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January 25, 2016
PENDER: Mississippi has cut taxes, but until last week, it hasn’t cut spending correspondingly
Geoff Pender: Mississippi has cut taxes, but not spending Part of the revenue crunch is from $350 million in tax credits and breaks passed over the last four years. For the coming year, the phased reduction of the business inventory tax is reducing revenue by $126 million. Mississippi has cut taxes, but until last week,…
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January 25, 2016
Funding MAEP, schools based on A and B districts instead of C would cut costs
Changes could cut costs of MAEP JACKSON – The Mississippi Adequate Education Program, the subject of a litany of legislative fights over the last 12 years, will be much easier to fully fund if changes proposed by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves come to fruition. It would take $80 million less to fully fund the Adequate…
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January 25, 2016
Daily Journal editorial: Voting reforms proposed by Hosemann make sense
OUR OPINION: Hosemann’s voting reforms make 21st century sense Hosemann, grounded by bad weather, met with the Daily Journal editorial board via webcast, answering questions and explaining his proposals. The revisions came out of the Secretary of State’s Election Code Study Group, with a diverse membership. In brief, this is what Hosemann proposes, and it…
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January 25, 2016
AP on #MSleg election challenges: How many stumbles are acceptable?
Analysis: Disputes highlight human flaws in election process In hearings over two disputed Mississippi legislative races, testimony showed the imperfections of elections. Choosing government officials is a human endeavor, so stumbles are inevitable. The question is: How many stumbles are acceptable before an election should be overturned? Testimony showed that sometimes a clerk’s signature doesn’t…
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January 22, 2016
Will Republican supermajority in MS House result in tax cuts?
Mississippi Republicans Face Hard Tax Cut Choices But for Mississippi Republicans, the ouster of Mr. Eaton is only good news, granting them a three-fifths majority in the lower chamber, the threshold needed to pass revenue-related bills over Democratic opposition. That achievement is a reflection of the continuing and drastic recalibration of political power in Mississippi:…
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January 22, 2016
MS Ed Board adopts minor changes to academic standards
Mississippi state school board approves tweaks to academic standards Mississippi’s state Board of Education unanimously adopted a series of minor changes to the state’s academic standards Thursday, in what could be a quiet end to a controversy over the Common Core-linked guidance over what students should learn. Officials said teachers and students should notice few…
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January 22, 2016
Use of state credit cards reviewed by PEER
PEER scrutinizes state credit card use A Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee report says the watchdog agency found 23 percent of the time, guidelines weren’t complied with in a check of purchases with state-issued procurement cards/credit cards at three state agencies. Mississippi has spent $93 million through procurement cards over the last four years.…
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January 22, 2016
MINOR: Lt. Governor’s authority to appoint committees, assign bills not in state constitution
BILL MINOR: Reeves lacks constitutional authority on appointments No state law or constitutional provision conferred on Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves gives him the power he is now about to exercise: to appoint Senate committees and assign bills each will consider. When the Senate adopted without debate Senate Resolution No. l setting out permanent rules of…
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January 22, 2016
HD 79: Eaton, supporters discuss possible federal lawsuit
Eaton-Tullos federal redux? Again, the Legislature has the final say in calling contested elections and seating its members and that cannot be contested to state court. But individual voters could potentially have an actionable federal cause if they could prove their votes were improperly canned by the House. It would probably be a legal long-shot,…
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January 22, 2016
Reeves, Gunn to add new committees in Senate, House
POLITICAL LEDGER: Committee changes; chairs to be named Reeves has announced the Senate is creating a separate Medicaid Committee. Previously, the Public Health and Welfare Committee handled most state Medicaid issues. The House has had a separate Medicaid Committee for years. Gunn said Thursday that he is creating three new commitees: the Drug Policy, General…
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January 21, 2016
State Rep. Busby promotes MAEP funding calculation changes to reflect A and/or B districts
Proposed MAEP Changes Could Mean Less Money For Schools But there’s a push this legislative session to change the funding formula. Instead of calculating “base student cost” using “C” districts, officials would like to use A, B, or A and B districts as the standard. Republican Representative Charles Busby of Pascagoula is among the lawmakers…
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January 21, 2016
Sen. Cochran votes to advance child nutrition bill
RELEASE: COCHRAN VOTES TO ADVANCE CHILD NUTRITION BILL Ag Committee Measure Includes Leahy-Cochran Farm to School Plan to Expand Home-State Food Options for Schools WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today voted to advance child nutrition legislation that includes provisions to expand opportunities for local farmers to provide agriculture products for school meal…
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June 18, 2025
Wall Street drifts after the Fed indicates it may still cut rates twice this year
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Frank Corder
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June 18, 2025
Wicker unhappy with proposed U.S. defense spending, calls budget request “inadequate”
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Frank Corder
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June 18, 2025
Construction of new Mississippi alcohol warehouse on schedule
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
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Bernard Condon, Associated Press
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 18, 2025
Rockabilly Way: Saltillo’s quiet legacy in American music
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 18, 2025
Why are you upset?
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 17, 2025
Does it represent your sin?
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Sid Salter
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June 18, 2025
Mississippi was once the scene 62 years ago of a federalized National Guard at Ole Miss
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Kelley Williams
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June 17, 2025
Georgia’s PSC is in the game on data centers, Mississippi’s has been benched
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Kimberly Ross
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June 17, 2025
Perceived hypocrisy does not an excuse make for violent mob-driven riots
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