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Lesley Davis
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February 27, 2024
Mississippi Kids Deserve to be Protected from Child Pornography and Online Obscenity
Lesley Davis calls on lawmakers to support and pass Senate Bill 2256 and House Bill 1363 this session.
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Russ Latino
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February 27, 2024
140,000 or more Mississippians could lose private health insurance with Medicaid expansion
Medicaid expansion would make people earning between 100-138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level ineligible for private health plans on the ACA exchange, forcing them off those plans and onto Medicaid.
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Russ Latino
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February 26, 2024
Hoosier warning: Billion dollar hole in Indiana’s Medicaid program
Under then-Gov. Mike Pence, Indiana was one of the first states to expand Medicaid following the passage of Obamacare. It now faces a billion dollar shortfall in the program and is slashing benefits to disabled families.
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Russ Latino
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February 23, 2024
Fitch-White Feud Goes Defcon 1
Attorney General Lynn Fitch petitioned a court to prevent State Auditor Shad White from filing a counterclaim on behalf of the state in Brett Favre’s defamation case against White, prompting a war of words between the pair.
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Russ Latino
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February 22, 2024
You Hate Poor People
The debate over anti-poverty programs has never been between really good people, who want to help the poor, and really bad people, who want to see the poor suffer. The debate really should be about what set of principles and ideas offers the greatest opportunity to escape generational poverty and live a life of meaning and contribution.
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Douglas Carswell
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February 21, 2024
Mississippi Needs a New School Funding Formula
Mississippi Center for Public Policy's CEO Douglas Carswell says MAEP is hideously clunky and complicated. He says a new transparent, easily understood system is needed.
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Sid Salter
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February 21, 2024
PERS casts a long shadow over all the difficult tasks faced by Mississippi lawmakers
Columnist Sid Salter says lawmakers don’t want the increased scrutiny that any discussion of PERS reform will have on the Legislature’s enhanced retirement benefits.
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John Damon
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February 20, 2024
Mississippi’s kids urgently need stronger mental health system
Dr. John Damon of Canopy Children's Solutions shares how Mississippi leaders can take bold action to help the state's children this legislative session.
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Russ Latino
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February 19, 2024
Two Big Medicaid Expansion Ideas, One Big Problem
Proponents of Medicaid expansion have proposed work requirements, and also preventing people with private insurance from dropping coverage, as a way of limiting enrollment. The only problem is that neither are possible. Mississippi will get full Obamacare expansion if the Legislature chooses to act.
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Bigger Pie Forum
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February 19, 2024
PERS Puts Pressure on Local Hospitals
As the state evaluates how to improve rural healthcare, Bigger Pie Forum suggests policymakers consider all impacts – including the burden of skyrocketing PERS costs – on Mississippi rural hospitals.
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Trey Dellinger
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February 19, 2024
Beware the Romney-Manchin “Bipartisan” Fiscal Commission
Columnist Trey Dellinger says the fiscal commission proposed by U.S. Senators Mitt Romney and Joe Manchin is simply a gimmick vehicle for tax increases.
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Rebekah Staples
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February 18, 2024
Unified focus on Mississippi’s labor force participation rate important first step
Rebekah Staples points out that elected officials, business leaders and non-profits have all become keenly focused on improving the state's labor force participation rate.
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 17, 2025
Regulating kratom in Mississippi: Age restriction, local bans, business concerns
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Daniel Tyson
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April 17, 2025
State Defender hopeful pilot program will receive funding in special session
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Magnolia Tribune
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April 17, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: April 17, 2025
Business
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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April 9, 2025
Cultivating deep Magnolia State connections
Culture
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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April 20, 2025
The Power of the Cross
Culture
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Laura Lee Leathers
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April 20, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Folk-rock singer and songwriter, Steve Forbert
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 20, 2025
Comfort in trial
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Opinion
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Jonathan Bain
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April 18, 2025
“One Door” is an open door for welfare expansion in Mississippi
Opinion
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Sam Franklin
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April 17, 2025
Tariffs at the dawn of the American republic
Opinion
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Lesley Davis
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April 16, 2025
Mississippi took bold steps this session but there’s more work to do
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