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Sarah Ulmer
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November 30, 2018
OPINION: Three Open Legislative Seats Won’t Change Hands
Three Mississippi legislators were elected to judicial posts this year, necessitating special elections for the final year of the legislative term. But none of the seats will be competitive from a partisan standpoint. By: Brett Kittredge, Director of Marketing and Communications for Mississippi Center for Public Policy. Rep. Brad Touchstone, a freshman Republican lawmaker from Oak…
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 29, 2018
Wicker considers gas tax alternatives, reforms
Future Infrastructure Investment Will Require More Funding U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., participated in a Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing to consider America’s surface transportation infrastructure needs. Wicker used his time to question the potential benefits and disadvantages of alternatives to the current federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon. The current…
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Magnolia Tribune
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November 29, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 11/29/18
WJTV – Every statewide office up for grabs next year CLARION LEDGER – Cindy Hyde-Smith came out on top. But was the #MSSen a win for Democrats, too? “I think everybody was put on notice last night,” state Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Moak said Wednesday. “Democrats were put on notice that, ‘Hey, you can make…
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Courtney Ingle
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November 29, 2018
School Choice: What happens when the choices end
When the parents of the founding scholars chose to send their 5th graders to ReImagine Prep nearly four years ago, they were putting a lot of faith in a system that wasn’t even quite complete yet. “Thank you for trusting us with your kids when we were knocking on doors, asking you to send your…
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Editor
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November 28, 2018
Our analysis of the Mississippi Special Senate Election
Most Mississippians woke up on November 28th thinking, “Whew. I’m glad that’s over”. Mississippi got a small taste of “big boy” national politics during the 2014 Republican Senate Primary, but this 2018 special election was the first nationally focused political race featuring both parties that had any meaning or intrigue in more than a decade. …
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 28, 2018
Coalition urges lawmakers to increase state cigarette tax
The Invest in a Healthier Future Coalition met at the Capitol on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to increase the current state cigarette tax in an attempt to improve the health of the state’s citizens. They’re encouraging a $1.50 per pack increase. “The polling results released today confirm what we know and regularly hear in conversations…
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 28, 2018
OPINION: Hyde-Smith Defeats Espy
With Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s victory in the special election runoff to fill the remainder of Sen. Thad Cochran’s term, Mississippi voters did what they have done for the past 30 years; vote for a Republican Senator. By: Brett Kittredge, Director of Marketing and Communications for Mississippi Center for Public Policy. To find the last time a…
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 28, 2018
SALTER: State’s muddy U.S. Senate Class II race cost $20 million and two candidates’ reputations
By: Sid Salter In 2018, Mississippi voters elected two U.S. senators. The two elections saw about $27. 6 million expended with $11 million of that coming from partisan outside groups – and armed with that money, Mississippians witnessed the near destruction of the reputations of at least two of those candidates. First – at a…
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Magnolia Tribune
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November 28, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 11/28/18
CLARION LEDGER – Hyde-Smith defeats Espy in U.S. Senate runoff With lots of help from President Donald Trump, Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated Democrat Mike Espy in Tuesday night’s U.S. Senate runoff in Mississippi. Hyde-Smith will serve out the final two years of Thad Cochran’s term and make history as the first female elected to Congress from Mississippi. Espy…
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Courtney Ingle
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November 27, 2018
Hyde-Smith wins runoff; becomes the first woman elected to U.S. Senate from Mississippi
Cindy Hyde-Smith has won the runoff for the special election to replace Senator Thad Cochran, who retired due to medical reasons back in April. In so doing, she has become the first woman from Mississippi elected to the United States Senate. Hyde-Smith thoroughly toppled opponent Mike Espy by what is currently an 8% victory at…
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Magnolia Tribune
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November 27, 2018
Motion for TRO in NAACP-backed lawsuit to change absentee voter deadline is denied
A case filed by three Mississippi residents and the Mississippi Chapter of the NAACP against the State of Mississippi and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann suffered a serious blow today in Judge Dan Jordan’s courtroom. Motion_O'Neil v. Hosemann Et Al_Nov 27 2018 by yallpolitics on Scribd The suit was largely viewed as a prophylactic suit…
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Courtney Ingle
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November 27, 2018
In case of Mississippi company vs. frog, SCOTUS rules in favor of Mississippi company
Supreme Court Sides with Landowners in Dispute Over Frog Habitats The Supreme Court has sided with Mississippi landowners who were unable to clear trees off their land due to laws in place to protect the habitat of the Dusky Gopher Frog, according to a report by The National Review. SCOTUS overturned a lower-court law that…
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 30, 2026
MCC, Compass partnering to train Mississippians to fill data center jobs
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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July 30, 2026
U.S. economy grows at a sluggish 1.5% in second-quarter with inflation remaining stubbornly high
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Frank Corder
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July 30, 2026
Colom to campaign with Alsobrooks, Thompson
Business
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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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Susan Marquez
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July 30, 2026
Biloxi’s Fly Llama Brewing named a Top 10 Producer in the 2026 U.S. Open Hard Seltzer Championship
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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July 30, 2026
Warnings for deliverance
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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?
Opinion
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Delbert Hosemann
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July 29, 2026
Every Mississippi child matters. Every day counts
Opinion
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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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