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Philip Wegmann
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February 17, 2025
‘The Realignment’: GOP Sen. Hawley to introduce pro-union legislation
The Missouri senator would prefer if the president listened to him and helped get his latest pro-labor legislation into law. So would the Teamsters who support the new bill.
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Susan Crabtree
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January 23, 2025
Battle lines drawn on Trump’s border crackdown
House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mark Green applauded the flurry of immigration restrictions Trump imposed on his first day in office.
Analysis
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Russ Latino
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January 2, 2025
Big decisions await Legislature in 2025
Big issues, from tax reform to school choice, Medicaid expansion to PERS, await the Legislature as it gavels in for the 2025 session next week.
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Steven Gassenberger
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December 18, 2024
The PERS $25 billion problem
In part 5 of this series on modernizing PERS, Steven Gassenberger says fixing PERS for sustainability won’t be easy, but reasonable solutions are within reach.
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Jameson Taylor
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December 16, 2024
Federalism at the crossroads: What’s next for the states after Chevron?
Jameson Taylor writes that states must assume their proper place as independent governing bodies in order for the administrative state to be rightsized.
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Russ Latino
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December 16, 2024
Polling shows Republican voters don’t actually care about Medicaid expansion
Even when framed in positive terms of “improving access to healthcare for working Mississippians,” only 2.2 percent of Republican voters say Medicaid expansion is top priority.
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Bill King
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December 13, 2024
House Subcommittee issues final after-action report on COVID
It is an exhaustive 557-page document covering almost every aspect of the pandemic.
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Steve Vu
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December 10, 2024
A new and necessary approach for Mississippi’s public pension
In part 4 of this series on modernizing PERS, Steve Vu and Steven Gassenberger explore solving the state's retirement shortfall with more pension choices.
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Adam Sabes
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December 9, 2024
Could Arkansas’ LEARNS Act provide model for Mississippi?
Beginning in 2025, families of all Arkansas students will have access to funding up to approximately $6,660 for education-related expenses.
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Mariana Trujillo
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December 3, 2024
Mississippi municipalities should brace for higher pension contributions
In Part 3 of a series on modernizing PERS, The Reason Foundation’s Mariana Trujillo writes that Mississippi’s municipalities face a harsh reality: Pay more now or pay even more later.
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Russ Latino
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December 2, 2024
Why we projected a Branning win: State of Supreme Court race
The anatomy of the "call" in the Branning-Kitchens Central Mississippi Supreme Court race was fairly simple.
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Steven Gassenberger
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November 26, 2024
Modernizing PERS (Part 2): The state of play after 2024 session
In Part 2 of a series on modernizing PERS, The Reason Foundation's Steven Gassenberger examines recent legislative efforts to improve the sustainability of Mississippi's public retirement system and some of the flaws in current proposals for a fifth tier of beneficiaries.
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Frank Corder
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October 13, 2025
FBI seeks tips as investigation into Leland mass shooting continues
News
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Frank Corder
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October 13, 2025
Coast restoration projects under review ahead of 2026 legislative session
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Daniel Tyson
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October 13, 2025
Senate study committee looks at insurance market, health care delivery in Mississippi
Business
Business
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Magnolia Tribune
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October 7, 2025
Averitt Express announces $9.6 million expansion in Richland
Business
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Magnolia Tribune
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October 2, 2025
Smurfit Westrock expanding in Saltillo
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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September 25, 2025
Jabil establishing $70 million facility in Marshall County
Culture
Culture
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Robert St. John
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October 13, 2025
In the blood
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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October 13, 2025
Cheap and Christian
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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October 13, 2025
Weeping, pleading and speaking
Opinion
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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October 13, 2025
Lawmakers’ School Choice Dilemma: Side with Donald Trump and Mississippi parents or side with the Southern Poverty Law Center
Opinion
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George Malvaney
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October 13, 2025
I threw away my freedom to extremism. Political violence will cost you the same
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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October 13, 2025
Here’s to Columbus: European settlement of the Americas was a good thing on net
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