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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2019
AFP-MS: Senate Does Well to Support Second Chances
Grassroots group applauds senators for passing landmark reform Americans for Prosperity-Mississippi (AFP-MS) applauded the Senate for passing HB 1352, the Criminal Justice Reform Act. The bill would improve many aspects of the state’s outdated criminal justice system and help reacclimate former inmates who have paid their debt to society as they return to their…
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Courtney Ingle
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March 14, 2019
Dane Maxwell for Southern District Public Service Commissioner Announces 27 County Chair Leadership Team
Adams – Bruce Brice, Jr. – Chair Amite – Sharon Honea – Chair Clarke – Chandler Mitts – Chair Covington – Kathy Sullivan – Chair Forrest – Clyde Stewart – Chair Franklin – Harold Leonard – Chair George – Jeff Howell – Chair Greene – James Ratcliff – Chair Hancock – Chad Whitney – Chair…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2019
Gov. Phil Bryant announces GOMESA projects
Gov. Phil Bryant announced today six projects totaling more than $23 million that will be funded through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA). The federal passage in 2006 of GOMESA created revenue sharing provisions for the four Gulf oil and gas producing States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and their coastal political subdivisions.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 14, 2019
March 14 Proclaimed as Agriculture Day in State of Mississippi
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson was joined by Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation President Mike McCormick, Mississippi Senate Agriculture Chairman Billy Hudson and Mississippi House of Representatives Agriculture Chairman Bill Pigott as Governor Phil Bryant signed a proclamation declaring March 14, 2019, as Agriculture Day in the State of Mississippi. “I appreciate Governor Bryant…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
Senate passes Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Today the Mississippi Senate passed HB 1352, the Criminal Justice Reform Act. The bill includes provisions that will expand drug courts in Mississippi and reduce barriers to employment for people leaving the state’s prison system. Sponsored by Representative Jason White, the bill allows for more people with nonviolent offenses to apply for a one-time expungement…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
Global engineering company Weir Group increases investment in Newton, expanding production and adding 150 additional highly skilled jobs
Scotland-based mining equipment manufacturer The Weir Group is investing an additional $15 million in its Newton manufacturing facility as part of a total $50-million plan supporting an additional 150 jobs at the plant. When the investment plan is complete, employment will increase to more than 400 workers, a 60 percent increase from 2016. “Mississippi is…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
A dispute between one lawmaker and DPS raises questions on ‘what is public record?’
DPS spends $18,000 and counting to fight $200 ethics fine over records flap with lawmaker The disagreement began when Representative Joel Bomgar sent an email to Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy with questions and observations on drug dealers “fighting over turf,” the economics of the drug trade, and whether prison hurts or helps…
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Courtney Ingle
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March 13, 2019
Op-Ed: Kids with autism will suffer without ESA or adequate options for therapy
Sitting on a desk in Rankin County is the one hope a mother had for one of her twin daughters. It’s an Education Scholarship Account application. Currently, just over 400 students utilize the program, with 250+ on the waitlist. During this legislative session, there was one bill to expand the ESA. It did not pass.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Commend President Trump for Signing Legislation to Designate Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home as a National Monument
Miss. Senators Championed Efforts to Make Jackson Civil Rights Landmark Part of the National Park System U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today commended President Trump for signing S. 47, “the Natural Resources Management Act,” which included a proposal authored by the senators to designate the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home in…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
SATLER: Will Baker, Fitch or Taggart become state’s first GOP attorney general since 1878?
By: Sid Salter The 2019 Mississippi Republican primary for attorney general will pit three veteran GOP politicians against each other for the right to become Mississippi’s first GOP attorney general since George Emrick Harris in 1878. The Republican winner will face Democrat candidate U.S. Army Col. Jennifer Riley Collins (Ret.), a decorated military intelligence officer…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 13, 2019
Auditor’s Office Returned Over $50,000 to Taxpayers Last Month
Today State Auditor Shad White announced his office returned $52,780.09 to Mississippi taxpayers last month after investigations by the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor determined public funds were stolen or misused. A significant amount was recovered from Chris Smith, who was issued a demand letter in January 2019. The State Auditor’s Office recovered $25,000…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 13, 2019
YP Daily Roundup 3/13/19
Sen. Wicker expresses reservations over President’s emergency border declaration U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today commended President Trump and Senators who are reportedly working together to provide almost $6 billion for border walls and fencing while averting a Constitutional challenge over the separation of legislative and executive powers. A number of Senate Republicans are negotiating…
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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September 16, 2026
Federal Reserve hikes key rate for first time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut
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Frank Corder
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September 16, 2026
Duffs again make Forbes list of world’s richest billionaires
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 16, 2026
Leake County School District released from desegregation order
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2026
Hitachi Energy brings largest U.S. investment to date to Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
General Atomics announced second expansion this year, bringing 125 more jobs to Shannon
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
C Spire expanding fiber network with new high-capacity corridor between Jackson and Olive Branch
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Richelle Putnam
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September 16, 2026
Storyteller Anne McKee: The Rose on the Hill
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Alistair Begg
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September 16, 2026
I want to see
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Parrish Alford
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September 15, 2026
While trying to ignore, victory would be the Rebels’ best response
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Sid Salter
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September 16, 2026
Despite many statutory protections, there is no clear constitutional right to clean water
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Russ Latino
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September 15, 2026
Sydney Sweeney Novig Ad: Body positivity’s double standard
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Merle Flowers
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September 10, 2026
Mississippi does not have pharmacies to spare
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