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May 6, 2022
GRAYSON: A Strategy for Mississippi Economic Growth
Submitted by Charles Grayson with Bigger Pie Forum Cheap power attracts investors allowing Mississippi to compete for high skill, high paying jobs. Mississippi leaders should clear the way for large, private electrical generation investments to supply cheap, dependable merchant power to fast-growing southeastern states. Mississippi is ideally located with major natural gas pipelines for fuel…
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Frank Corder
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May 5, 2022
Mississippi, America mark the National Day of Prayer
The tradition of a National Day of Prayer began with the First Continental Congress in 1775 and was codified in 1952 by Congress. Today, America recognizes the power and importance of prayer in our lives. A National Day of Prayer was first called by the First Continental Congress in 1775 and again by Abraham Lincoln…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 4, 2022
Final tally released of cities, counties opting out of Medical Marijuana program
Residents can force the issue by way of a public referendum if they can gather enough signatures to put it on a local ballot. The final day for cities and counties to opt out of Mississippi’s brand-new medical marijuana program was yesterday, May 3rd. In total, 10 counties and 17 municipalities chose not to participate…
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May 4, 2022
SALTER: Title 42 and immigration politics: What the issue means to Mississippi and the South
By: Sid Salter The latest skirmish in the nation’s highly partisan, often logically erratic fight over the broad topic of immigration is being fought over the Biden Administration’s plan to rescind an obscure public health law written 78 years ago to stop the spread of communicable diseases like tuberculosis. Title 42, part of the 1944…
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May 4, 2022
LATINO: Inflation’s Scapegoats
Submitted by Russ Latino “If there is a silver lining in this moment, it is hard proof that sound monetary and fiscal policy matters. Runaway spending is harmful. Central economic planning is folly.” Scapegoats are popular in modern politics. Consider America’s current experience with inflation. When President Biden took office, the consumer price index (CPI)…
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Guest Editorial
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May 3, 2022
MORGAN: The future of travel in Mississippi – Looking ahead with confidence
Submitted by Danielle Morgan, Executive Director, Mississippi Tourism Association “Travel is a significant economic driver and an important part of who we are as a state.” As Mississippi emerges from the pandemic and begins its next chapter of tourism growth, it’s time to turn the page and confidently look ahead. A time to envision a…
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Frank Corder
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May 3, 2022
Leaked draft SCOTUS opinion in Mississippi’s Dobbs case points to overturning Roe v. Wade
If majority holds and leaked draft is real, SCOTUS could side with Mississippi’s argument for states’ rights in defense of its 15-abortion ban. Late Monday evening, Politico reported on a leaked draft of a majority opinion in Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban case, known as Dobbs, currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. That draft opinion authored…
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Anne Summerhays
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May 2, 2022
“George Washington” of the Mississippi Republican Party, Wirt Yerger, Jr., passed away
Yerger established the Republican Party in Mississippi, serving as State Chairman of the MSGOP from 1956 to 1966. On Monday, Wirt Yerger, Jr., founding Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, passed away. In 2020, the Mississippi Top 50 announced Yerger as one of three honorees in the 2020 Hall of Fame. Yerger received a Bachelor of…
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April 29, 2022
BECKER: Russia may be just getting started in Eastern Europe
Submitted by Dr. Matthew Becker “It is my belief that Russia will not stop at Transnistria if Moscow is successful,” Dr. Becker writes. On April 22, General Rustam Minnekayev, of Russia’s Central Military District, stated that the “second phase” of the war is to expand beyond the Donbas and create a land bridge to Transnistria,…
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April 29, 2022
WICKER: Ukraine will need U.S. help for the long haul
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “We need to give Ukraine the tools they need to defeat Russia even if it takes months or years,” Wicker writes. Vladimir Putin thought he could seize the capital of Ukraine in three days. Yet after two months of bloody fighting, Ukrainian troops have staved off defeat. Russia has lost…
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Frank Corder
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April 28, 2022
CORDER: Governor’s vetoes should remind lawmakers of why Municipal Option Sales Tax is a smart idea
Instead of allowing local citizens to decide the fate of local projects, lawmakers are content to put all state taxpayers on the hook via earmarks. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced today that he was issuing line-item vetoes in a budget bill related to earmarks for, among other things, municipal buildings and special local projects that…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 28, 2022
Reeves makes line-item vetoes to final bill of the 2022 Legislative Session
The Governor says the vetoed spending is not the responsibility of state taxpayers. Governor Tate Reeves has chosen to partially veto the final bill of the 2022 Legislative session. HB 1353, a budget bill, made several different appropriations to special projects. Reeves indicated he did not agree with all of the expenditures which resulted in…
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Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press
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August 25, 2026
Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, dies at 80
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 25, 2026
Mississippi foster home focused on hard to place youth receives $3.4 million renovation grant
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Clara Turnage
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August 25, 2026
Telehealth coaching helps rural patients take charge of diabetes care
Business
Business
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Cass Rutledge
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August 20, 2026
Solero Technologies announces $14 million expansion in Water Valley
Business
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Frank Corder
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August 18, 2026
New Director coming to Port Pascagoula
Business
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Frank Corder
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August 18, 2026
Marathon Cheese expanding in Booneville, creating 39 jobs
Culture
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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August 25, 2026
Where Mississippi public education began: The 200-year story of Franklin Academy
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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August 25, 2026
We all worship something
Culture
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Brett Martel, Associated Press
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August 24, 2026
Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss welcomes pressure that comes with fame and aims to refine his game
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Roger Wicker
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August 21, 2026
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line boosts jobs, tourism
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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August 19, 2026
Shades of Skynet? State’s measured approach to AI policy development was wise plan
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Shaun Yurtkuran
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August 17, 2026
The Mississippi that welcomed my family
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