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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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Magnolia Tribune
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March 28, 2019
YP Daily Roundup 3/28/19
WJTV – Mississippi Legislators agree on $1,500 pay raise for teachers WJTV – Mississippi governor vetoes youth detention bill Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has vetoed a bill that would have lightened the punishments of some children convicted of criminal crimes. According to current law, a child convicted of a felony at 10 years old may be…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2019
Mississippi Legislature becomes 15th to adopt Convention of States resolution
Today the Mississippi House of Representatives followed suit with their Senate counterparts and passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 596 by a vote of 69-49. The bill also brought its fair share of controversy among party lines. The amendment calls for a Convention of States to approve amendments that would restrict the fiscal restraints of the federal…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2019
UPDATED: House also passes court mandated SD 22 redistricting resolution filed in the last days of 2019 Session
UPDATED: On Wednesday the House passed the Senate’s Joint Resolution 202, but not without an attempt to change it. The bill would change the lines of District’s 22 and 13, in accordance with a federal court ruling in the favor of three plaintiffs that claimed the redistricting of 2012 violated federal voting rights. When the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2019
Wicker Leads Hearing on “Blue Economy”
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant Testifies Before Senate Commerce Committee U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today chaired a hearing to discuss the “Blue Economy,” which is the sustainable use of our nation’s ocean resources for economic development and growth. Wicker invited Governor Phil Bryant to share…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2019
MDOT announces emergency bridge closures
Under the authority of Gov. Phil Bryant’s April 2018 emergency bridge closure proclamation, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) today was directed to begin immediately closing at least 34 local bridges. “If these bridges remain open, it will not only present a safety hazard to the traveling public but will also threaten $530 million in…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 27, 2019
YP Daily Roundup 3/27/19
WJTV – Mississippi plan seeks to increase black voting strength DAILY JOURNAL – Waller touts vision for state’s future Taking a brief break between shaking hands inside the stately and historic Union County courthouse, Bill Waller pointed to struggles facing rural healthcare across Northeast Mississippi and the state. Emergency room closures, long ambulance response times,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2019
Hyde-Smith: Democrats duck chance to advance radical ‘Green New Deal’
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today called the “Green New Deal,” a Democratic proposal to radically remake the American economy and society, an impractical and expensive nonstarter—a fact that may explain why Senate Democrats ducked for cover when it was put to a vote. Rather than register as “yea” or “nay,” 43 Senate Democrats voted…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2019
Wicker Votes Against ‘Green New Deal’
Miss. Senator Opposes $93 Trillion, Socialist-Inspired Plan U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted against S.J. Res. 8, the “Green New Deal.” The plan, introduced by Democrats in the House and Senate, would remake America’s economy and society through a radical new approach to energy, infrastructure, and the role of government. The American Action Forum…
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Frank Corder
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July 29, 2026
TVA donates $50,000 to help restore trees on Ole Miss campus
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Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
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July 29, 2026
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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July 29, 2026
College NIL bill includes $25 million ‘retention pool’ but is that enough to sway Big Ten, SEC?
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Frank Corder
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July 27, 2026
German cookie manufacturer locating operations in Madison with $70 million investment
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Frank Corder
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July 23, 2026
SIP Manufacturing coming to the Sip with $100 million investment
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Frank Corder
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July 14, 2026
Aluminum Dynamics investing another $200 million in Lowndes County
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Alistair Begg
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July 30, 2026
Warnings for deliverance
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Susan Marquez
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July 29, 2026
Wolfe Studio to celebrate 80th anniversary experience at The Max
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Alistair Begg
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July 29, 2026
God knows best
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Delbert Hosemann
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July 29, 2026
Every Mississippi child matters. Every day counts
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Sid Salter
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July 29, 2026
Mississippi’s senators again control major legislative “gates” for defense contracting
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Jeremy Hutchinson
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, Mary Kate Mull
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July 27, 2026
When junk science decides guilt in the South
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