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May 4, 2022
LATINO: Inflation’s Scapegoats
Submitted by Russ Latino “If there is a silver lining in this moment, it is hard proof that sound monetary and fiscal policy matters. Runaway spending is harmful. Central economic planning is folly.” Scapegoats are popular in modern politics. Consider America’s current experience with inflation. When President Biden took office, the consumer price index (CPI)…
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May 3, 2022
MORGAN: The future of travel in Mississippi – Looking ahead with confidence
Submitted by Danielle Morgan, Executive Director, Mississippi Tourism Association “Travel is a significant economic driver and an important part of who we are as a state.” As Mississippi emerges from the pandemic and begins its next chapter of tourism growth, it’s time to turn the page and confidently look ahead. A time to envision a…
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Frank Corder
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May 3, 2022
Leaked draft SCOTUS opinion in Mississippi’s Dobbs case points to overturning Roe v. Wade
If majority holds and leaked draft is real, SCOTUS could side with Mississippi’s argument for states’ rights in defense of its 15-abortion ban. Late Monday evening, Politico reported on a leaked draft of a majority opinion in Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban case, known as Dobbs, currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. That draft opinion authored…
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Anne Summerhays
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May 2, 2022
“George Washington” of the Mississippi Republican Party, Wirt Yerger, Jr., passed away
Yerger established the Republican Party in Mississippi, serving as State Chairman of the MSGOP from 1956 to 1966. On Monday, Wirt Yerger, Jr., founding Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, passed away. In 2020, the Mississippi Top 50 announced Yerger as one of three honorees in the 2020 Hall of Fame. Yerger received a Bachelor of…
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April 29, 2022
BECKER: Russia may be just getting started in Eastern Europe
Submitted by Dr. Matthew Becker “It is my belief that Russia will not stop at Transnistria if Moscow is successful,” Dr. Becker writes. On April 22, General Rustam Minnekayev, of Russia’s Central Military District, stated that the “second phase” of the war is to expand beyond the Donbas and create a land bridge to Transnistria,…
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April 29, 2022
WICKER: Ukraine will need U.S. help for the long haul
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “We need to give Ukraine the tools they need to defeat Russia even if it takes months or years,” Wicker writes. Vladimir Putin thought he could seize the capital of Ukraine in three days. Yet after two months of bloody fighting, Ukrainian troops have staved off defeat. Russia has lost…
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Frank Corder
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April 28, 2022
CORDER: Governor’s vetoes should remind lawmakers of why Municipal Option Sales Tax is a smart idea
Instead of allowing local citizens to decide the fate of local projects, lawmakers are content to put all state taxpayers on the hook via earmarks. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced today that he was issuing line-item vetoes in a budget bill related to earmarks for, among other things, municipal buildings and special local projects that…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 28, 2022
Reeves makes line-item vetoes to final bill of the 2022 Legislative Session
The Governor says the vetoed spending is not the responsibility of state taxpayers. Governor Tate Reeves has chosen to partially veto the final bill of the 2022 Legislative session. HB 1353, a budget bill, made several different appropriations to special projects. Reeves indicated he did not agree with all of the expenditures which resulted in…
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April 27, 2022
SALTER: A vital record: Journal article chronicles path to changing Mississippi’s state flag
By Sid Salter In any given publication since 1939, The Journal of Mississippi History has been an invaluable record of the institutional memory of the state of Mississippi. But few editions of the scholarly journal have been more valuable to Mississippians than is the current Vol. 84, No. 1 and No. 2 for the Spring and Summer…
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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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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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Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
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November 25, 2024
Special counsel moves to dismiss election interference and classified documents cases against Trump
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 25, 2024
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds state ban on broad medical cannabis advertising
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Frank Corder
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November 25, 2024
Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner down 5% since last year but still 19% higher than 2019
Business
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Frank Corder
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November 25, 2024
Burford Electric Service announces $3.55 million expansion in Columbus
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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November 24, 2024
Mississippi’s best B&B
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2024
Koch Foods investing $145.5 million in expansion of Morton facility
Culture
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Parrish Alford
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November 25, 2024
Stewart Patridge reflects on Egg Bowl fight 27 years later
Culture
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Robert St. John
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November 25, 2024
No place like home
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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November 25, 2024
Blameless
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Bill Crawford
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November 24, 2024
Whacks to federal spending may whack Mississippi budget
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Nick Bain
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November 21, 2024
Lumumba’s hubris shines light on need for anti-corruption reforms
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Steven Gassenberger
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November 20, 2024
Modernizing PERS to serve Mississippi’s public workforce
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