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February 11, 2013
Condoleezza Rice, Haley Barbour part of new high-profile bipartisan group on immigration
Condoleezza Rice, Haley Barbour part of new high-profile bipartisan group on immigration Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is part of a new bipartisan group that will push for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws and a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. The other co-chairs…
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February 10, 2013
DJ Editorial – Medicaid options worth additional discussions
Medicaid options worth additional discussions Under federal law, Medicaid can be expanded to cover people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $15,000 per year. Republican governors in Ohio and Indiana have opted for the expansion route. Under the federal law the state will have to pay 10 percent of…
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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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Jeremy Pittari
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August 13, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education expects federal K-12 funding to continue
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August 13, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: August 13, 2025
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Frank Corder
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August 12, 2025
Trump nominates two Mississippi Supreme Court justices to federal court
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
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Susan Marquez
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August 13, 2025
Loy Bowlin: McComb’s Original Rhinestone Cowboy
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Alistair Begg
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August 13, 2025
Serving the Sovereign
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Meredith Biesinger
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August 12, 2025
Cypress Point Resort: A unique Southern escape in Brandon
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Sid Salter
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August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
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Lesley Davis
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August 12, 2025
From Bud Light to American Eagle: What two ads say about the much-needed cultural shift in America
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Paul Sperry
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August 11, 2025
Whistleblower ties Clinton campaign to fake Russia hack
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