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April 20, 2016
No changes to MAEP in 2016 session
Bill to Change School Funding Formula Dies Lawmakers won’t rewrite Mississippi’s K-12 school funding formula this year. Senate Education Committee Chairman Gray Tollison, an Oxford Republican, says House and Senate negotiators couldn’t reach agreement on possible changes. House Bill 458 died Monday when the House and Senate failed to file a conference report. WTOK 4/19/16
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April 19, 2016
Heads are spinning as Republicans hand tax relief to Mississippi taxpayers
by Frank Corder
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April 19, 2016
@MSGOP chair @joenosef to speak at Lamar Co. Republican Club
MSGOP Chairman to address Lamar County Republican club LAMAR COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. MSGOP Chairman Joe Nosef will address the Lamar County Republican Club at their meeting on Tuesday. WDAM 4/18/16
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April 19, 2016
ClarionLedger attempts to paint Tax Cuts for Mississippians as madness, begs Governor to stop it
No tax cuts: Lawmakers, please, stop the madness Stop the madness. We are begging the governor, please — for the love of Mississippi — stop the madness. This isn’t hyperbole. We’re not being funny. We are completely serious. Please. Stop. The. Madness. This legislative session has confounded a number of people as lawmakers have chosen…
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April 19, 2016
Bond bill passes Legislature as Sen. McDaniel questions need to help Ingalls, museums etc.
Lawmakers slash budgets, borrow, cut taxes Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, and others of the Senate’s most conservative lawmakers questioned the borrowing in the bond bill, and the need to fund museums, zoos, parks and borrowing to help private companies, such as Ingalls shipbuilding on the Coast. McDaniel said the state has $4.4 billion in debt…
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April 19, 2016
Tax cut package passes Mississippi House, Senate
Lawmakers slash budgets, borrow, cut taxes The tax cut deal, starting in 2018, would begin phasing out the corporate franchise tax over 10 years and cost $260 million, and the 3 percent individual income tax bracket over five years, eventually costing $415 million. For the fiscal 2017 budget lawmakers continued to set on Monday, the…
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April 19, 2016
AG Hood pens op-ed calling Legislature ignorant, irresponsible over not doing what he suggests
Attorney General Jim Hood: Legislative leadership is being irresponsible The lieutenant governor of Mississippi has decided that huge tax cuts in the face of equally large reductions in a dwindling state budget make sense for our citizens. And yet, nothing could be more irresponsible. To essentially ignore the health, education and public safety of nearly…
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April 19, 2016
Legislators agree to campaign finance reforms
House, Senate negotiators reach campaign finance deal The measure would ban some spending of campaign money such as buying cars, clothing (other than campaign T-shirts and such), and other non-campaign expenses. It would allow some spending not related to a campaign but for expenses incurred by being an “officeholder.” It appears the compromise measure would…
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April 18, 2016
Gulfport mayor Billy Hewes: I have a right to my opinion and won’t be shamed for it
Hewes says ‘door of tolerance swings both ways’ Mayor Billy Hewes reiterated in a Facebook post that the city is all about tolerance, despite his personal belief that only heterosexuals should be allowed to marry…. …While his position has not changed since 2004 on marriage, he said in the Facebook post: “I have every right…
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April 18, 2016
Legislators reach tax cut agreement
Legislative leaders reach accord to cut taxes, budget work continues Besides reaching an agreement Sunday night on a tax cut proposal legislative leaders also hammered out an accord on bonds to fund construction projects and on tax credits, such as for the development of historic properties. The bond package totals $249.6 million and includes funds…
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April 18, 2016
Legislature working to finalize state budget
Legislature slashes budgets, ponders taxes, borrowing Lawmakers worked into the night Sunday on a $6 billion state budget, passing major cuts to most agencies as Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn and their lieutenants continued back-room haggling over cutting taxes and borrowing. The budget work is expected to continue at least through…
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April 18, 2016
Gov. Bryant signs dismemberment abortion ban
Governor Signs Dismemberment Abortion Ban Into Law JACKSON, MISS– Governor Phil Bryant has signed a bill that bans dilation and evacuation as a form of abortion in the second trimester. This method, commonly used after 12 weeks gestation, uses tools such as clamps and forceps to pull a fetus apart piece by piece and remove…
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 6, 2025
State funding for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning down from previous year
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Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
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Daniel Tyson
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June 6, 2025
Legal fight over control of Jackson airport continues
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Susan Marquez
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June 8, 2025
Langdon and Maude Schuyler Clay capture the culture of Mississippi through the lens of a camera
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Matt Friedeman
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June 8, 2025
The party called Pentecost
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Marilyn Tinnin
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June 8, 2025
Elizabeth Spencer: A Grande Dame of Southern literature
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Russ Latino
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June 6, 2025
Make America Boring Again
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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