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Sarah Ulmer
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February 7, 2019
January 2019 Revenue Report under estimate
The January 2019 Revenue Report has been released and this months reports are in the negative. For the month, the budget is 5.8 million below the sine die estimate, however the year to date report is over the estimate by 2.82 percent. Total revenue collections for the month of January FY 2019 are $5,811,321 or…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 7, 2019
Bills to Make Property Transfers Less Expensive, Allow Electronic Notarization Survive First Legislative Deadline
Two bills which would make it easier and cheaper to distribute a decedent’s property to their heirs are now moving to the Mississippi House of Representatives for floor debate. House Bills 1375 and 1425, sponsored by Representative Rob Roberson (R-Starkville), passed the House Judiciary A Committee this week. Tuesday, February 5, marked the 2019 Legislative…
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Courtney Ingle
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February 7, 2019
Pine Belt and Southwest Mississippi Leaders Endorse Reeves for Governor
Momentum continues to build for Lt. Governor Tate Reeves’ gubernatorial campaign. Conservative leaders in the Pine Belt and Southwest Mississippi are joining the team and endorsing Reeves. The Lt. Governor is known by grassroots leaders across Mississippi as a principled fighter for conservative values, whose record of combating government waste is second to none. “Tate…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 7, 2019
Jay Hughes joins Y’all Politics as Investigative Reporter
Y’all Politics is pleased to announce the addition of Jay Hughes as an Investigative Reporter. Hughes, of Jackson, will focus most of his coverage on data and public record intensive stories that give our readers a true sense of how government and political campaigns work. Jay E. Hughes grew up in Jackson with strong ties to the…
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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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Alex Veiga, Associated Press
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June 4, 2026
Average U.S. long-term mortgage rate falls to 6.48%, retreating from its highest level in 9 months
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Frank Corder
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June 4, 2026
Governor Reeves elected States’ Co-Chair for the Delta Regional Authority
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Frank Corder
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June 4, 2026
Increased penalties for juvenile firearm-related crimes takes effect July 1 in Mississippi
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Alistair Begg
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June 4, 2026
The lie of isolation
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Richelle Putnam
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June 3, 2026
America’s sound rises again: Jimmie Rodgers Festival breaks attendance records in Meridian
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Alistair Begg
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June 3, 2026
An opportunity to learn
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Sid Salter
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June 3, 2026
It’s the third of June and the haunting mystery of Gentry’s ‘Ode to Billy Joe’ remains
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Hunter Estes
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June 2, 2026
Mississippi needs the success sequence
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Haley Fisackerly
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June 1, 2026
Two billion reasons why Mississippi and Entergy are proving data centers can provide power customers real savings
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