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February 26, 2021
GOVERNOR REEVES: If My State Can Save For Emergencies Like COVID, So Can Others
The Biden administration and Congress are negotiating a federal coronavirus spending package, and while it has many worthy goals, one thing should be eliminated: bailing out state budgets. If they pass the billions of dollars in bailout money for state governments, as a governor, I’d get the political benefit of spending that money. It’s never…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 23, 2021
Speaker Gunn unpacks income tax phase out plan at Capitol press conference
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn (R) held a press conference on Tuesday to discuss the particulars of HB 1439, the plan that would phase out the state’s income tax over 10 years. “Anyone in Mississippi who pays an income tax, today is the day that we start to eliminate that burden for you,”…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 22, 2021
A new effort to create a Conservation Trust in Mississippi could become reality
A group of Mississippi and national conservation groups including Wildlife Mississippi, Ducks Unlimited, the Nature Conservancy, Delta Council / Delta Wildlife, Coastal Conservation Association and the Foundation for MDWFP are banding together to promote a program to create a conservation trust using a sales tax diversion from the existing sales of sporting goods. The bill…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 15, 2021
State parks could see improvements with recent legislation
This year, lawmakers are taking on one area of the state that is often neglected, Mississippi’s state parks. Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann has made the improvement of the state’s parks and wildlife areas a priority of his for the 2021 Legislative session. He estimated that restoring these areas will be a roughly $147 million investment.…
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Frank Corder
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February 11, 2021
Mason-Dixon poll puts Reeves approval at 56% overall and 71% among Republicans
Virtually mirroring the results released last week by the Y’all Politics/IMG poll, Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida, released a poll today that shows Governor Tate Reeves has increased his favorability among Mississippi voters in the last year in spite of the COVID pandemic. Overall, his approval rate stands at 56%. Among Republicans,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 8, 2021
Medicaid tech bills make their way through the Legislature with major changes ahead
Any day now, lawmakers in each chamber could be taking up their version of the Medicaid Technical Amendments bill on the floor. SB 2799 authored by Senator Kevin Blackwell (R) and HB 1008 offered by Rep. Joey Hood (R) are said to be relatively similar in nature this year, at least at this point. The…
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Frank Corder
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February 4, 2021
GOP voters give Reeves 72% job approval on COVID, support income tax elimination and teacher pay increase
Contrary to mainstream media narratives, Mississippi Republican voters seem pleased with their top elected leaders, this according to the latest Impact Management Group (IMG) poll commissioned by Y’all Politics. IMG conducted a statewide public opinion survey using 600 2020 Republican Party Primary voters in the State of Mississippi between January 13-17, 2021. FAVORABILITY OF TOP…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 2, 2021
Legislators take on election procedures with over two dozen bills filed in 2021
The way Mississippi elections run are always a topic of conversation as bills are filed in the Legislature each session, but perhaps more so this year after a nationally polarized general election during a pandemic with what was estimated to be the highest turnout the U.S. has ever seen. This year, Mississippi House and Senate…
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Frank Corder
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January 29, 2021
CORDER: Don’t let COVID be excuse to backslide on legislative improvements to accessibility
Good governance in our republic relies heavily upon accessible representatives and an open process by which those elected officials conduct the business of the people. That premise is why Open Meetings laws exist. Yet, these sunshine laws are only as good as the citizens who insist upon such transparency and the elected officials who abide…
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Sarah Ulmer
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January 28, 2021
Momentum building for computer science availability in K-12 public schools across Mississippi
More emphasis is being put on computer science availability in the classroom during the 2021 Mississippi Legislative session. SB 2678 and HB 633 were both filed and would be a phase-in of computer science courses in schools across the state who serve K-12 students starting in the 2022-2023 school year. Two years later, the full…
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Frank Corder
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January 27, 2021
CORDER: Mississippi is a nuclear option away from losing control over its own elections
There are tectonic changes to how Americans vote that are a nuclear option away from becoming reality. Imagine states not being able to run their redistricting. Imagine illegal aliens being able to register to vote on the day of the election. Imagine no more Voter ID. Imagine party operatives ballot harvesting thousands of mail in…
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Frank Corder
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January 25, 2021
Democrat Leahy to preside over Trump impeachment. Wicker says Chief Justice Roberts not presiding speaks volumes.
Democrat U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, the most senior member of the chamber, will preside over the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate instead of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts. Reports have noted that Roberts has declined to participate. There is an unsettled legal question as to…
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Daniel Tyson
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January 17, 2025
Mississippi House passes ‘Build Up Mississippi Act’
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Magnolia Tribune
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January 17, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: January 17, 2025
News
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Jeremy Pittari
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January 16, 2025
Lawmakers hear how recent law changes have affected civil commitment processes
Business
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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January 15, 2025
From boot camp to real world success
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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January 9, 2025
AI-related executive order signed by Governor Reeves
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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January 8, 2025
Global venture capital firm gener8tor focuses on the Magnolia State
Culture
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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January 17, 2025
Local dancer to perform with Chattanooga Ballet during regional tour stop in Jackson
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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January 17, 2025
The humbling doctrine of election
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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January 16, 2025
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: It’s king cake season
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Russ Latino
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January 17, 2025
House plan to eliminate income tax paints big vision, leaves big questions for Senate
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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January 15, 2025
Mississippi sporting a growing ability to recruit and land high-tech economic development prospects
Opinion
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Bill Crawford
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January 14, 2025
Path for taxpayer relief getting more clouded
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