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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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Frank Corder
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March 9, 2022
Business leaders across Mississippi call for income tax elimination now
A letter in support of repealing the state income tax was delivered to state lawmakers today. Business leaders across the state are calling on the Mississippi Legislature to repeal the state income tax. In a letter addressed to Governor Tate Reeves, Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, Speaker Philip Gunn and all members of the Legislature delivered…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 9, 2022
SALTER: Surviving ballot initiative measure welcome, but short of rights voters previously had
By: Sid Salter State Sen. John Polk, R-Hattiesburg, the chairman of the Senate Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency Committee, kept observers wondering for the first two months of the 2022 legislative session what would be the fate of efforts to revive the state’s ballot initiative process. To his credit, the pragmatic Polk last week revealed a…
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Frank Corder
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March 8, 2022
Gas, commodities price increases a result of Biden Administration policies, Russia’s war on Ukraine
Mississippians, like the rest of America, will feel the pain in their pocketbooks as neither the Biden White House nor Russia plan to reverse course. As nations grapple with how to respond to Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine, the general consensus has been to impose economic sanctions aimed at undermining Russia’s ability to engage in the…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 4, 2022
WICKER Disappointed at Biden’s State of the Union Address
SUBMITTED BY U.S. SENATOR ROGER WICKER The President seemed unable to recognize that his own weakness is what emboldened Vladimir Putin to act so recklessly. President Biden delivered his State of the Union Address last Tuesday to a nation burdened with crises at home and abroad. With inflation soaring through the roof, our southern border…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 3, 2022
Bill to prohibit teachings of “inferior or superior” groups passes Mississippi Legislature
The bill is entitled Critical Race Theory, but questions still remain among members as to whether it actually prohibits CRT teaching. The Mississippi House took up the Senate’s bill that would limit conversation surrounding race, gender and sexual orientation in the classroom. The bill is entitled Critical Race Theory; prohibit, but with no direct language…
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March 3, 2022
Bigger Pie Forum: State Government Is Flush with Money
Submitted by Bigger Pie Forum “If it continues on the same trajectory through June 30, revenue this year will again exceed spending by $1 billion.” Mississippi’s General Fund tax revenues are expected to increase by nearly 10 percent next fiscal year, even with the federal COVID-related relief funds coming to an end. The $6.5 billion…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 2, 2022
Legislature moves teacher pay, initiative process rectification and prohibiting COVID-19 mandates forward prior to committee deadline
Bills move past last major committee deadline for 2022 session. The Mississippi Legislature faced a major committee deadline on Tuesday as it was the final day on the calendar for many general bills and constitutional amendments. By the end of the deadline day, the House had killed 60 Senate bills and the Senate killed 88…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 2, 2022
SALTER: Former Ukrainian Ambassador Chaly’s words to MSU students in 2016 prove prophetic
By: Sid Salter Last week’s Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent resistance efforts by Ukrainian defenders of their homeland was neither unexpected nor particularly surprising to members of the Mississippi State University students and faculty who heard now-prophetic warnings of just such actions from former Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly during an…
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Frank Corder
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March 2, 2022
President Biden delivers first State of the Union address amid crises at home and abroad
Mississippi elected officials divided down party lines on effectiveness, substance of Biden’s remarks. President Joe Biden (D) delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday amid dismal poll numbers on both sides of the political aisle. By all accounts, much of what Biden conveyed to a joint session of Congress felt and sounded…
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Frank Corder
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March 1, 2022
CORDER: Biden needs to own the fact that what he’s doing at home and abroad simply isn’t working
For the sanity of our republic and the world, Republicans’ focus must be on policy and pocketbook issues as the 2022 midterm elections approach. President Joe Biden is set to deliver his first State of the Union address tonight. Both liberal and conservative polling has Biden under water in nearly every state, including Mississippi. His…
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 1, 2022
FLATGARD: Congress, Don’t Crush American Innovation!
Submitted by Spence Flatgard Anti-innovation legislation in Congress would handcuff our domestic tech leaders and innovators and be a boon for China. Dr. Milton Friedman said, “Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.” Friedman was one of the most influential economic thinkers of the 20th Century. He…
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 17, 2025
Mississippi appeals injunction over enforcement of anti-DEI law to Fifth Circuit
News
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Frank Corder
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September 17, 2025
Delta State, local law enforcement expect preliminary autopsy results for Reed in 24-48 hours
News
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Daniel Tyson
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September 17, 2025
State seeks bench trial in case over Jackson airport
Business
Business
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Magnolia Tribune
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September 17, 2025
Ridgeland-based HORNE to join BDO USA
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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September 16, 2025
Port Pascagoula drives $18.3 billion in economic impact for Mississippi
Business
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Josh Boak, Associated Press
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September 15, 2025
A framework deal on TikTok has been reached between the US and China
Culture
Culture
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Richelle Putnam
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September 17, 2025
Mississippi Songwriters Performing Arts Center: From the dream to digging dirt
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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September 17, 2025
God’s protective word
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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September 16, 2025
Step Back in Time: Exploring the Union County Heritage Museum
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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September 17, 2025
Nash’s book chronicles a new take on the realities of ‘Reconstruction in Mississippi’
Opinion
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Kimberly Ross
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September 16, 2025
Reaction to Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a moral red line
Opinion
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Jere Nash
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September 15, 2025
Nash reflects on the implementation of Mississippi’s statewide public education system
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