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Sarah Ulmer
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May 23, 2018
Sid Salter: Rand’s ‘Penny Plan’ was more political theatrics than honest fiscal policy proposal
By: Sid Salter Federal Social Security and Medicare entitlements as they exist today are in deep trouble and can’t sustain themselves under current law while at the same time 78 million Baby Boomers like me hurtle toward retirement. The two largest segments of mandatory federal spending are in fact Social Security and Medicare, estimated to…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 23, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 5/23/18
WLOX – U.S. Senate candidates speak at Democratic Senate Forum The Democratic Senate forum was held Tuesday night at the Good Deeds Community Center in Gulfport. Four of the six Democrats running for the U.S. Senate race appeared at the forum… …Candidate Omeria Scott said, “I am the only one in this race who has…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 22, 2018
Bennie Thompson and Delbert Hosemann spar on status of grant paperwork to U.S. EAC
On Monday, Congressman Bennie Thompson sent a letter to Mississippi’s Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann asking him to submit paperwork on behalf of the state so that grant funding from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission would be eligible to the state. The Secretary of State’s office responded with this statement to Thompson’s letter: “The…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 22, 2018
Wicker Introduces the ‘Energizing American Shipbuilding Act’
Miss. Senator Proposes Legislation to Support Shipbuilding Industrial Base and American Energy Exports U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Seapower Subcommittee and a member of the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, today introduced the “Energizing American Shipbuilding Act.” The legislation would support American shipbuilding by requiring…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 22, 2018
Details Announced for #SubOversight Hearing on Sexual Abuse with U.S. Olympic Community
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), formally announced details for a hearing on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Olympic Community’s Ability to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse.” This hearing follows a months-long…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 22, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 5/22/18
Gov. Bryant attends Border Security meeting at White House Honored to join @realDonaldTrump at the White House this evening to thank him for returning America to a nation of laws and to discuss ways to strengthen our border security. I am proud the @nationalguardMS has deployed to assist with this effort. pic.twitter.com/yUX88uiYI2 — Phil…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 21, 2018
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Introduce Bill to Designate Medgar Evers Home as a National Monument
Miss. Senators Move to Make Jackson Civil Rights Landmark Part of the National Park System U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today introduced legislation to designate the Medgar Evers Home in Jackson as a national monument within the National Park System. “I have worked with my colleagues in the Mississippi congressional delegation…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 21, 2018
State Auditor Stacey Pickering Issues $500k Demand for Misspent Drug Forfeiture Funds in Pelahatchie
Today, special agents from the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor (OSA) delivered civil demands to several current and former officials in the Town of Pelahatchie. Drug seizure funds, which are required to be used for law enforcement purposes, were misspent by the Town. Two demands were issued for a total $502,363.07, which includes interest…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 21, 2018
PEER Review shows Mississippi Prison Industries Corp. has lost over $6 million
Watchdog: Mississippi nonprofit has lost $6.7M, can’t show it’s aiding inmates Mississippi Prison Industries Corp., which has lost $6.7 million since 2012, must take drastic steps to survive, including possible bankruptcy, a scathing report by the state’s legislative watchdog concludes. The board responded Monday that it takes the report “very seriously” and that when the…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 21, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 5/21/18
WLOX – Coast casinos break record for April earnings, reports say The Mississippi Department of Revenue released figures of last month’s gaming gross revenue, boasting a total of $108.5 million dollars to Coast casinos in April. This marks a record-breaking 9 percent increase from April 2017, when Coast Casinos brought in $99 million. The second…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 18, 2018
Congressman Thompson Votes NO on GOP Farm Bill
Today, U.S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) voted NO on H.R. 2, commonly known as the GOP Farm Bill of 2018. “This bill did not help proportionally the same people as the previous farm bill,” Thompson said. “I have been a longtime supporter of agriculture and the GOP Farm Bill failed farmers and working families…
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Editor
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May 18, 2018
Mississippi’s primaries have been “bloodless” to this point
Politics is a funny thing. In late February, Mississippi political observers were looking to June 5 with a real sense that a donnybrook was about to ensue. In the Senate, the long talked about primary between incumbent Senator Roger Wicker and state Senator Chris McDaniel looked like it was going to happen for real. Challengers…
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Frank Corder
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June 13, 2025
Nearly 280 from Mississippi National Guard deployed to D.C. in support of Saturday’s military parade
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Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press
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June 13, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 13, 2025
Mississippi Medicaid appropriation increases by $58 million for new fiscal year, state support nears $1 billion
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Laura Lee Leathers
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June 13, 2025
Roses and ramblings
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 13, 2025
Weep for His pain
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Richelle Putnam
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June 12, 2025
Serving fresh, supporting local: Inside Vicksburg’s Tomato Place
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Lesley Davis
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June 12, 2025
A victory for sorority sisters: The DOE affirmed what every 18-year-old pledge already knew
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Russ Latino
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June 11, 2025
Gipson in for Governor. What’s the state of play for 2027?
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Josh Riggs
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June 11, 2025
Mississippi’s education success isn’t a miracle
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