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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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Magnolia Tribune
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September 1, 2022
State opens water distribution sites for those impacted by Jackson water crisis
Sites will open at noon today until 6:30 p.m. Each POD will be open for water pick-up daily from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. until further notice. Governor Tate Reeves today announced that the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Mississippi National Guard, Mississippi State Department of Health, Mississippi Forestry Commission, Mississippi Department…
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Guest Editorial
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September 1, 2022
WHITE: Municipal water departments “hothouses for fraud”
Submitted by Shad White “Now is the time to work together to make sure water and utility bills are not being skimmed by employees,” Auditor White writes. Since I’ve been State Auditor, my office has identified hundreds of thousands of dollars of stolen utility and water payments. That means a great deal of money paid…
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September 1, 2022
KELLY: To Help Mississippi Families, Congress Should Combat Inflation, Not Tackle U.S. Tech Innovators
Submitted by Doug Kelly “Creating obstacles for American tech companies to innovate and to offer low prices to consumers is the wrong priority for Congress,” Kelly writes. Four-decade-high inflation is disproportionately affecting the South, and Mississippi families are struggling. Rather than focusing on lowering prices, though, Congress is considering legislation that would further squeeze the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 31, 2022
Gov. Reeves and officials provide updates on Jackson water crisis
Jackson residents still without quality water running through the tap and it is unclear when it will be restored. Governor Tate Reeves was joined by other officials to provide updates on the current Jackson water crisis. He and others, including the Mississippi State Department of Health and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, say that progress is…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 31, 2022
Accelerate MS announces $8 million American Rescue Plan investment in career coaches for 125 Mississippi high schools
The career coach program aims to connect, prepare high school students with Mississippi’s most in demand careers. On Wednesday, Accelerate MS announced an $8 million investment in Mississippi high schools to support a significant expansion of the career coach program in public high schools in the state. The program, created through House Bill 1388 and funded…
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Frank Corder
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August 31, 2022
PSC taking another look at its recently updated Net Metering Rules
Commissioner Maxwell, who voted against the update, wants to make sure Mississippians won’t take on any additional costs. In mid-July, the Mississippi Public Service Commission voted 2-1 to update its Net Metering and Interconnection Rules. The newly adopted rules included policies that attempt to increase solar adoption across the board while enhancing grid reliability and…
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Frank Corder
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July 13, 2026
IRS offers tax relief for 5 Mississippi counties after May storms, flooding
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Frank Corder
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July 13, 2026
Full Mississippi federal delegation supports bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 13, 2026
Magnolia hospital receives first CON exemption under new Small Community Hospital Pilot Program
Business
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Frank Corder
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July 8, 2026
Mississippi-based UniTek Global Services acquires Concurrent Utility Services
Business
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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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Frank Corder
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July 7, 2026
Jabil bringing nearly 2,200 jobs to Mississippi
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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July 13, 2026
A pleasing sacrifice
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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July 13, 2026
The Church runs through life with holiness and love
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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July 10, 2026
God’s rule and blessing
Opinion
Opinion
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Kelley Williams
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July 13, 2026
Black Swans and Mudberg
Opinion
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Robert St. John
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July 13, 2026
The least valuable customer in Nevada
Opinion
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Roger Wicker
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July 10, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court protects gun owners, women’s sports
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