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Sarah Ulmer
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March 29, 2019
Sine Die comes early for the 2019 Mississippi Legislative session
The Mississippi Legislature gaveled in and out for the final time during the 2019 legislative session on March 29, 2019. This is 9 days before the scheduled Sine Die day of April 7. Hear what leaders had to say about the session: This year the House and Senate tackled big items like: Human Trafficking bill, Criminal…
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Courtney Ingle
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March 29, 2019
#Msleg passes extra $2 million for ESA for special needs children in DFA conference report
UPDATE 3/29/2019 The $2 million dollars in the DFA Budget has successfully survived the 2019 Legislative Session and is now headed to the Governor to be signed into law–and into the ESA. This comes after numerous attempts to extend and expand the ESA to provide help for students with special needs. Thank you for the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 29, 2019
MDOT: More bridges added to closure list
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) on Thursday received an updated list of locally-owned bridges to be closed under Gov. Phil Bryant’s April 2018 emergency bridge closure proclamation. According to the most current list, the Office of State Aid Road Construction discovered an additional 27 deficient bridges needing immediate closure – bringing the current total…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 29, 2019
YP Daily Roundup 3/29/19
WJTV – Speaker Gunn, House members reflect on legislative session CLARION LEDGER – Mississippi lawmakers shocked they voted for $2 million more in private school vouchers Advocates for a controversial school choice program secured a surprise win Thursday, with many lawmakers crying foul that $2 million more for private school tuition vouchers had been secreted into…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 29, 2019
Hyde-Smith & Education Sec. Devos share common goal to promote career and technical education to rural students.
At Appropriations Hearing, Senator Sees Career-Tech Programs Helping Fill Empty Well-Paying Jobs U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today found common ground with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on the need to increase opportunities for students to purse good jobs through career and technical education programs. Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 29, 2019
President Trump rails against Democrats’ “ridiculous bullshit” in Michigan rally
President Trump last night in a rally in Michigan claimed complete exoneration and tried to box in Democratic House members threatening further investigations. “The Democrats have to now decide whether they will continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bullsh*t — partisan investigations, or whether they will apologize to the American people, and join us to…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 28, 2019
Op-Ed: The reality of human trafficking; A story not told
She deserved a chance. A chance at a life filled with more than pain. A chance to go to school. To make good grades. To be on the dance team or President of the Beta Club. To have a best friend who invited her to Friday night sleepovers where they talked about the cute boy…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 28, 2019
Governor Bryant signs Human Trafficking Bill into law
On Thursday, Governor Phil Bryant signed HB 571, the Human Trafficking bill, into law. The bill was introduced in the House by Speaker Philip Gunn, who made the bill of top priority to him this year. HB 571 did several things to ensure the proper treatment of victims, and adequate training for law enforcement in…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 28, 2019
Center for Reproductive Rights files suit against “Heartbeat bill”
The Center for Reproductive Rights has announced a suit has been filed against SB 2116, the Heartbeat bill that would effectively restrict abortions around the 6-8 week gestational period. JWHO 6 week heartbeat ban l… by on Scribd FILED: We’re challenging a 6-week abortion ban in Mississippi. We blocked the state’s 15-week ban just months…
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Courtney Ingle
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March 28, 2019
Legislature kicks the can down the road on ESA–though hope for next session is unknown
The Education Scholarship Account has received the same amount of funding of $3 million as last session, proverbially kicking the can down the road until next year for any expansion or extension of the program. The ESA program is set to end in 2020. After efforts to expand or extend the ESA this year failed,…
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Courtney Ingle
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March 28, 2019
25 Republican Lieutenant Governors Voice Support for United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Following Meeting at White House
Following a meeting Wednesday with the nation’s Lieutenant Governors at the White House regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association (RLGA) issued a letter today signed by Arkansas Lt. Governor and RLGA Chairman Tim Griffin and 24 other lieutenant governors in support of President Trump’s recently negotiated trade agreement. “As lieutenant…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 28, 2019
UPDATE: Teachers to receive $1,500 pay raise from Legislature
UPDATE Thursday 28, 11:30 a.m.: Literally less than an hour after the Senate passed the Conference Report on SB 2770, the House followed suit. Similar to in the Senate with Senator D. Simmons, Representative David Baria makes a motion to recommit the report back to conference. He explains he wants the bill recommitted so that…
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 7, 2026
Wednesday night storm spawns several tornadoes that damage hundreds of homes in three counties
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Frank Corder
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May 6, 2026
Speaker White names House Select Committees to tackle property taxes, school consolidation, redistricting, more
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Daniel Tyson
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May 6, 2026
Job training life-affirming for inmates in MAGCOR programs
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Susan Marquez
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May 7, 2026
Noah “Soggy” Sweat’s “The Whiskey Speech” to be presented at Two Mississippi Museums
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Alistair Begg
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May 7, 2026
Purchased for God
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Susan Marquez
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May 6, 2026
Canton Flea Market returns for 62nd year
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Christy Hovanetz
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May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
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Russ Latino
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May 5, 2026
Mississippi faces pressure to redistrict before congressional midterms, but also real world constraints
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Susan Crabtree
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May 1, 2026
U.S. Secret Service Chief says Hilton site was ‘set up perfectly,’ critics disagree
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