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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2018
Mississippi Alliance of State Employees says it’s time for a raise
It’s been 13 years since Mississippi lawmakers have awarded raises to state employees. On average state employees make $9,000 less than their nearby counterparts in Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas. With low salaries, this forces many state workers to work more than one job to offset inflation costs. On Tuesday, at the Capital, the organization…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2018
Last effort to up cigarette tax dies in the House
This year two bills were submitted to legislature in the Senate to up the current cigarette tax. One was authored by Sen. Wiggins, SB 2701 with the motive of improving residents health thus lowering medical costs in the long run. The second was part of a bond bill authored by Sen. Fillingane, SB 3048, and listed…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 14, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 3/14/18
Shanks wins HD 60 seat in #msleg WTOK – Mississippi cigarette tax increases nearly dead With less than three weeks left in the 2018 regular session, an effort by Mississippi lawmakers to raise tobacco taxes has failed so far. Senate Bill 3048, which could have been used to raise taxes, is dead after the House…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2018
House bill passes out of Senate to provide tax credit for foster families
On Tuesday the Senate passed an appropriations bill, HB 1566, that would authorize a tax credit for some charitable contributions, including qualifying foster care families. I’m proud the Senate just passed HB 1566, giving Mississippians who take in foster children a relief on their state taxes. — Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) March 13, 2018 (c) “Qualifying…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2018
Texting and driving laws may never be discussed again #billoftheday
A bill that has already been passed and sent to the Governor for approval would delete the repealer on a previous texting and driving law. The bill, authored by Rep. White, would no longer be brought before lawmakers, making texting and driving on a handheld device against the law indefinitely. House Bill 900 AN ACT…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2018
Wicker Calls on Navy to Reject ‘Atheist’ Chaplain Application
Seapower Chairman Joined by 22 Senators in Saying Approval Would Be ‘Grave Mistake’ U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today called on the Navy to deny an application for a “secular humanist” to serve in the Chaplain Corps. Twenty-two Senators joined Wicker in sending a letter to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and Adm. John Richardson saying,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2018
State Auditor Stacey Pickering Puts Cities on Notice to Prepare to Pay Court Assessment Fees to Mississippi Treasury
Monday, State Auditor Stacey Pickering notified local government officials in the Towns of Tchula and Raleigh, City of Shaw, and Coahoma County to prepare to pay delinquent court assessment fees to the Mississippi Treasurer’s Office or face receiving a formal demand from the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor (OSA). Court assessment fees are commonly…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 13, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 3/13/18
WLOX – Sec. of State Delbert Hosemann says he’s not running for his current office Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says he’s not running for his current office again, but won’t say what he’s running for next. Hosemann, speaking Monday to the Capitol press corps and Mississippi State University’s Stennis Institute of Government, said…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 12, 2018
BREAKING: Inside sources say PSC Brandon Presley considering run for MS Secretary of State in 2019
Y’all Politics got a tip from an insider that Northern Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley is thinking about throwing his name in for Mississippi’s Secretary of State seat in 2019. Commissioner Presley has been serving the Northern District of Mississippi since 2007. He was re-elected in 2011 and most recently in 2015 winning over 31…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 12, 2018
AG says Entergy pulled a fast one on Public Service Commission on rate approval
According to a piece written by the Attorney General Jim Hood in the Clarion Ledger, in an op-ed filed by the CEO of Entergy Mississippi, he claims that the state’s Public Service Commission has already approved the charges for electricity purchased by Entergy. That is very misleading. The Public Service Commission approves rates submitted by…
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Editor
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March 12, 2018
What’s really at stake with the replacement of Thad Cochran’s seat #mssen
Attention from inside the beltway and around the US is focused on Mississippi politics like never before. Of most interest is the replacement of Thad Cochran’s seat. There are some national implications for the Republican majority that haven’t really been fleshed out in the media that deserve attention. Sources inside the beltway tell Y’all Politics…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 12, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 3/12/18
DAILY JOURNAL – Bryant makes historic College Board appointments Gov. Phil Bryant has announced his four nominees to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. When those nominees are confirmed by the Senate, it will give Bryant all 12 appointments to the panel that oversees Mississippi’s eight public universities. The second-term Republican…
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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
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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April 27, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Oseola McCarty, an unlikely philanthropist
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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April 27, 2025
Young men are struggling, how to help
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 27, 2025
Why do I face trials?
Opinion
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
Opinion
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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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