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August 8, 2022
Decision 2022: Did the “red wave” dissipate in Kansas (or not)?
Written by JMC Enterprises of Louisiana/JMC Analytics and Polling Some pundits say the abortion referendum last Tuesday in Kansas ignited a Democratic “comeback,” but voter turnout across states tells a different story. We are now well into the latter half of the 2022 election cycle, as 36 states have concluded their primaries. This past week…
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Frank Corder
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August 8, 2022
U.S. Senate Democrats push through tax increases, green industry subsidies, IRS funding in marathon weekend voting
Republican Mississippi Senators Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote against latest iteration of “Build Back Broke” bill. With Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie breaking vote in the U.S. Senate on Sunday, the Democrats pushed through the questionably named “Inflation Reduction Act” filled with tax increases, subsidies for the electric vehicle industry, and increased funding for the IRS, among…
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Guest Editorial
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August 5, 2022
WICKER: Calling Democrats’ bill the “Inflation Reduction Act” is false advertising
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker The Mississippi Senator writes that Democrats plan to raise taxes in middle of recession. President Biden’s new tax-and-spend legislation is totally disconnected from the needs of our country. After causing massive inflation with last year’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, President Biden and his party are now pushing a massive tax…
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Guest Editorial
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August 4, 2022
LIPSON: The Decline and Fall of Newspapers
Submitted by Charles Lipson “Cheap, ubiquitous computing is killing print papers by introducing competition and choice,” Lipson writes. A few years ago, you would have unfolded your newspaper and read opinion and analysis like this. Those days are gone. Today, most of us get our news and commentary online, perhaps supplemented by network or cable…
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Sarah Ulmer
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August 3, 2022
Blue Cross subpoenas UMMC officials for communications with media in defamation suit
Communications from media outlets Mississippi Today and SuperTalk Mississippi specified in subpoena in BCBS defamation suit against UMMC. In the continued insurance coverage renewal battle between the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi (BCBS), Blue Cross has subpoenaed multiple individual officials about their communications specifically with two Mississippi…
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Guest Editorial
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August 3, 2022
SALTER: Air conditioning state prisons is a measure of both basic humanity and business acumen
By: Sid Salter Those who are like me old enough to remember life before air conditioning in the Deep South often flinch a bit when passionate, well-meaning young prison reformers launch into a lecture about the cruelties of operating state prisons without the benefit of that comfort. Air conditioning on a national scale in the…
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Guest Editorial
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August 2, 2022
WATSON: Get Ready to Vote, Mississippi
Submitted by Secretary of State Michael Watson New voting machines, increased Election Support funding heading to counties. While Mississippians across the state are gearing up for the next school year, our office is preparing for the fast-approaching November general election. It’s an important time for our state with all four congressional seats on the ballot…
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Sarah Ulmer
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July 29, 2022
Blue Cross files defamation lawsuit to set record straight regarding UMMC network negotiations
BCBS claims UMMC’s ad campaign is maliciously designed to injure their reputation and improperly coerce them into a new contract that benefits UMMC. The insurance giant, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi (BCBS), is claiming in a recent lawsuit that employees of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) engaged in a defamatory public relations…
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Guest Editorial
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July 29, 2022
WICKER: CHIPS Act to Boost Research Funding for Rural States
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker To better compete with China, Wicker says he helped negotiate the legislation to energize the U.S. chip industry and boost technological research across America. One of the biggest changes to our economy in recent decades has been our dependence on microchips. These tiny electronic devices – sometimes called semiconductors –…
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Frank Corder
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July 29, 2022
Governor Reeves addresses non-renewal of Pigott’s legal services contract with MDHS
Reeves said Mississippi doesn’t need legal representation that is focused on trying to be an informant for a “left-wing blog.” On Thursday, Governor Tate Reeves thoroughly addressed the non-renewal of Mississippi Department of Human Services outside attorney Brad Pigott’s legal services contract that has sent some media outlets into a frenzy. MDHS is seeking to recoup…
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Anne Summerhays
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July 28, 2022
Second day of political speaking at the 2022 Neshoba County Fair concludes
Speakers included Governor Reeves, Secretary of State Watson, Attorney General Fitch, and more. The 2022 Neshoba County Fair, “Mississippi’s Giant Houseparty,” started on Friday, July 22, and will conclude on Friday, July 29. This year’s lineup of public and political speakers took place on Wednesday, July 27, and Thursday, July 28. Thursday’s line up of political…
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Anne Summerhays
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July 27, 2022
Political speaking at the 2022 Neshoba County Fair kicked off today
Wednesday’s speakers included Lt. Governor Hosemann, Insurance Commissioner Chaney, lawmakers, and more. On Wednesday, the political speeches at the 2022 Neshoba County Fair kicked off and attendees had the opportunity to hear from sitting public officials and candidates for public office from the local and state level. The lineup of political speakers on Wednesday included: Honorable…
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Frank Corder
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July 27, 2026
Governor appoints Celeste Embrey Wilson to Mississippi Supreme Court
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Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
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July 27, 2026
Trump demands Senate cancel August break until it passes voting bill
News
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Jeremy Pittari
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July 27, 2026
Miss. Board of Education updated on kindergarten readiness, literacy and math initiatives
Business
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Frank Corder
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July 27, 2026
German cookie manufacturer locating operations in Madison with $70 million investment
Business
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Frank Corder
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July 23, 2026
SIP Manufacturing coming to the Sip with $100 million investment
Business
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Frank Corder
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July 14, 2026
Aluminum Dynamics investing another $200 million in Lowndes County
Culture
Culture
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Robert St. John
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July 27, 2026
What you can’t buy in New Orleans
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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July 27, 2026
No ordinary death
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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July 26, 2026
Camp meeting
Opinion
Opinion
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Jeremy Hutchinson
, Mark Bowling
, Mark Kate Mull
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July 27, 2026
When junk science decides guilt in the South
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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July 22, 2026
Critics aside, revamped youth court system is a Mississippi reform that’s long overdue
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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July 21, 2026
Nolan Wells’ death is tragic on so many levels
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