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September 2, 2022
WICKER: Water Crisis, Infrastructure Needs, and Economy Top August Travel in State
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “I am encouraged by the great deal of progress happening across our state,” Wicker writes. Each year during August, I get the chance to travel extensively in Mississippi to meet with constituents while Congress is out of session. This past month, I met with a wide range of small business…
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Anne Summerhays
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September 2, 2022
Auditor White takes issue with ACLU, SPLC, MCJ after federal prosecutors act on Medicaid fraud case
Activist groups vilified state auditors when White questioned the income of certain recipients, says he was misleading the public. The U.S. Attorney’s case proves otherwise. On Thursday, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Darren J. LaMarca announced that Manpreet Kamboj and Gurdev Kamboj (aka David Singh) agreed to pay $130,000 to resolve…
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Anne Summerhays
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September 2, 2022
Technical Director Ladner highlights work of enlisted, civilian workforce at NAVOCEANO
Ladner is the 14th Technical director of the Naval Oceanographic Office located at Stennis Space Center on the Mississippi Coast. On Thursday, Rodney “Wade” Ladner, who serves as the Technical Director of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), spoke with Y’all Politics about his position at NAVOCEANO and discussed his team’s responsibilities and duties. The Naval Oceanographic Office…
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Anne Summerhays
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September 2, 2022
MDOT announces many projects are underway in northeast Mississippi
Construction and maintenance projects include bridge replacements, safety improvements, concrete repair, and more. On Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced several construction and maintenance projects in northeast Mississippi. Projects include bridge replacements, safety improvements, concrete repair, and more. Progress continues on new construction of a four-lane highway designated as State Route 76 connecting…
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September 2, 2022
LATINO: How the Jackson water shortage happened and how it can be solved
Submitted by Russ Latino “Whether Republican or Democrat, white or black, Jackson residents deserve better. Mississippi needs a strong capital city,” Latino writes. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, ravaging the Mississippi Gulf Coast with record storm surge. On the 17th anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters in state history, Governor Tate…
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Frank Corder
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September 2, 2022
Mississippi rapper, songwriter Topher believes Jackson ignored water crisis to have feds pay for fixes
Topher, a black artist, also challenged the racist narrative surrounding the water crisis being pushed by the mainstream media. Mississippi rapper, singer and songwriter Topher took to social media this week to talk about the Jackson water crisis and explain who he says is really responsible for the failure of the city’s water facilities. In…
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Frank Corder
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September 2, 2022
Biden vilifies Republicans and ‘MAGA forces’ in prime-time speech
Mississippi Democratic Party chairman asks, “Who are Mississippi’s MAGA Republicans?” In what is being called perhaps the most divisive speech by a sitting U.S. President, Joe Biden addressed the nation from Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday in a prime-time address saying that “equality and democracy are under assault.” Even the backdrop…
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Frank Corder
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September 1, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Reports from inside Jackson’s water treatment plant since state intervention
“Grateful faces” and “fundamentally unsafe conditions.” According to multiple sources on-site and close to the State of Mississippi’s intervention in Jackson’s O. B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant that were not authorized to speak publicly, state Health and Emergency Management officials were met with a mix of “grateful faces” from a severely overworked and critically understaffed…
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Sarah Ulmer
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September 1, 2022
Mississippi State Fairgrounds to serve as emergency staging area for water distribution
The Mississippi State Fairgrounds will help assist in water distribution for the city of Jackson during the water crisis. The Mississippi State Fairgrounds is serving as an emergency State Staging Area (SSA) and providing water from its well water system to assist with public water distribution efforts. During this time of emergency response, most events…
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Sarah Ulmer
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September 1, 2022
Student loan debt forgiveness to be taxed in Mississippi
Lawmakers could address this in the 2023 session but it remains unclear if there’s an appetite for such a move in the GOP supermajority. Mississippi is the first, but possibly not the only, state that plans to tax individuals who take advantage of the President’s recently proposed student loan debt forgiveness plan. RELATED: Biden announces…
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Sarah Ulmer
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September 1, 2022
Efforts in Jackson being made to implement flood control despite opposition
Even with recent flooding, special interest opposition to the One Lake Project remains. Mississippi is no stranger to high waters. One of the most remembered floods in the state’s history is the 1979 Easter Flood that left much of Jackson underwater. Pearl River flooding exacerbated by heavy summer rainfalls in the South have sparked a…
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Frank Corder
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September 1, 2022
Expecting Jackson to have basic functionality like every other Mississippi municipality isn’t unreasonable
The other 2.75 million Mississippians should not be on the hook for Jackson’s poor management. The lack of civics education is a real issue in this country, and the Jackson water crisis has proven that truth once again. Local residents rightfully angry over the lack of usable water rush to blame the State when, in…
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Sophie Bates, Associated Press
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June 8, 2026
With jumpsuits, wigs and dance moves, these young boys and teens keep Elvis’ legacy alive
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Frank Corder
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June 8, 2026
EVE Energy makes U.S. Dept. of War’s roster of “Chinese military companies”
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Frank Corder
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June 8, 2026
New report shows Mississippi made progress in education but challenges remain in other child well-being metrics
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
Business
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Alistair Begg
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June 9, 2026
With utmost patience
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Robert St. John
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June 8, 2026
The real work
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Alistair Begg
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June 8, 2026
Radical remorse
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Kelley Williams
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June 8, 2026
What the Corps understands but you don’t
Opinion
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Roger Wicker
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June 5, 2026
Mississippi building 21st century blue economy
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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June 3, 2026
It’s the third of June and the haunting mystery of Gentry’s ‘Ode to Billy Joe’ remains
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