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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2019
Hyde-Smith and Wicker vote opposite in resolution to overturn President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration regarding border security
Mississippi’s U.S. Senators were split in their vote on a resolution, H.J. Res 46, to overturn President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration regarding the security and humanitarian crisis on the border.. Hyde-Smith voted against the effort, while Wicker voted for it. Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, voted against a Resolution of…
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Courtney Ingle
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March 14, 2019
Special Election Results: Districts 31, 71, and 101
Special elections were held in three districts this week for Mississippi House seats. The candidates in each district had to run as independents, despite their affiliations. In House District 32, Leflore County, which was formerly held by Rep. Willie Perkins, Democratic lawyer Solomon Curtis Osborne won the seat. In House District 71, Hinds…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2019
AFP-MS: Senate Does Well to Support Second Chances
Grassroots group applauds senators for passing landmark reform Americans for Prosperity-Mississippi (AFP-MS) applauded the Senate for passing HB 1352, the Criminal Justice Reform Act. The bill would improve many aspects of the state’s outdated criminal justice system and help reacclimate former inmates who have paid their debt to society as they return to their…
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Courtney Ingle
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March 14, 2019
Dane Maxwell for Southern District Public Service Commissioner Announces 27 County Chair Leadership Team
Adams – Bruce Brice, Jr. – Chair Amite – Sharon Honea – Chair Clarke – Chandler Mitts – Chair Covington – Kathy Sullivan – Chair Forrest – Clyde Stewart – Chair Franklin – Harold Leonard – Chair George – Jeff Howell – Chair Greene – James Ratcliff – Chair Hancock – Chad Whitney – Chair…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2019
Gov. Phil Bryant announces GOMESA projects
Gov. Phil Bryant announced today six projects totaling more than $23 million that will be funded through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA). The federal passage in 2006 of GOMESA created revenue sharing provisions for the four Gulf oil and gas producing States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and their coastal political subdivisions.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2019
March 14 Proclaimed as Agriculture Day in State of Mississippi
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson was joined by Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick, Mississippi Senate Agriculture Chairman Billy Hudson and Mississippi House of Representatives Agriculture Chairman Bill Pigott as Governor Phil Bryant signed a proclamation declaring March 14, 2019, as Agriculture Day in the State of Mississippi. “I appreciate Governor Bryant…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
Senate passes Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Today the Mississippi Senate passed HB 1352, the Criminal Justice Reform Act. The bill includes provisions that will expand drug courts in Mississippi and reduce barriers to employment for people leaving the state’s prison system. Sponsored by Representative Jason White, the bill allows for more people with nonviolent offenses to apply for a one-time expungement…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
Global engineering company Weir Group increases investment in Newton, expanding production and adding 150 additional highly skilled jobs
Scotland-based mining equipment manufacturer The Weir Group is investing an additional $15 million in its Newton manufacturing facility as part of a total $50-million plan supporting an additional 150 jobs at the plant. When the investment plan is complete, employment will increase to more than 400 workers, a 60 percent increase from 2016. “Mississippi is…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
A dispute between one lawmaker and DPS raises questions on ‘what is public record?’
DPS spends $18,000 and counting to fight $200 ethics fine over records flap with lawmaker The disagreement began when Representative Joel Bomgar sent an email to Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy with questions and observations on drug dealers “fighting over turf,” the economics of the drug trade, and whether prison hurts or helps…
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Courtney Ingle
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March 13, 2019
Op-Ed: Kids with autism will suffer without ESA or adequate options for therapy
Sitting on a desk in Rankin County is the one hope a mother had for one of her twin daughters. It’s an Education Scholarship Account application. Currently, just over 400 students utilize the program, with 250+ on the waitlist. During this legislative session, there was one bill to expand the ESA. It did not pass.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Commend President Trump for Signing Legislation to Designate Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home as a National Monument
Miss. Senators Championed Efforts 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 commended President Trump for signing S. 47, “the Natural Resources Management Act,” which included a proposal authored by the senators to designate the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home in…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
SATLER: Will Baker, Fitch or Taggart become state’s first GOP attorney general since 1878?
By: Sid Salter The 2019 Mississippi Republican primary for attorney general will pit three veteran GOP politicians against each other for the right to become Mississippi’s first GOP attorney general since George Emrick Harris in 1878. The Republican winner will face Democrat candidate U.S. Army Col. Jennifer Riley Collins (Ret.), a decorated military intelligence officer…
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Frank Corder
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April 8, 2026
Governor approves second disaster loan program for cities, counties effected by winter storm
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 8, 2026
Student cell phone use bans fail to find support in Mississippi House, Senate
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Daniel Tyson
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April 8, 2026
Dept. of Public Safety set to consolidate divisions, providing more strategic collaboration and cost savings
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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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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Will Graves, Associated Press
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April 8, 2026
Pirates sign teenage shortstop Konnor Griffin to a 9-year deal worth at least $140 million
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Richelle Putnam
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April 8, 2026
Where the Light Falls: The landscape of Marshall Bouldin
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Alistair Begg
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April 8, 2026
More than a name
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Sid Salter
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April 8, 2026
A new take on an old question about who Mississippians trust with life-altering decisions
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Russ Latino
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April 3, 2026
Lawmakers owe Reeves a ‘thank you’ for stopping Medicaid expansion
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Ashby Foote
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April 2, 2026
The Strait Jacket of Hormuz
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