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February 11, 2013
Gregg Harper lays out legislative goals
Hello– Over the past several weeks, I have begun to introduce my legislative agenda for the 113th Congress. My broader focus will remain on policies that eliminate government waste, improve or remove regulations, promote innovation, and advocate for intellectual disabilities. So far this Congress, I have introduced bills to undo a federal health policy that…
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February 11, 2013
Jackson Water refuses payment from cancer patient who wouldn’t remove hat
Jackson Water refuses payment from cancer patient who wouldn’t remove hat Put that checkbook away, hat-wearing Jackson water customer. Your money’s no good here. Jacqueline Gray, a Jackson resident, this week complained to the City Council that city employees refused to accept her water payment because she wouldn’t take off her hat inside the city…
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February 11, 2013
Geoff Pender: Tempers boil in House chamber
Geoff Pender: Tempers boil in House chamber Lots of important, or at least interesting or bizarre, legislation was dealt with last week in the Mississippi Legislature, in the throes of its 128th Regular Session. But the “talker” was a near whoopin’ that occurred Thursday after a verbal altercation between Reps. Adrienne Wooten, D-Jackson, and Mark…
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February 11, 2013
Feds to State — Let’s run the exchanges together
Feds to State — Let’s run the exchanges together After blocking Mississippi’s proposal for a state-run health insurance exchange because of divisions among state leaders on the plan, federal officials said Friday that they’re encouraging the state to seek approval for a partnership — an exchange jointly run by the state and federal governments. “The…
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February 11, 2013
Blount – Revenue office should be moved to Jackson, not Clinton
Blount – Revenue office should be moved to Jackson, not Clinton The problem is that the Clinton location is preferred by House Speaker Philip Gunn, who represents Clinton. His interests are largely personal, at least from the standpoint that his personal interests lie more with his home district than anywhere else. From Office space: Power…
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February 11, 2013
Condoleezza Rice, Haley Barbour part of new high-profile bipartisan group on immigration
Condoleezza Rice, Haley Barbour part of new high-profile bipartisan group on immigration Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is part of a new bipartisan group that will push for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws and a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. The other co-chairs…
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February 10, 2013
DJ Editorial – Medicaid options worth additional discussions
Medicaid options worth additional discussions Under federal law, Medicaid can be expanded to cover people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $15,000 per year. Republican governors in Ohio and Indiana have opted for the expansion route. Under the federal law the state will have to pay 10 percent of…
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February 10, 2013
Sen. Nancy Collins: PERS program needs hard deliberations for its future
NANCY COLLINS: PERS program needs hard deliberations for its future Let’s consider the facts. Financial liabilities of the plan have been growing at a rapid pace. Last year, the plan was funded at only 64 percent. Today, the system’s funded status is 58 percent, well below the recommended level of 80 percent, and unfunded accrued…
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February 9, 2013
Rep. George Flaggs is officially ‘in’ for Vicksburg mayor’s race
Flaggs officially in mayor’s race Rep. George Flaggs Jr. is retiring from the Mississippi Legislature in June, but is hoping his career in politics will not come to an end. Vicksburg Post 2/9/13
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February 9, 2013
Arthur Laffer has great WSJ op-ed on elminiating disincentives for working poor
Disincentives, Still Crazy After All These Years Mr. Alexander reports that a single mother of two in the Keystone State earning no wages will obtain welfare benefits—such as food stamps, child care and Medicaid services—worth more than $45,000 annually. If the woman begins earning wages, her total annual income, including the value of her welfare…
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February 9, 2013
‘Newsman’ Bobby Harrison equates charter schools to taking per capita library funds to bookstore
BOBBY HARRISON: Vouchers … useable for Borders, biscuits and gravy … The library near my home is not up to my standards so I want to convert my share of taxes used to support the system to a voucher that I can take to Borders. It’s my money after all. I should be able to…
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February 9, 2013
D’Iberville directed to stop spending $3 million grant
D’Iberville directed to stop spending $3 million grant The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has directed the city of D’Iberville to stop work on the Ocean Expo aquarium project funded in part by a $3 million BP grant and to turn over documents showing how the city has spent the money. The stop work order…
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Maxwell appointed USDA State Director by President Trump
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Senator Wicker on Trump’s budget request: President’s advisors “were apparently not listening”
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Frank Corder
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May 2, 2025
Ole Miss pulls support of Oxford Pride Parade citing new DEI law
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Richelle Putnam
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May 4, 2025
Mississippi Legends: Jimmy Rodgers, the father of country music
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Matt Friedeman
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May 4, 2025
Anthrakian and déjà vu
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 4, 2025
Showers of blessing
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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