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Frank Corder
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March 22, 2022
Mississippi liberal media outlets pearl clutching over legislative Republican caucus meetings
Caucus meetings are nothing new. Both political parties use them routinely. But the media’s objection to caucus meetings now is purely to hurt the GOP. At least two of the state’s liberal media outlets – Mississippi Today and Mississippi Free Press – are feigning hysteria over Speaker Philip Gunn’s practice of using House Republican Caucus…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 22, 2022
A $246 million teacher pay raise plan heads to Governor Reeves
The plan will raise base teacher salaries in Mississippi by an average of $5,140 and increases teacher assistant salaries by $2,000. On Tuesday, the Mississippi House passed House Bill 530 which would significantly raise the pay that teachers receive. “This is a historical moment for Mississippi, this is a historical moment for teachers,” House Education…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 22, 2022
LIPSON: Hunter’s Laptop, Media Lapdogs
Submitted by Charles Lipson If you’re waiting for an apology from partisan journalists, you’ll wait in vain. Well over a year after the presidential election, long after all mainstream media outlets killed a legitimate story about Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop, the New York Times finally announced it had “authenticated” the computer and its messages. The computer, left amid a…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 21, 2022
HOSEMANN: Our Communities and Constituents are Counting on ARPA
Submitted by Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann The Mississippi Lt. Governor pushes back on comments from House, says there’s no time to waste in appropriating ARPA funds. Let me be very clear: failing to appropriate the one-time $1.8 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for infrastructure and recovery projects is not a rational…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 18, 2022
MCRAE: College Savings Mississippi Survey Reveals Challenges
By: Treasurer David McRae Your State Treasurer’s office administers two college savings plans designed to help Mississippians save for college. MACS is the Mississippi Affordable College Savings Plan which allows families to save for college starting with as little as $25. MPACT is the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Plan which allows families to prepay…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 18, 2022
WICKER: Ukraine Needs Fighter Jets, Missiles, and a Humanitarian Airlift
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “I wish the White House would simply act rather than having more public discussion.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has led his people in a heroic resistance to Russia’s bloody and unprovoked invasion, which is now in its fourth week. His courageous leadership in the face of danger has reassured his…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 17, 2022
Governor Reeves makes first veto of the year on House bill 980
After Reeves’ veto, the House Judiciary B committee voted to stay the decision. House Bill 980, authored by State Representative Nick Bain would allow for the Mississippi State Health Department to declassify a drug prior to the return of the Legislature in the event the federal government did so first. Then the Legislature could meet…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 16, 2022
SALTER: West Point’s Harris family cast a long, impactful shadow in Mississippi journalism
By: Sid Salter Third-generation Mississippi newspaper publisher William Henry (Billy) Harris, Jr., 70, died March 1 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A chapter closes on a rather remarkable family’s contribution to print journalism in this state with his passing. Billy was only seven years my senior, but he signed one of the first…
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Editor
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March 14, 2022
Can Mississippi afford income tax relief? House and Senate fiscal analysis say . . . Yes.
House and Senate Analysis Side By Side As the debate began in earnest in the early parts of the 2022 session, Mississippi House and Senate leaders scrambled to win the war of datapoints on their tax cut proposals. Mississippi, flush with over a billion dollars in recurring revenues in excess of expected collections, has what…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 11, 2022
Governor Reeves, while reluctant to call a special session, says it’s not off the table to address elimination of income tax
As deadline for Appropriations, Revenue bills originating in other chamber approaches, Reeves speaks on the elimination of the state’s income tax. On Friday, Governor Tate Reeves (R) held a ceremonial signing for House Bill 779, which ensures that families of law enforcement officers and firefighters who pass away due to contracting COVID-19 in the line of…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 11, 2022
WICKER: President Biden should admit his anti-energy agenda is main reason America is paying more
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “The only real solution to this self-imposed energy crisis is for President Biden to end his war on American energy.” When President Biden took office, Mississippians were paying $1.88 for a gallon of gasoline. Today, we are fast approaching $4 per gallon after just 14 months under his leadership. The…
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Editor
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March 10, 2022
Mississippians would be paying $.40/gallon more now if gas tax had been upped
Looking back on who said what when. Even with record high gas prices right now, Mississippi’s gas prices would be 40 cents per gallon higher right now but for efforts to kill repeated gas tax increase proposals in the last five years. In 2017-18, there was a major push for Mississippi to raise its 18.4…
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 13, 2025
Mississippi launches first-of-its-kind youth mental health initiative
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Daniel Tyson
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August 13, 2025
Morgan Freeman promotes reading at Mississippi Early Learning Alliance event
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Jeremy Pittari
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August 13, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education expects federal K-12 funding to continue
Business
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
Business
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
Business
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Daniel Tyson
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August 7, 2025
Mississippi is an attractive place for corporate investment. Find out why
Culture
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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August 13, 2025
Loy Bowlin: McComb’s Original Rhinestone Cowboy
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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August 13, 2025
Serving the Sovereign
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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August 12, 2025
Cypress Point Resort: A unique Southern escape in Brandon
Opinion
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Kimberly Ross
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August 13, 2025
Americans aren’t having enough babies
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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August 13, 2025
Term limits: Still a tired gimmick, still disempowers voters, still weakens Mississippi
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Lesley Davis
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August 12, 2025
From Bud Light to American Eagle: What two ads say about the much-needed cultural shift in America
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