Skip to content
News
Business
Culture
Opinion
Issues
About
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Sponsorship
Y’all Archive
Search
Donate
News
Opinion
Business
Culture
About Us
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
News
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
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…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
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…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
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…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
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…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
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…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
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…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
March 23, 2018
Gun Bill, HB 1083, dies on deadline day
On Thursday HB 1083, the Gun bill, died on the concur or not concur deadline. The bill was skipped over by Judiciary B chairman Rep. Andy Gipson. This was the bill originally authored to give Enhanced Concealed Carry permit holders the ability to challenge public organizations or businesses that would not let them carry. This…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
March 23, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 3/23/18
WLOX – Hyde-Smith makes first campaign stop on Coast one day after appointment One day after her senatorial appointment by Gov. Phil Bryant, Cindy Hyde-Smith was already on the campaign trail. Her first stop was on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. “I got up this morning and I thought, ‘What a beautiful day driving to the Coast.’…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
March 22, 2018
Omnibus passes in U.S. House; Harper gives statement
U.S. Congressman Gregg Harper (MS-03), Chairman of the Committee on House Administration and the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, released the following statement after the House passed the omnibus, which provides all discretionary funding for the federal government for the remainder of the 2018 fiscal year: “This afternoon, I voted in favor…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
March 22, 2018
VIDEO: Senator Wicker pays tribute to Senator Thad Cochran
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today delivered a Senate address honoring his friend and colleague, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., who will retire from the Senate on April 1 after faithfully serving Mississippi in Congress for the past 45 years. Below is a transcript of Sen. Wicker’s remarks: “Back in December of 1937, Thad Cochran was…
Posts pagination
Prev
1
…
962
963
964
965
966
…
4,291
Next
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
March 22, 2018
Omnibus Bill Would Culminate FY2018 Appropriations Cycle, Increase Defense Funding & Enhance Infrastructure Development
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today endorsed passage of omnibus appropriations legislation that provides the largest funding increase for the American military in 15 years and makes significant investments in national priorities like infrastructure, border security and the opioid epidemic. The omnibus measure incorporates all 12 appropriations bills for FY2018, and is the…
News
|
Sarah Ulmer
•
March 22, 2018
Wicker Votes for Landmark Legislation to Combat Online Sex Trafficking
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Wednesday issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 1865, the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA).” “Sex trafficking is not limited to faraway places around the globe,” Wicker said. “It is happening right here in America. Some companies and websites have been using…
News
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
May 7, 2026
Wednesday night storm spawns several tornadoes that damage hundreds of homes in three counties
News
|
Frank Corder
•
May 6, 2026
Speaker White names House Select Committees to tackle property taxes, school consolidation, redistricting, more
News
|
Daniel Tyson
•
May 6, 2026
Job training life-affirming for inmates in MAGCOR programs
Business
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
Culture
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
May 8, 2026
The cost of complaining
Culture
|
Susan Marquez
•
May 7, 2026
Noah “Soggy” Sweat’s “The Whiskey Speech” to be presented at Two Mississippi Museums
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
May 7, 2026
Purchased for God
Opinion
Opinion
|
Russ Latino
•
May 8, 2026
Something for everyone to hate in the redistricting debate
Opinion
|
Christy Hovanetz
•
May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
Opinion
|
Russ Latino
•
May 5, 2026
Mississippi faces pressure to redistrict before congressional midterms, but also real world constraints
All the latest delivered to your inbox!
X/Twitter
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Email
(Required)
By joining our newsletter, you are confirming that you agree with the
Privacy Policy
Cat Title
|
Author
•
Date
Title Placeholder
