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Sarah Ulmer
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December 4, 2018
Medicaid EASE Initiative aims to improve access to needed services
DOM’s EASE Initiative aims to improve access to needed services for Medicaid beneficiaries Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is increasing the number of physician visits it covers for Medicaid beneficiaries, the first of a series of changes the agency plans to roll out in the coming year. The move is…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 4, 2018
Wicker Names Keast as Commerce Committee Staff Director
Keast Served as Wicker’s First Chief of Staff, Has Strong Mississippi Connections U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announced today he has selected John P. Keast to serve as the staff director of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Wicker hired Keast to manage his successful first election to the U.S. House of Representatives…
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Courtney Ingle
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December 4, 2018
MDE Announces Mid-Year Lottery for Special Needs Scholarship Program Applications
The Mississippi Department of Education announced today that it will hold the mid-year lottery for Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) on December 13. The lottery will award 41 ESAs for the 2018-19 school year that were forfeited by families who opted not to participate in the program. Established by the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special…
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Courtney Ingle
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December 4, 2018
Incumbent Gipson announces candidacy for MS Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
Incumbent Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce has officially announced his candidacy to keep the seat to which he was appointed last year. Gipson was appointed by Governor Phil Bryant when Senator-elect Cindy Hyde-Smith left the position to run for retired U.S. Senator Thad Cochran’s seat. The current commissioner made his announcement on Facebook. “I,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 4, 2018
Agriculture Commissioner Gipson Submits Comments on Regulation of Cell-Cultured Food Products
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson, on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, submitted public comments to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the use of cellular agriculture to manufacture products derived from livestock and poultry stem cells. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and USDA have joint authority…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 4, 2018
State Auditor Issues $673,000 Demand Against Estate of Former Wilkinson County Chancery Clerk
State Auditor Shad White has issued a civil demand to the estate of the former Chancery Clerk of Wilkinson County, the late Thomas C. Tolliver. The demand states Tolliver exceeded the fee cap for his position and failed to reimburse the county for employee salary expenses. “Thomas Tolliver’s estate owes the taxpayers of Wilkinson County…
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Magnolia Tribune
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December 4, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 12/4/18
CLARION LEDGER – Retired state employees should be able to keep their pension and serve in Miss. Legislature, AG says Retired state employees have long forfeited their pensions if they served in the Mississippi Legislature. Now a new attorney general’s opinion could clear the way for state retirees, including troopers, teachers, school superintendents and health…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 3, 2018
Is the Democratic mayor of Magnolia considering a challenge of Jim Hood in Governor’s race?
The mayor of Magnolia, Mississippi, Anthony Witherspoon, has been publicly polling social media to gather feedback on him as a candidate in the 2019 Governor’s race. Witherspoon told the public the desired portions of a prospective platform would include the legalization of recreational and medical marijuana, $15/hr minimum wage increase, and fully funded public education,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 3, 2018
Representative Robert Foster considers run for Governor
District 28 Representative, Robert Foster (R), took to Facebook over the weekend to announce he is considering a run for Governor in 2019. In the video Foster asks the people what they want to see in their next Governor, and would they want to see that from him. Foster is a farmer and small business…
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Magnolia Tribune
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December 3, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 12/3/18
SUNHERALD – Mississippi’s era of outsize clout in Washington is waning Few states have held as much outsize clout on Capitol Hill over the last half-century as Mississippi — power that brought billions of federal dollars to the nation’s poorest state and gave its relatively small population of about 3 million residents sweeping sway in…
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Courtney Ingle
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November 30, 2018
Mike Espy files paperwork for 2020 run for U.S. Senate
Fresh off the runoff election, Mike Espy filed paperwork that would indicate he’s again preparing to challenge for the seat he just was defeated for. On Tuesday, Senator-Elect Cindy-Hyde Smith has finished the term she just won. With nearly 900,000 voters in Mississippi, Hyde-Smith bested Espy by a 54-46 margin. The paperwork was filed with…
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Courtney Ingle
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November 30, 2018
Op-ed: Families need school choice
Submitted by: Alice Dillon, Tylertown; Courtney Jones, Jackson; Missy Hopkins, Oxford Our families need school choice. The concept is simple: parents direct the tax dollars associated with their child to the best education they can find. Instead of leaving such an important decision up to strangers, we decide how education dollars for our own children are spent.…
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Frank Corder
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April 28, 2025
Bryant appointed to FEMA Review Council by President Trump
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Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
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April 28, 2025
White House focuses on border crackdown as it marks 100 days for Trump’s second term
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 28, 2025
Efforts to loosen APRN collaborative agreements fall short during 2025 session
Business
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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
Culture
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Parrish Alford
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April 28, 2025
The trouble with being Shedeur
Culture
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Robert St. John
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April 28, 2025
The gift of work, the blessing of people
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 28, 2025
The forerunner of mercy
Opinion
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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
Opinion
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Rachel Canter
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April 23, 2025
A new vision for keeping Mississippi first
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