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Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
May 11, 2020

Gunn vindicated by IRS on prohibiting lawmakers serving while ‘double dipping’ PERS

Retired public employees, namely teachers, were said to be “a game changer” in the Mississippi Legislature, at least that is what the left was pushing in their narrative.  It was said to “scare Philip Gunn to death.” Those voices were wrong. Last Thursday, the IRS provided a response to PERS whereby they declined to rule…
Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 7, 2020

Reeves, Hosemann, Gunn find common ground on CARES Act funds

For now, legislative leaders Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, Speaker Philip Gunn and Governor Tate Reeves seem to have found at least common ground when it comes to the dispute over appropriating CARES Act dollars. Shortly after the Legislature returned to work today, Hosemann and Gunn appeared with Governor Reeves at his daily press conference to…