Skip to content
News
Business
Culture
Opinion
Issues
About
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Sponsorship
Y’all Archive
Search
Donate
News
Opinion
Business
Culture
About Us
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
News
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
March 14, 2022
Mississippi Governor Reeves signs anti-Critical Race Theory bill into law
Bill to prohibit the teaching of the tenets of critical race theory in Mississippi schools becomes law. Governor Tate Reeves has signed a bill that would prohibit the teaching of the tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Mississippi public schools. This includes K-12 schools as well as IHL Universities and Community Colleges. In too…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
March 14, 2022
MDAH celebrates life of former Governor William Winter and First Lady Elise Winter
The event will include remarks from former President Bill Clinton and former Governor Haley Barbour. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) will celebrate the former Governor William Winter and First Lady Elise Winter at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event will be sponsored by the Foundation for Mississippi History. Speakers for…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 12, 2022
Wicker, Colleagues Travel to Poland
Mississippi Senator Will Assess Security Situation and Visit Refugee Sites U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today traveled with Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to Poland to meet with senior government officials and visit refugee sites to reaffirm the United States’ commitment…
News
|
Anne Summerhays
•
March 11, 2022
Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for federal funding legislation
The legislation passed on a broad bipartisan basis and includes provisions for Mississippi projects. On Thursday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) voted in favor of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2022, an omnibus legislation that includes all 12 annual appropriations bills, and a nearly $14 billion supplemental package to provide security and humanitarian…
News
|
Anne Summerhays
•
March 11, 2022
Governor Reeves, while reluctant to call a special session, says it’s not off the table to address elimination of income tax
As deadline for Appropriations, Revenue bills originating in other chamber approaches, Reeves speaks on the elimination of the state’s income tax. On Friday, Governor Tate Reeves (R) held a ceremonial signing for House Bill 779, which ensures that families of law enforcement officers and firefighters who pass away due to contracting COVID-19 in the line of…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 11, 2022
WICKER: President Biden should admit his anti-energy agenda is main reason America is paying more
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “The only real solution to this self-imposed energy crisis is for President Biden to end his war on American energy.” When President Biden took office, Mississippians were paying $1.88 for a gallon of gasoline. Today, we are fast approaching $4 per gallon after just 14 months under his leadership. The…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 11, 2022
MDE announces 135 school districts have chosen to receive new health, school safety platform at no cost
ESSER III funds will cover the costs of the platform and cameras until Sept. 30, 2024. A new health and school safety platform will be available at no cost to 135 Mississippi school districts that recently opted to receive the service to create a safer and better learning environment for students, teachers and staff. In…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 11, 2022
MS Supreme Court upholds voter intimidation conviction in Madison County
Jackson Jambalaya reports that the Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Courtney Rainey who was convicted in 2019. Rainey was accused of giving a voter money for beer and to solicit other votes and then subsequently interfering with the investigation. She was charged with both voter fraud and intimidation and sentenced and convicted…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
March 11, 2022
MS House signs and sends conference report on teacher pay prior to meetings with Senate
So far there have been no conference conversations between the House and Senate regarding the final decision on teacher pay. On Thursday, Speaker of the House Philip Gunn announced that a conference report on a teacher pay raise had been signed by members of the House of Representatives. In order for a conference report to…
News
|
Anne Summerhays
•
March 10, 2022
Hyde-Smith contends maximum U.S. Energy production needed for national, global security
“I find it difficult to believe we would not be facing an energy crisis if we had maintained greater energy independence,” Hyde-Smith said. During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) pressed energy experts on how the United States should maximize domestic oil and gas production. “I find it difficult…
Posts pagination
Prev
1
…
432
433
434
435
436
…
4,335
Next
News
|
Editor
•
March 10, 2022
Mississippians would be paying $.40/gallon more now if gas tax had been upped
Looking back on who said what when. Even with record high gas prices right now, Mississippi’s gas prices would be 40 cents per gallon higher right now but for efforts to kill repeated gas tax increase proposals in the last five years. In 2017-18, there was a major push for Mississippi to raise its 18.4…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 10, 2022
MSDH releases COVID-19 reporting update
The Department will reduce the COVID-19 data it issues daily due to the decline in COVID-19 activity in the state. Due to the recent decline in COVID-19 activity in the state, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is reducing the COVID-19 data it issues daily. These changes include fewer demographic charts and less frequent…
News
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
September 25, 2026
Veterans Affairs cuts backlog, sets record for number of claims processed
News
|
Ali Swenson, Associated Press
•
September 25, 2026
Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now
News
|
Cass Rutledge
•
September 25, 2026
A&W Custom Furniture expanding in Okolona, adding 20 jobs
Business
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
September 24, 2026
England-based SubSea Craft expanding operations, locating U.S. facility on Mississippi Coast
Business
|
Cass Rutledge
•
September 23, 2026
Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area
Business
|
Cass Rutledge
•
September 18, 2026
Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment
Culture
Culture
|
Susan Marquez
•
September 25, 2026
Journey to Colonial Mississippi: An America 250 Celebration
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
September 25, 2026
Promised provision
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
September 24, 2026
The meaning of the Cross
Opinion
Opinion
|
Sid Salter
•
September 23, 2026
Midterm elections in Mississippi shaping up as a familiar exercise in black-and-white
Opinion
|
Bill Cork
•
September 22, 2026
The states winning investment are the states ready to deliver
Opinion
|
Lesley Davis
•
September 21, 2026
The war on women’s spaces has reached the sorority house
All the latest delivered to your inbox!
LinkedIn
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Email
(Required)
By joining our newsletter, you are confirming that you agree with the
Privacy Policy
Cat Title
|
Author
•
Date
Title Placeholder