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Anne Summerhays
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August 5, 2022
Ag Commissioner Gipson announces MDAC and youth, agricultural, conservation organizations partnership
Gipson also announced expanded efforts of MDAC’s Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP). On Friday, Mississippi’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced new partnerships between the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) and youth, agricultural, and conservation organizations. Today is the first day of the 2022 Mississippi Ag and Outdoor Expo, which runs Friday,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 5, 2022
Dept. of Public Safety continues efforts to aid in reducing crime throughout Jackson
The Capitol Police force was expanded during last session with additional pins, extended jurisdiction in the Capitol Improvement District. During the 2022 Legislative session, Mississippi lawmakers passed bills that would expand the Capitol Police force, extend their jurisdiction, and move the department under the purview of the Department of Public Safety (DPS). These measures were…
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Frank Corder
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August 5, 2022
Hulum sworn in to represent MS House District 119
Speaker Gunn administered the oath of office to the new State Representative from the Coast. Mississippi House District 119 officially has a new State Representative. Jeffrey Hulum was sworn in to the House of Representatives this morning by Speaker Philip Gunn. Hulum defeated Gary Fredericks in the July special election, winning with 68% of the…
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Guest Editorial
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August 5, 2022
WICKER: Calling Democrats’ bill the “Inflation Reduction Act” is false advertising
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker The Mississippi Senator writes that Democrats plan to raise taxes in middle of recession. President Biden’s new tax-and-spend legislation is totally disconnected from the needs of our country. After causing massive inflation with last year’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, President Biden and his party are now pushing a massive tax…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 5, 2022
Watson joins other Secretaries of State in challenging President Biden’s latest Executive Order
Watson said the EO calls for federal agencies to act beyond their Congressionally-specified functions and infiltrates state-run elections. On March 7, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14019, titled “Promoting Access to Voting.” The EO requires heads of federal agencies to develop strategic plans outlining the steps their agency will take to “promote…
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Anne Summerhays
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August 4, 2022
State Sen. Boyd discusses Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families ahead of meetings
Boyd also talked about her appointment to the NCSL Early Childhood Fellows Program, legislative priorities, and more. At the end of June, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann announced the creation of a bipartisan, nine-member Mississippi Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families. The group is tasked with making legislative recommendations related to families and young children, birth…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 4, 2022
New State Health Officer outlines top priorities for Mississippi
Dr. Daniel Edney began as the state’s Health Officer in August. Following the resignation of Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) named Dr. Daniel Edney as the new State Health Officer for the agency. He began his new role this week. Before joining MSDH, Dr. Edney was in private practice in…
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August 4, 2022
LIPSON: The Decline and Fall of Newspapers
Submitted by Charles Lipson “Cheap, ubiquitous computing is killing print papers by introducing competition and choice,” Lipson writes. A few years ago, you would have unfolded your newspaper and read opinion and analysis like this. Those days are gone. Today, most of us get our news and commentary online, perhaps supplemented by network or cable…
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Frank Corder
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August 4, 2022
Hyde-Smith, Wicker back Finland, Sweden joining NATO
The two previously neutral countries applied for NATO membership following Russian President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. Senate voted 95-1 on Wednesday to accept Finland and Sweden into NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The vote ratified the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 (Treaty Doc. 117-3) and backed the two countries’…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 3, 2022
Blue Cross subpoenas UMMC officials for communications with media in defamation suit
Communications from media outlets Mississippi Today and SuperTalk Mississippi specified in subpoena in BCBS defamation suit against UMMC. In the continued insurance coverage renewal battle between the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi (BCBS), Blue Cross has subpoenaed multiple individual officials about their communications specifically with two Mississippi…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 3, 2022
Governor Reeves announces end to Emergency Rental Assistance Program
The program was implemented during the COVID19 pandemic. Governor Tate Reeves today announced that Mississippi is ending a federal program in the state that incentivizes people to stay out of the workforce by offering up to 15 months of free rent and utility bill payments. At the direction of Governor Reeves, Mississippi Home Corporation will…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 3, 2022
Auditor’s office says taxpayers could save over $350k in unused state cell phones
Auditor White says these state-issued cellphones are another opportunity to reinvest money spent into more important areas. Taxpayers could save nearly $350,000 a year if state-issued cell phones with little to no usage were turned off. This finding comes from a report issued by State Auditor Shad White’s office today. “My office has handled some…
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Bill Barrow, Associated Press
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October 19, 2026
Trump signs an order aimed at boosting women’s health research, a plan backed by the first lady
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Jeremy Pittari
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October 19, 2026
Reeves appoints Jordan as DeSoto County Court Judge
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Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
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October 19, 2026
Supreme Court agrees to review a Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes
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Frank Corder
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October 19, 2026
Ingalls awarded $99 million contract modification for USS Lyndon B. Johnson sea trials
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Cass Rutledge
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October 13, 2026
Startup plastics manufacturer Koinonia setting up operations in Drew
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Cass Rutledge
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October 12, 2026
ALO investing over $176 million in Southaven for national distribution center
Culture
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Robert St. John
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October 19, 2026
Dinner and a show
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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October 19, 2026
The city of man
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Susan Marquez
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October 16, 2026
“Dummy Mummy” freed from her tomb once again at Two Mississippi Museums
Opinion
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Ellery Jones
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October 19, 2026
Forest products industry contributes heavily to Mississippi, U.S. economy
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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October 14, 2026
Capital punishment logistical failures a self-fulfilling strategy of death penalty opponents?
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Roger Wicker
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October 9, 2026
Permit reform act is a much-needed course correction
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