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January 2, 2018
New coalition aims to eliminate the digital divide in rural Mississippi
NEW COALITION AIMS TO ELIMINTATE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN RURAL MISSISSIPPI Innovators & rural advocates join forces to deploy TV white spaces technology for high-speed broadband coverage across rural America Rallying around a plan to eliminate the digital divide by 2022, a diverse group of community leaders, rural advocates and top innovators today announced the…
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January 2, 2018
State Rep. Anderson takes issue with Moss Point School Board appointment
Barbara Dumas-Marshall appointed to Moss Point school board, state rep. displeased Senate Bill 2463 places the power of the vote back into the citizens hands for who they would like to see represent their children. After seeing Dumas-Marshall had been reappointed, Rep. Jeramey Anderson, who proposed the amendment, expressed his displeasure with her serving on…
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January 2, 2018
Infrastructure, MAEP rewrite, budget await 2018 #msleg
2018 session begins with same issues as 2017 The issues confronting members of the Mississippi Legislature during the 2018 session, which starts at noon today, will be essentially the same as the ones they faced in the 2017 session. They include: Efforts to enhance spending on transportation to deal with what many say is a…
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January 2, 2018
After AG opinion, Aberdeen to hold another special election for Alderman
ANOTHER SPECIAL ELECTION SET FOR ABERDEEN ABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) – A special election will take place in Aberdeen on January 30 for the Ward 2 seat on the Board of Aldermen. Last week, aldermen voted to remove Cloyd Garth, Jr., from the seat he was elected to during a special election in September. The vote…
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January 2, 2018
State Rep. Banks pushing municipal option tax to address infrastructure in #msleg
Lawmakers preview legislation they plan to file this year Lawmakers had varied ideas on how to tackle road and bridge issues at the end of last year’s session. This year, they’ll pitch even more. “One thing I’m advocating for is that we give locals, municipalities and counties, the option to raise 1 cent or 2…
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January 2, 2018
Waynesboro city employees out of a job, at least temporarily, due to wrangling by Alderman, Mayor
Lack of quorum prevents vote to rehire Waynesboro employees WAYNESBORO, MS (WDAM) – About 60 employees with the City of Waynesboro will be unemployed after midnight Friday. That’s after a lack of quorum by the board of aldermen prevented a vote to rehire the employees. Mayor Richard Johnson and the five aldermen were supposed to…
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January 2, 2018
State Sen. Hob Bryan on the #MAEP rewrite
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January 2, 2018
Cigarettes tax, HBCUs funding draws attention as #msleg session begins
Tobacco tax, college desegregation money among 2018 issues for MS lawmakers Mississippi last increased its cigarette tax in 2009. Now, about 20 health advocacy groups are pushing a cigarette tax increase of $1.50 a pack, plus “parallel” increases on chewing tobacco. The two Republican leaders of the tax-writing committees – House Ways and Means Chairman…
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January 2, 2018
State Sen. Fillingane, new Rep. McGee anxious for 2018 #msleg session
State lawmakers prepare for 2018 legislative session Fillingane is a longtime state senator who represents District 41, which includes Jeff Davis, Covington, Smith, Lamar, and Forrest counties. Finances will be near the top of his to-do list this legislative session. “I’m looking forward to getting the budget done this year. We’ve got some pretty good…
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January 2, 2018
Senators Simmons & Blount Elected Leaders of Mississippi Senate Democratic Caucus
Democrats in the Mississippi Senate have chosen Derrick T. Simmons of Greenville as chairman of their caucus and David Blount of Jackson as vice-chairman. Simmons, who was vice-chairman last year of the Mississippi Senate Democratic Caucus, moved up because former Senator Bill Stone, who had been chairman, resigned to accept another job. “I’m elated at…
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January 2, 2018
State Rep. Zuber holds town hall in lead up to #msleg session
State Representative hears residents’ concerns at town hall meeting OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (AP) – State Representative Hank Zuber now has new concerns to take back with him to Jackson for the next legislative session. Zuber hosted a town Hall meeting in Ocean Springs on Thursday night. WLOX 12/29/17
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January 2, 2018
President Trump’s visit was a unqualified success – and the media cannot handle it
Earlier this week, I advanced the idea that President Trump could come and make poignant remarks at Mississippi’s bicentennial and the grand opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. That’s exactly what happened. But you wouldn’t know it if you were looking to the media in Mississippi or elsewhere. Hiding their bias or their crazy…
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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
Governor reports 26 injured in Pine Belt from tornadoes
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May 11, 2026
Iran responds to U.S. ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as ‘unacceptable’
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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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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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Alistair Begg
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May 11, 2026
Anxiety’s antidote
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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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