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Courtney Ingle
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January 16, 2019
Maxwell announces run for Southern District Public Service Commissioner
Today, on the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse, Pascagoula Mayor Dane Maxwell announced he is running for Southern District Public Service Commissioner. Though there has not been an official announcement, it’s now widely expected that Current Southern District Commissioner Sam Britton is not seeking re-election and will vie for State Treasurer this year. Notably,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 16, 2019
Op-Ed: Electric Co-ops & Lord Snow Fight Member Refunds
Are electric power associations overcharging their members? Tis the question asked in a war waged in court between several Mississippi electric cooperatives and their members. The members keep winning but the electric power associations keep appealing. According to the Jackson Jambalaya, Ms. Butler alleged Coast EPA had $158,181,000 in accumulated capital. She claims this patronage…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 16, 2019
Protecting girls and women from mutilation #billoftheday
This bill of the day hits on a more serious note and causes a real threat to the health and wellbeing of Mississippi’s women. Senate Bill 2022, authored by Senator Angela Hill would prohibit the mutilation of the genitals of girls and young women, require providers to report any indication of the abuse and provide…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 16, 2019
Sanderson Farms Championship receives stand-alone date on PGA tour schedule
Mississippi’s largest professional sporting event to be played September 16-22, 2019 At a press conference held Tuesday at The Country Club of Jackson, the PGA TOUR, Century Club Charities and title sponsor Sanderson Farms, led by CEO and Chairman of the Board Joe Sanderson, Jr., announced that the Sanderson Farms Championship will have a…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 16, 2019
SALTER: History salvaged: Book preserves state’s reaction to ‘integrate at once’ court order
By: Sid Salter School desegregation in Mississippi was a tough, messy and often a very dangerous business. None knew those truths better than the white and black Mississippi school superintendents, principals, classroom teachers, coaches and students who were charged a half-century ago with catching the judicial hot potato known as Alexander v. Holmes County Board…
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 16, 2019
YP Daily Roundup 1/16/19
MPB – Governor Phil Bryant’s State of the State Address and Democratic Response by State Rep. David Baria WTVA – Governor touts teacher pay raise plan in State of the State Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is using his eighth and final State of the State speech to push for a teacher pay raise. The Republican…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 15, 2019
Governor Phil Bryant makes final State of the State address to lawmakers
Governor Phil Bryant addressed Senators and Representatives on the floor of the Mississippi House for the last time as Governor of Mississippi. In his speech Bryant touched on several topics. One of which, he called on lawmakers to join him in ensuring that teachers receive their second overall pay raise since 2014. “Our gratitude to…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 15, 2019
Speaker Gunn and MS House of Representatives pass legislation enabling ECMs to Offer Broadband Services
Today, Speaker of the House Philip Gunn and members of the Mississippi House of Representatives passed House Bill 366, the “Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act.” The bill passed by a vote of 115-3. The bill was brought up on the House floor on Wednesday after being passed from the Public Utilities committee quickly the day before,…
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Editor
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January 15, 2019
Does rural broadband call up the ghosts of #Kemper past?
The legislative horse to ride for rural broadband is now HB366, which is sponsored by Speaker Philip Gunn. CALL/EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE! HB366 allowing electric co-ops to provide internet service will move to the full House of Representatives tomorrow at 2 o’clock. Please let your State Representative know that you support the bill and ask them…
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 15, 2019
YP Daily Roundup 1/15/19
WAPT – Governor gives State of the State address Tuesday Gov. Phil Bryant is scheduled to deliver his State of the State address Tuesday. Bryant is expected to address a pay raise for teachers in the topics he will discuss. The speech, which is expected to last about 30 minutes, is scheduled to begin at…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 15, 2019
There could be legal protection for your K9 companion in a domestic dispute #billoftheday
In any domestic dispute the first priority is to make sure all people, especially children, involved are taken care of. Once that is settled, some may ask what happens to Buster the families beloved dog? Well, SB 2014 addressed just that. The bill calls for an amendment code section in the Mississippi Code of 1972…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 15, 2019
OPINION: Cigarette Smuggling Would Leap If Big Tax Hike Proposal Adopted
A proposal floated by a Mississippi coalition to increase the state’s cigarette excise tax by 221 percent — to $2.18 per pack — would result in a huge increase in tax evasion and avoidance, according to a recent statistical analysis. By: Jameson Taylor, Vice President for Policy with Mississippi Center for Public Policy; Michael LaFaive, Senior…
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 25, 2025
Second Medicaid Tech Bill vetoed by Governor
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Illia Novikov, Associated Press
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April 25, 2025
Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine
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Frank Corder
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April 25, 2025
Standalone Dept. of Tourism vetoed over budget impasse
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Susan Marquez
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April 27, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Oseola McCarty, an unlikely philanthropist
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Matt Friedeman
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April 27, 2025
Young men are struggling, how to help
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 27, 2025
Why do I face trials?
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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