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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
Governor vetos “well intentioned” child abuse bill
Gov. Phil Bryant has chosen to veto a bill that would require Child Protection Services to notify any applicable military installation family advocacy program of child abuse in certain cases. The Governor says SB 2460 is well intentioned, but adds an unintended consequence: “Senate Bill 2460 is a well-intentioned bill with an unintended consequence. Reporting…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
UPDATE: Conference deadline over, filed bills head to the floor
This weekend is Conference weekend at the Mississippi State Capitol. This is the time that appropriations, finance, and general bills are finalized, dotted lines are signed, and most of it happens quietly and behind closed doors. These bills will determine the budget for state agencies for the next fiscal year. The deadline for those conference…
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March 26, 2018
Watchdog group files FEC complaint against Chris McDaniel campaign and super PAC #mssen
Today, the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission outlining what they believe to be campaign finance violations surrounding the alleged coordination between the Chris McDaniel US Senate campaign and the “Remember Mississippi” super PAC. The McDaniel campaign responded to the Clarion Ledger as follows . . . McDaniel called the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
Empower MS says lawmakers are ignoring families on long ESA waiting list
For the third year in a row, the state legislature has level-funded the Special Needs Education Scholarship Account program leaving hundreds of children on a waiting list, waiting for another year, hoping to get a scholarship. The bill to expand the ESA program to additional students died weeks ago, but legislative leaders still had the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 26, 2018
AG announces investigation into social media site, Facebook
Today in his office, Attorney General Jim Hood announced an investigation in the privacy practices at Facebook. Watch the announcement below: Attorney General Jim Hood sent a letter to Facebook, Inc. last week putting the social media giant on notice to preserve any relevant information for his investigation into the company’s user privacy practices in…
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March 26, 2018
Chris McDaniel adviser Rick Tyler actively trolling Donald Trump on Twitter #mssen
In the last few days, there’s been an organized push by Chris McDaniel supporters to solicit a presidential endorsement. The campaign has created an online petition of sorts to plead with President Trump for his endorsement over Governor Bryant’s pick, Cindy Hyde-Smith. The problem is the McDaniel camp may be of two minds about the…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 26, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 3/26/18
WLOX – MS lawmakers agree on $6 billion state budget Mississippi is set to spend more money on education, health programs and foster care in the budget year, which begins July 1. Negotiators from the state House and Senate have agreed on most details of a roughly $6 billion state budget. They filed budget bills…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 24, 2018
Agreements on $250 million bond package made
Top Mississippi lawmakers said Saturday that they have agreed on a bond package of nearly $250 million to finance several projects.Other members of the House and Senate were haggling over details of a nearly $6 billion state budget for the year that begins July 1. The bond package includes $50 million to replace some local…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 24, 2018
Questions for the MSGOP; talk of Hyde-Smith, Trump and McDaniel
Gov. Phil Bryant’s pick of Cindy Hyde-Smith as interim U.S. senator and news that anonymous White House wonks told Politico that President Trump might not support her caused some in the state GOP establishment to call for the immediate formation of a circular firing squad. Heck, it caused the Madison County Journal, in an editorial, to go…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 23, 2018
House stays firm on death of infrastructure bill
After the Joint Legislative Budget Committee met on Friday, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves stepped aside to meet with the press and answer a few questions about the conservative budget revisions that were adopted by the group. During the Lt. Gov.’s comments Speaker of the House Philip Gunn joined the group, and questions surrounding the fate…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 23, 2018
Cochran: FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill delivers for Mississippi
With President’s Defense, Border Security, Infrastructure Priorities, Mississippi Fares Well in Funding Measure U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, early Friday morning voted for the last legislation of his Senate career—an omnibus appropriations measure that will direct significant new resources to Mississippi in support of a national focus on strengthening…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 23, 2018
Mississippi makes history with the state’s first black Higher Education Commissioner
The first-ever African American has been named to oversee Mississippi’s eight public universities. According to the Associated Press, the state College Board announced Friday that Alfred Rankins Jr. will become higher education commissioner July 1 when Glenn Boyce retires. Rankins is the current president of Alcorn State University. “My experiences at Alcorn will inform my…
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Frank Corder
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May 11, 2026
Fifth Circuit vacates order requiring Mississippi to redraw state Supreme Court districts
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Daniel Tyson
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May 11, 2026
Jackson’s Parks and Recreation is being folded into other city departments
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 11, 2026
Mississippi expected to receive $40.9 million in Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
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Frank Corder
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May 11, 2026
Lockers Manufacturing announces $9.7 million expansion in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Associated Press
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May 11, 2026
Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy is in stable condition after being shot at a concert
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Robert St. John
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May 11, 2026
A cow in Wiggins is better at her job than I am
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Matt Friedeman
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May 11, 2026
How American discipleship can start getting it right
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Trey Dellinger
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May 11, 2026
New Mississippi abortion pill law protects women
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Russ Latino
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May 8, 2026
Something for everyone to hate in the redistricting debate
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Christy Hovanetz
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May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
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