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Frank Corder
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December 8, 2020
Legislative FY 2022 budget proposal released – includes defunding, deleting vacant positions amid other spending cuts
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee released its Fiscal Year 2022 Mississippi State Budget Recommendations on Monday. According to the report, the FY 2022 General Fund revenue estimate adopted by the Governor and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee totals $5,754,300,000 and reflects an increase in anticipated revenue of 1.1% above the Fiscal Year 2021 revenue estimate.…
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December 8, 2020
YP Daily Roundup 12/8/20
YP – Speaker Gunn says he, Lt. Gov. Hosemann pushing forward with 2021 session as scheduled Despite news last week that Mississippi Senators were discussing a possible delay to the start of the 2021 session, Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday morning that plans are to gavel in January 5, 2021 and move through the session as scheduled.…
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December 7, 2020
FCC Awards Mississippi $495 million for Broadband Expansion
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today its Phase 1 recipients of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction. Mississippi, along with many other states across the country, will receive a total of $9.2 billion to expand high-speed internet services. Mississippi was awarded the second highest amount out of all of the other states at roughly…
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December 7, 2020
Treasurer McRae Announces Tuition Toss Scholarship Winners
Treasurer David McRae today announced the scholarship winners for College Savings Mississippi’s 2020 Tuition Toss, which was held during this weekend’s High School Football State Championships. Each winner took home a $529 scholarship in the form of a Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) account. “Today’s students typically leave college with around $30,000 worth of debt,”…
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December 7, 2020
Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson Announces Details for the 56th Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo, Tickets Go On Sale December 8
Today, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced the details of the 56th Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo, which takes place January 22 through February 21, 2021. This annual event features Mississippi’s youth and open livestock exhibitions, as well as the largest rodeo competition east of the Mississippi River. The Dixie National Rodeo runs…
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December 7, 2020
MDE: Drop in Kindergarteners, Jump in Homeschoolers Drive Enrollment Decline
The Mississippi Department of Education’s (MDE) preliminary analysis of public-school enrollment for the 2020-21 school year shows a drop in kindergarteners and spike in homeschoolers have driven the statewide decline in enrollment this year. As of September 30, 2020, 442,627 students had enrolled in Mississippi public schools, a more than 23,000 drop from last September’s…
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Frank Corder
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December 7, 2020
Vicksburg Mayor Flaggs ups ante on COVID enforcement – non-compliant businesses may face utility cut off
On Friday, Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs held a press conference to enact a civil emergency order that mandates mask wearing in the city while also requiring temperature checks at social gatherings, retail businesses, restaurants and bars in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19 in his area. Enforcement of that order could result, according to…
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December 7, 2020
Former Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tribal Council Member Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Randy Lamar Anderson, 46, of Conehatta, a former elected member of the Tribal Council for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, entered a plea of guilty Thursday before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to federal wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin of…
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December 7, 2020
Secretary Watson Presents Multimillion-Dollar Tidelands Funds Check to MDMR
Projects aimed at conserving the natural state of public lands on the Gulf Coast received a multimillion-dollar boost Friday. Secretary of State Michael Watson, on behalf of the Gulf Coast legislative delegation, presented the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) with a check for $7,349,277, representing the Tidelands Trust Fund amount turned back for Fiscal Year…
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December 7, 2020
AG Fitch and 50 attorneys general reach $86.3 million settlement with mortgage servicer Nationstar
Attorney General Lynn Fitch has joined with 50 other attorneys general and other federal and state agencies to reach an $86.3 million settlement with Nationstar Mortgage. Nationstar is the country’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer. “I am pleased to join my colleagues in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to hold Nationstar Mortgage accountable for…
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December 7, 2020
PEER Releases Report on Mississippi’s Emergency Powers Laws, Actions Taken During COVID-19
The Mississippi Legislative PEER Committee is releasing its report titled A Legal Analysis of Mississippi’s Emergency Powers Statutes and Actions Taken During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Some of the Committee’s major findings include: In its Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts decision, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that when addressing emergencies, a state can adopt regulations to protect the many…
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Frank Corder
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December 7, 2020
#GASen: Loeffler, Warnock debate as Senate special election runoff nears
Republican U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler and her Democrat opponent Raphael Warnock participated in a debate over the weekend as the Georgia special election runoff nears. Loeffler was appointed to fill the seat by Governor Brian Kemp in December 2019 when Senator Johnny Isakson resigned for health reasons. Warnock is the pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist…
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Frank Corder
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October 23, 2026
Attorney General to Colom: Remove AI ads or face injunction
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Cass Rutledge
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October 23, 2026
Eller, Foster work to unseat odds-on favorite Thompson in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District
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Frank Corder
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October 23, 2026
Fired Trooper Williams running for Governor of Mississippi as a Democrat
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Meredith Biesinger
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October 22, 2026
New Albany’s claim to cake fame: Sugaree’s Bakery
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Frank Corder
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October 20, 2026
Fairbanks Morse Defense doubling manufacturing capacity at its Pascagoula facility
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Cass Rutledge
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October 20, 2026
Lumber manufacturer investing $8.3 million in Macon expansion
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Jim Vertuno, Associated Press
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October 23, 2026
Struggling Texas QB Arch Manning says he’ll be ‘letting it rip’ against No. 7 Ole Miss
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Susan Marquez
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October 23, 2026
83rd National Folk Festival and Mississippi Arts Commission unveil captivating program for festival’s Mississippi folklife area
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Alistair Begg
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October 23, 2026
Together is where we belong
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David Guenthner
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October 23, 2026
When teachers are free, students win
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Sid Salter
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October 21, 2026
Social Security and Medicare: The promise America made and the bills we postponed
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Ellery Jones
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October 19, 2026
Forest products industry contributes heavily to Mississippi, U.S. economy
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