 annually. If the woman begins earning wages, her total annual income, including the value of her welfare…
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February 9, 2013
‘Newsman’ Bobby Harrison equates charter schools to taking per capita library funds to bookstore
BOBBY HARRISON: Vouchers … useable for Borders, biscuits and gravy … The library near my home is not up to my standards so I want to convert my share of taxes used to support the system to a voucher that I can take to Borders. It’s my money after all. I should be able to…
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February 9, 2013
D’Iberville directed to stop spending $3 million grant
D’Iberville directed to stop spending $3 million grant The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has directed the city of D’Iberville to stop work on the Ocean Expo aquarium project funded in part by a $3 million BP grant and to turn over documents showing how the city has spent the money. The stop work order…
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February 9, 2013
Thoughts on the Obamacare exchange denial in Mississippi
A true political headscratcher by Alan Lange
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February 9, 2013
BREAKING – MS Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney’s presser on Obamacare decision
The federal Department of Health and Human Services, lead agency for health care exchanges in the country, said Thursday that Mississippi’s long-running plans to develop a state-based health insurance marketplace, was denied. Mississippi has long led the nation in plans to develop a free market exchange. To be successful, the Mississippi exchange would need working…
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February 8, 2013
PENDER – House Bill prohibits PERS Iranian investments
Bill prohibits PERS Iranian investments The House this morning overwhelmingly passed HB563, which would prohibit the state’s retirement system from investing in companies that do business with Iran. “It divests us from the Republic of Iran,” said House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson. He said the PERS board was not in favor of the legislation. Geoff…
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February 8, 2013
Baria Blog – Charter Schools: Be careful what you ask for
Charter Schools: Be careful what you ask for Let’s be careful about what we ask for. “A Pennsylvania study found that 100 percent of the state’s cyber schools, including K-12 Inc., had “significantly worse” outcomes than their traditional public school counterparts, for which the virtual companies were paid $10,000 per student from public school coffers.…
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February 8, 2013
House bill would move Revenue Department to Speaker Philip Gunn’s district in Clinton
House bill would move Revenue Department to Speaker Philip Gunn’s district in Clinton House members want to move the Department of Revenue to a new home in Speaker Philip Gunn’s district. The House voted 71-43 Wednesday for House Bill 1337, authored by the Clinton Republican, which would move the agency to the South Pointe complex…
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February 8, 2013
Bills to raise reading standards, support for early childhood education passes state senate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Feb.7, 2013 CONTACT: Laura Hipp, Communications Director BILLS TO RAISE READING STANDARDS, SUPPORT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PASS STATE SENATE JACKSON – Legislation to strengthen the reading skills of Mississippi children and build on early childhood education through public-private partnerships passed the Senate today. Senate Bill 2347, sponsored by Sen. Angela Hill,…
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February 8, 2013
Mississippi Center for Public Policy happy Feds rejected state’s proposed exchange
STATEMENT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY The Mississippi Center for Public Policy welcomes today’s announcement from Commissioner Chaney. By not moving forward with an Obamacare exchange, Mississippi is protecting itself from job-killing fines on employers and budget-busting liabilities for an expensive federal mandate. This exchange was never about federal control versus state control,…
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June 27, 2025
Key inflation gauge rose last month while Americans cut back on spending
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Frank Corder
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June 27, 2025
Back-to-school sales tax holiday set for July 11-13
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 27, 2025
Speaker White tasks members with exploring topics likely on House’s 2026 legislative agenda
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Lynne Jeter
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June 27, 2025
Howard Industries announces $237 million expansion in Clarke, Jones and Simpson counties
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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Bernard Condon, Associated Press
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 27, 2025
A heavy heart
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Laura Lee Leathers
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June 26, 2025
A hidden treasure: Merri Pennie’s Mercantile & Tearoom
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 26, 2025
Bruised and broken
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Sid Salter
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June 25, 2025
After a half-century of legal logjam, will killer of Coast banker’s wife face execution June 25?
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Samuel Creekmore
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June 24, 2025
Mississippi must lead on addiction and PTSD treatment
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Ethan Watson
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June 23, 2025
Reality check for Gen Z: ‘Green’ energy requires wealth
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