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Frank Corder
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February 24, 2022
State economist refutes Mississippi Today’s “analysis” as representing his conclusions
Despite how the data is couched, the state economist says he is not trying to make a case or take a position that supports Medicaid expansion over income tax elimination. If you have read Mississippi Today’s latest propaganda piece titled, “Medicaid expansion would boost economy significantly more than Gunn income tax cut, studies show,” written…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 23, 2022
LATINO: Another Path to Income Tax Repeal
Submitted by Russ Latino “There is middle ground to be found that could be “just right” if people are serious about delivering transformative tax relief to Mississippians, as they should be.” In the classic children’s story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the title character finds herself in a situation of testing three bowls of…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 23, 2022
SALTER: $73 million verdict in Sandy Hook lawsuit unlikely to impact red states like Miss.
By: Sid Salter Does the stunning $73 million verdict against gun manufacturer Remington in the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, that claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six educators signal a sea change in litigation against gun makers? In a word, no. Congress has provided near blanket legal immunity…
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Frank Corder
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February 22, 2022
Mississippi Senate seeks to divert wind pool moneys to buoy dwindling state employee insurance fund
Coast legislative delegation, Insurance Commissioner Chaney worry that the diversion of funds will result in higher rates, less stability. Since its creation and subsequent revisions in 2007 following Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association, known as the wind pool, has had legislative appropriators seeing dollar signs despite the fact that it is not a…
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Editor
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February 20, 2022
Republican moderates and media fly false flag in income tax elimination debate
Will Mississippi conservatives finally get the job done? Democrats, the media establishment and even some moderate Republicans are pulling out all the stops regarding the state income tax elimination proposal to stop it any way they can. Flush with hundreds of millions of dollars of cash, minimal debt and a rebounding economic picture, conservatives see this…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 18, 2022
MCRAE: Tax season is here
By: State Treasurer David McRae It surprises many to learn that even as the State Treasurer, I don’t have much to do with tax season. Instead, that responsibility falls on the U.S. (not Mississippi) Treasury and the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Nonetheless, I want to be helpful to those who have pressing tax-related questions, so…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 18, 2022
WICKER: Mississippi Basketball Legends Lucy Harris and Ruthie Bolton Made History on the Court
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “As we celebrate Black History Month, our state can take immense pride in these two outstanding daughters of Mississippi.” Few people have had such an extraordinary impact on sports as Lusia Harris. Born to sharecropper parents in the Mississippi Delta, Ms. Harris made history in women’s basketball, becoming a three-time…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 18, 2022
MAXWELL: Funding, policy barriers stand in the way of fast, efficient deployment of broadband to rural America
Submitted by MS Public Service Commission Chairman Dane Maxwell “Lawmakers on both sides understand that closing the digital divide is critical to American consumers.” Between funding provided under the Trump administration to the recently passed Infrastructure Bill, billions in federal dollars have been allocated over the last few years to expand high-speed internet service to…
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Frank Corder
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February 16, 2022
MS04: Ezell, Palazzo camps trade accusations over campaign finances
After Ezell sends letter to House Ethics Committee, Palazzo’s campaign questions the Jackson County Sheriff’s “illegal campaign contributions.” On Tuesday, 4th Congressional District candidate Mike Ezell sent a letter to the U.S. House Ethics Committee requesting an update on the ethics inquiry under consideration by its members related to incumbent Congressman Steven Palazzo’s use of…
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Magnolia Tribune
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February 16, 2022
SALTER: Randolph pushing for expansion of intervention courts as an alternative to incarceration
By: Sid Salter Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph believes that non-violent offenders who find themselves in trouble with the law over drugs, mental health issues or veterans’ issues should have alternatives available to them that eclipse the old “lock them up and throw away the key” variety. Randolph, a decorated Vietnam combat infantryman,…
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Frank Corder
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February 16, 2022
President Biden under water a whopping -37% in Mississippi
The first term Democrat only reaches 50% approval in one state. A national survey gauging President Joe Biden’s approval was released on Tuesday by Civiqs. It shows that respondents in only four states approved of his job performance, with only one state getting him to 50%. Overall, 56% of the country disapproves of how President…
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Sarah Ulmer
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February 15, 2022
Mississippi Senate kills its legislative pay raise bill
State Senator McDaniel held the bill on a motion to reconsider. That motion was not tabled on Monday, meaning the legislation dies. On Monday, a bill that would provide increased pay for members of the Mississippi Legislature was killed on the Motion to Reconsider calendar. SB 2794 which was authored by Senator David Jordan (D)…
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Bill Barrow, Associated Press
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July 28, 2026
Joe Biden interviews with memoir ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information
News
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 28, 2026
Transportation commissioners seek insight into MDOT mowing schedule, storm repair work
News
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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
Business
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
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
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
Opinion
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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
Opinion
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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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