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Frank Corder
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June 17, 2020
Congressman Thompson to vote for D.C. as 51st state
The Democrat leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote next week, June 26th, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state. Congressman Bennie Thompson (D) has come out in support of the effort, tweeting, “Looking forward to voting next week to make Washington, D.C. the 51st state.” Looking forward to…
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Frank Corder
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June 17, 2020
Auditor White discusses Education Salary Report
Last week, Auditor Shad White released a report showing classroom teachers in Mississippi were given smaller dollar-amount pay raises, on average, than superintendents, deputy superintendents, and assistant principals from FY 2013 to 2016. <<READ MORE: Administrators get proportionally higher raises than Mississippi teachers>> Now, the Auditor’s Office is launching a pilot project with three school…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 17, 2020
YP Daily Roundup 6/17/20
YP – Absentee voting changes possible amid COVID-19 social distancing The Senate took up HB 1521 on Monday which addresses absentee voting in the new climate of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill allows for individuals who have been instructed by healthcare professionals to stay home or have severe health risks due to…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 17, 2020
SALTER: Cancelled Neshoba County Fair is a microcosm of COVID-19 realities in state,
By: Sid Salter Longtime readers of this column know of my deep and abiding affection for the Neshoba County Fair and the old-time political speaking under shade of the old oaks and the tin roof of the Founder’s Square Pavilion. At the 2019 Fair, during a courthouse-to-statehouse election cycle, there were just over seven hours…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 16, 2020
GUEST: Legislation to Support Rural Hospitals Introduced in the House
Yesterday, new legislation to make small, rural hospitals eligible for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation, entitled the PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act, was introduced by Congressman Michael Guest (R-MS) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL). This legislation would allow smaller hospitals that are part of…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 16, 2020
Dept. of Commerce invests $400,000 in CARES Act funds to boost economic development in NE MS
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Three Rivers Planning & Development District, Pontotoc, Mississippi, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Trump Administration is eager to allocate these essential…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 16, 2020
Representative Gary Chism retires from Mississippi Legislature
On Tuesday, longtime House member Representative Gary Chism announced his retirement from the Legislature effective June 30. The leave was attributed to family medical issues. “My wife has had some health issues and I really felt like I should be with her,” Chism told The Dispatch. He left session on June 3 and said he…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 16, 2020
Wicker, Cantwell Introduce Bipartisan Aviation Safety Legislation
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following statements upon introduction of the Aircraft Safety and Certification Reform Act of 2020. This bipartisan legislation would implement provisions to improve aviation safety based on lessons learned from the tragic Boeing 737 MAX crashes,…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 16, 2020
AG Fitch petitions U.S. Supreme Court to support Mississippi’s Gestational Stage Act
Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement on the petition she has filed with the United States Supreme Court in support of Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act: “Yesterday, we filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States asking the Court to review Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act, which preserves the right…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 16, 2020
Sens. Wicker, Coons, Hyde-Smith, & Colleagues Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Expand National Service
Service Corps Members Would Support COVID-19 Response and Recovery U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chris Coons, D-Del., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and colleagues today introduced the Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the Pandemic through Service (CORPS) Act. The bipartisan legislation would expand national service programs significantly to help the country respond to and recover from COVID-19.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 16, 2020
Absentee voting changes possible amid COVID-19 social distancing
The Senate took up HB 1521 on Monday which addresses absentee voting in the new climate of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill allows for individuals who have been instructed by healthcare professionals to stay home or have severe health risks due to the virus to vote by absentee. It also applies to…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 16, 2020
HEWES: MS Flag has become a distraction, time for a change
For too long, America has used Mississippi as a whipping post, vilifying our State when there is any stereotyping related to racial relations. While some of it is historically justified, there is ample evidence in today’s world that the South doesn’t have a monopoly on hatred bred from ignorance. Racial discord exists in every corner…
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Jeremy Pittari
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March 27, 2026
Mississippi lawmakers agree on $2,000 teacher pay raise
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Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
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March 27, 2026
Vance holds first meeting of a new anti-fraud task force targeting benefit programs
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Frank Corder
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March 27, 2026
Study committee created to ensure Mississippi municipalities are receiving accurate sales tax diversions
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2026
DG Foods announces $1.19 million expansion
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Frank Corder
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March 25, 2026
AeroShield Alliance locating headquarters in Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 20, 2026
International Paper to build new $225 million facility in Rankin County
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Marilyn Tinnin
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March 27, 2026
Richard Truly: Mississippi’s astronaut and national treasure
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Alistair Begg
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March 27, 2026
Numbering our days
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Meredith Biesinger
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March 26, 2026
Anthony’s: A West Point table worth coming back to
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Russ Latino
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March 26, 2026
Facts, not feelings, are a hard sell in teacher pay raise debate
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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March 25, 2026
Senate Democrat suing state over Mississippi Supreme Court map named by Hosemann to help redraw lines
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Sid Salter
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March 25, 2026
Supreme Court action on Mississippi cases impacts protest rights, balloting procedures
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