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March 18, 2020
MDOT authorizes temporary weight increase for COVID-19 response
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) today authorized temporary weight increases for commercial vehicles providing direct support for emergency pandemic response. The maximum gross weight under this allowance is 90,000 pounds on a five-axle commercial vehicle with a minimum 51-foot outer bridge measurement. The maximum tandem limit is 40,000 pounds. All other dimensions must be…
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March 18, 2020
YP Daily Roundup 3/18/20
YP – Lawmakers suspend Mississippi Legislative Session The Mississippi House and Senate announced Tuesday that they would be suspending the 2020 Legislative Session until April 1, 2020. Last week, leaders were hopeful to only restrict access to the Capitol but continue working to complete the session. However, minds where changed when President Donald Trump made…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 18, 2020
SALTER: From polio to influenza to COVID-19, nation’s history offers lessons in perseverance
By: Sid Salter As a child in the mid-1960s, I remember standing in a line out the door and into the parking lot of the school building where my twin sister and I received our oral polio vaccine. We stood with hundreds of rural Mississippians in the hot sun, waiting on that magic sugar cube.…
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Frank Corder
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March 18, 2020
PSC approves Mississippi Power rate decrease, calls for data cap removal from phone carriers
In a Special Meeting held Tuesday, the Mississippi Public Service Commission unanimously voted to approve a rate decrease for Mississippi Power customers. The action is a result of the Commission ordering a rate case to reevaluate rates for Mississippi Power Company. Mississippi Power residential customers can expect to see a $2.50 decrease per 1000 kilowatt…
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2020
MDE issues stop work order on testing – could yield millions in savings for taxpayers
The Mississippi State Board of Education is scheduled to meet later this week to consider State Superintendent Carey Wright’s recommendation that state and federal assessment and accountability requirements be suspended for the 2019-20 school year in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Those tests include: Pre-K and Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (post-test) Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) and MAAP-Alternate English Language…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 17, 2020
Lt. Governor and Speaker discuss decision to suspend 2020 Session
Just moments after the House adjourned until April 1 and the Senate made plans to wrap up final business on Wednesday in order to do the same, the Speaker and Lt. Governor spoke about the decision.
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 17, 2020
Lawmakers suspend Mississippi Legislative Session
The Mississippi House and Senate announced Tuesday that they would be suspending the 2020 Legislative Session until April 1, 2020. Last week, leaders were hopeful to only restrict access to the Capitol but continue working to complete the session. However, minds where changed when President Donald Trump made new recommendations that people should avoid gatherings…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 17, 2020
McRae Extends Art Contest Deadline, Welcomes Online Submissions
Treasurer David McRae today announced all PreK-12 students have an additional month to participate in the College Savings Mississippi Art Contest. Submissions are due on April 30. Additionally, the office will now accept submissions via email at collegesavings@treasury.ms.gov. “Thousands of Mississippi students will be home from school this month,” said McRae. “Art projects can help keep…
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2020
State Auditor White: Majority of staff to work from home
State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement today relating to agency closures amid the coronavirus response: In light of the serious nature of the coronavirus pandemic and recommendations from the Governor, I instructed members of my staff to work from home, if they are able, starting yesterday morning. The vast majority of my staff…
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2020
CORDER: Mississippi’s Rainy Day fund survived attempts to raid it for just this moment
Rainy Day Funds are intended to help smooth revenue losses and shore up state budgets during times of fiscal stress. Conservative budgeting and spending practices have allowed Mississippi’s Rainy Day Fund to be filled to its statutory limit of $554 million, the most in state history. This is good news for the state as the…
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Frank Corder
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March 17, 2020
Rep. Bennie Thompson seeking delay in REAL ID implementation
Travelers in Mississippi seeking a REAL ID to come into compliance this fall with Federal guidelines will have to wait until driver’s license stations reopen across the state after being closed to mitigate the coronavirus. The United States Department of Homeland Security announced in December 2013 a phased enforcement plan for the REAL ID Act. …
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 17, 2020
YP Daily Roundup 3/17/20
YP – Governor Tate Reeves Signs Executive Orders Furthering Mississippi’s COVID-19 Response Governor Tate Reeves signed two executive orders to further the state’s response to COVID-19 and aid Mississippians being impacted… …Executive Order No. 1459 (below) activates the Mississippi National Guard to support mobile testing units and support Mississippi State Department of Healthand Mississippi Emergency…
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Josh Boak, Associated Press
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July 6, 2026
Trump rings Wall Street’s opening bells as he ties his presidency to stock market gains
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 6, 2026
Mississippi aims to grow state’s nursing workforce
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Frank Corder
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July 6, 2026
Former Jackson mayor, city councilman now plead guilty in federal bribery case
Business
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Frank Corder
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June 23, 2026
Keytronic announces $8.89 million expansion in Corinth
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Frank Corder
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June 17, 2026
Gould Industries locating in southwest Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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June 16, 2026
U.S. Army contracts with General Atomics for long-range maneuvering projectile program
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Marilyn Tinnin
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July 6, 2026
The Buford Sisters: A legacy of love and music
Culture
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Robert St. John
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July 6, 2026
Cappy
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Alistair Begg
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July 6, 2026
Zealous expectation
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Grant Callen
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July 2, 2026
America and Mississippi at 250
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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July 1, 2026
Delta journalist Jim Abbott’s ‘Paper Man’ memoir captures his unique, impactful career
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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June 30, 2026
An American Inheritance Requires a Moral People
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