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Frank Corder
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April 27, 2022
Governor Reeves line-item vetoes $50 million earmark for UMMC
Reeves indicates more line-item appropriation vetoes could be forthcoming. Late Tuesday, Governor Tate Reeves announced via social media that he had partially vetoed Senate Bill 3010, an appropriation bill for the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Reeves did not veto the entire bill, choosing only to veto Section 24, lines 153-214 in SB 3010.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 25, 2022
Governor Reeves vetoes four bills including ones related to shifting Ethics Commission authority, criminal voting rights
Reeves also allows bill creating Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program to become law without his signature. Governor Tate Reeves has vetoed four bills from the 2022 Mississippi Legislative Session. The vetoes range from provisions pertaining to campaign finance reports to restoring voting rights to criminal convictions. The vetoes include: SB 2306 SB 2336 SB 2530…
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Guest Editorial
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April 22, 2022
BORDEAUX: Democrat Economics Fail while Republican Economic Freedom Thrives
Submitted by Frank Bordeaux, Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party Conservative policymaking by committed Republican leaders are empowering job creators and unleashing the free market. America should follow Mississippi’s example. Since President Biden took office and Democrats assumed control of the U.S. Congress, inflation has skyrocketed and major supply chain issues have emptied shelves. In…
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April 22, 2022
WICKER: Biden Headed for Worst Year Ever on Illegal Immigration
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “We must hope that some of his fellow Democrats will join Republicans and force him to do his job, extend Title 42, and stave off an even worse border crisis,” Wicker writes. After four years of strict immigration enforcement under President Trump, President Biden has reduced our border to a…
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Guest Editorial
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April 22, 2022
PICKERING: Stop Relying on China
Submitted by Stacey Pickering Last thing we need is for Congress to risk our American technology edge and put something such as our electronic health records at risk of abuse. It’s an obvious, glaring vulnerability. The United States and many of our allies have grown increasingly dependent on bad actor countries such as Russia and…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 21, 2022
Mississippi Governor signs Pregnancy Resource Act
The bill allows for tax credits when donations are given to pregnancy resource centers. On Thursday, Governor Reeves signed HB 1685, the Pregnancy Resource Act, which authorizes a tax credit for donations to a pregnancy resource center or crisis pregnancy center eligible to receive funding disbursed by the Choose Life Advisory Committee. Reeves said the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 21, 2022
MSDH shares data contradicting NAACP, SPLC allegations Mississippi failed minorities during COVID
The NAACP and Southern Poverty Law Center claim state didn’t properly fund resources to reach minority communities. MSDH stands behind efforts. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is standing by their efforts to ensure that all Mississippians, especially those who were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, were given continued resources to fight the pandemic. They…
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Frank Corder
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April 20, 2022
Mississippi Power’s Plant Daniel in Jackson County slated to cease operation of coal-fired power generation
The change could come as early as 2027. What will the impact be on jobs, the local economy and ratepayers? Southern District PSC Maxwell provides insight. Late last year, Southern Company, a leading energy utility company serving 9 million customers through their subsidiaries including Mississippi Power, announced that it would be closing more than half…
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Guest Editorial
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April 20, 2022
SALTER: Medicaid expansion vote fears linked to failure of ballot initiative fix by the Legislature
By: Sid Salter One of the state’s more mainstream conservative business groups last week unveiled a unanimous resolution endorsing Medicaid expansion in Mississippi – the venerable Delta Council. The resolution, adopted by the group’s Health and Education Committee, was clear and unequivocal in calling on lawmakers to act. Mississippi is one of 12 remaining states…
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Frank Corder
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April 19, 2022
Natchez Mayor Gibson talks vision, goals for decade ahead with Bigger Pie Forum
Listen to Part 2 in the BPF series on the renaissance happening in Natchez. Bigger Pie Forum recently traveled to the jewel of the Mississippi River to meet with Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson at the National Historic Landmark of Dunleith Historic Inn. In Part 1 of their visit, Mayor Gibson discussed how Natchez is finding…
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Frank Corder
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April 19, 2022
State Rep. Hopkins term limiting himself, will not seek a third term representing House District 7
The DeSoto County state representative says he told voters he believed in term limits and he’s keeping his word. In a Facebook post on Tuesday morning, State Rep. Steve Hopkins, a Republican representing House District 7 in DeSoto County, announced that he would not be seeking re-election next year. Hopkins, who is the outspoken chairman…
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Frank Corder
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April 16, 2022
CORDER: He is risen so grace can take its rightful place in the world
Happy Easter, Mississippi! Today is the day the world celebrates the foundation on which rests our salvation through God’s grace – the resurrection of Jesus. It is the day that gave humanity the means to step from death into life, out of our sins and away from man’s feeble attempts to earn God’s favor. Easter…
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Matt Ott, Associated Press
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July 28, 2026
Americans’ confidence in U.S. economy falls as Iran conflict sends gas prices higher
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Frank Corder
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July 28, 2026
McRae seeking third term as Mississippi’s State Treasurer
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Magnolia Tribune
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July 28, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: July 28, 2026
Business
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Frank Corder
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July 27, 2026
German cookie manufacturer locating operations in Madison with $70 million investment
Business
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Frank Corder
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July 23, 2026
SIP Manufacturing coming to the Sip with $100 million investment
Business
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Frank Corder
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July 14, 2026
Aluminum Dynamics investing another $200 million in Lowndes County
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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July 28, 2026
From fear to faith
Culture
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Robert St. John
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July 27, 2026
What you can’t buy in New Orleans
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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July 27, 2026
No ordinary death
Opinion
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Jeremy Hutchinson
, Mark Bowling
, Mark Kate Mull
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July 27, 2026
When junk science decides guilt in the South
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Sid Salter
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July 22, 2026
Critics aside, revamped youth court system is a Mississippi reform that’s long overdue
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Russ Latino
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July 21, 2026
Nolan Wells’ death is tragic on so many levels
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