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Magnolia Tribune
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February 7, 2019
YP Daily Roundup 2/7/19
WTOK – Mississippi House passes school safety bill House members have passed a bill meant to make Mississippi schools safer from mass shootings. The House voted 114-3 Wednesday for House Bill 1283, sending it to the Senate for more consideration. The plan would require safety inspections and twice-yearly active shooter drills at public schools. It…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 7, 2019
Restaurant and hotel tax could go to advertising #billoftheday
This bill would create an advisory board and divert a percentage of the restaurant and hotel tax to advertising. HB 1102, authored by Rep. DeLano would create a Mississippi tourism and advertising promotion advisory board that will assist MDA with any advertising initiatives directed toward tourism. The bill reads: There is hereby created a Mississippi Tourism…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 6, 2019
School Safety Act passes in the House
The House passed HB 1283 on the floor today. The bill, authored by Representative Mark Baker passed by a vote of 114-3, but not after several amendments were offered. The bill in whole directly addresses the issue of active shooters entering schools and ensuring that administrators and students are prepared and protected. A point of…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 6, 2019
ATP Trade Expansion Program to Benefit Mississippi Producers
Based on input from its member Southern agriculture leaders including the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, the Southern U.S. Trade Association (SUSTA) recently applied for and was approved for $12,592,090 over a three-year period from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help Southern farmers and ranchers identify and access new export markets…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 6, 2019
SALTER: Medical marijuana unlikely to advance in 2019, but 2020 effort could get legs
By: Sid Salter Almost 40 years of covering Mississippi government and politics suggests to me that an election year isn’t the best time to enact something as controversial as legalizing medical marijuana. To be sure, medical marijuana is already legal in Mississippi in the narrowest of senses and has been since 2014. Legal, yes. Available?…
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Courtney Ingle
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February 6, 2019
Empower Mississippi: ESA bills die in committee
Yesterday, several bills to expand or improve the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program died when they were not passed by the committee deadline. One bill, however, remains alive: Senate Bill 2675. The bill extends the life of the ESA program until 2024. The program is currently set to expire next year. Other bills would not…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 6, 2019
Hyde-Smith announces $1 million to Mississippi shipbuilder for polar icebreaker engineering studies
Homeland Security Dept. Grant to VT Halter Marine Advances U.S. Coast Guard Priority U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a $1 million contract for work in Mississippi to support production engineering studies for the U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC) acquisition program. The U.S. Department of…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 6, 2019
YP Daily Roundup 2/6/19
Mississippi officials react to SOTU Address by President Trump What an amazing Address. @realDonaldTrump owned this night. Democrats looked like petulant children refusing to support or clap for the most basic of human rights or American achievements, such as protecting the unborn or celebrating historically high job numbers. #SOTU — Phil Bryant (@PhilBryantMS) February…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 6, 2019
Mississippi lawmakers comment on State of the Union Address
On Tuesday, February 5, 2018, President Donald Trump was welcomed into the U.S. House chamber to deliver the State of the Union Address. LIVE now: President Trump’s second State of the Union Address https://t.co/K4ytXhQmIX — The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 6, 2019 Mississippi officials had this to say about the President’s address: U.S. Senator Roger…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 6, 2019
The first committee deadline day brings an end to dozens of bills
Tuesday, January 5 is the first committee deadline day of the 2019 Legislative Session. Bills that do not get out of committee by today, will come to an end among legislators. Among the dead bills are: HB 1104 – the civil administrative forfeiture bill The bill was highly contested among lawmakers, but received a loud…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 6, 2019
Civil Administrative Forfeiture bill dies once again in committee
The civil administrative forfeiture bill, HB 1104, did not survive out of the Judiciary A committee in the House. The bill was highly endorsed by individuals like Public Service Commissioner Marshall Fisher and Governor Phil Bryant: I met with law enforcement today at the Mississippi State Capitol to discuss my support for them & HB…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 6, 2019
Mason Dixon poll has Hood +2 over Reeves and models independent candidate for #msgov
Today, Mason Dixon released a poll that’s in a series of tracking polls conducted over the last 18 months. The highlight of the poll shows Democrat AG Jim Hood with a hypothetical 44/42 advantage over Republican LG Tate Reeves with 14% undecided. The gap in the Mason Dixon poll has narrowed from Hood +5 to…
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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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Russ Latino
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April 8, 2026
The truth about ACA subsidies after the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
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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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