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January 4, 2013
Cochran ousts Roberts as top Ag Committee Republican
Cochran ousts Roberts as top Ag Committee Republican Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has ousted Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) as the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee in the new Congress. The move makes it more likely that the new five-year farm bill the committee is crafting will have more provisions for southern crops. “I…
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January 4, 2013
Bryant is trying to stop Healthcare exchange
Miss. health insurance exchange proposal in limbo Mississippi’s proposed health insurance exchange is in limbo because of a dispute between the governor and the insurance commissioner. Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney are Republicans. They disagree about which one of them has authority to create a plan and submit it for federal approval.…
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January 3, 2013
PERRY – Fordice daughter pens memoir
PERRY/Fordice daughter pens memoir Many of us talk about Kirk Fordice; but few in Mississippi actually knew the man that ushered in an era of Republican dominance in the state. As a high school senior, I interned for him during his first term as governor; a role I repeated in college during his second term.…
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January 3, 2013
Brumfield – More political, budget fights loom
More political, budget fights loom Opponents to the last-minute federal fiscal cliff deal see the same fights moving into the next Congress. “I think it’s indicative of how things will play out over the next few months and the next four years,” said Rep. Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo. Nunnelee and his House colleagues lost a 257-167…
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January 3, 2013
Siemens, Jackson reach $90M deal on massive infrastructure project
Siemens, Jackson reach $90M deal on massive infrastructure project Ending months of negotiations, the city of Jackson and Siemens have agreed to a $90 million deal that Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. has called the largest infrastructure project in the city’s history. The complex deal still needs approval from the Mississippi Development Authority, but the contract…
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January 3, 2013
CEO stands behind controversial Mississippi Power plant in Kemper County
CEO stands behind controversial Mississippi Power plant in Kemper County In the woods of east Mississippi, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. is pouring billions of dollars into construction of a power plant that burns coal but would emit less carbon dioxide. It’s a response to looming federal limits on carbon emissions as regulators try…
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January 3, 2013
Harper: Get serious about spending
Harper: Get serious about spending U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper said he’s fought to reform entitlements and cut spending for years and the “fiscal cliff” bill Congress passed late on New Year’s accomplishes neither of those goals. “For four years, I’ve fought to reform entitlements and cut spending,” said Harper, a Republican, in a Twitter post…
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January 3, 2013
Charter schools talk a political red herring
During Mississippi’s upcoming 2013 legislative session, we will hear a lot of talk about charter schools. It’s nothing new, since for two years now, at least, the vast majority of educational reform energy has been focused on charter schools. It’s just that this year, education reform is getting even more attention — meaning charter schools…
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January 3, 2013
Cliff averted, it’s on to the next fiscal crisis
Cliff averted, it’s on to the next fiscal crisis Onward to the next fiscal crisis. Actually, several of them, potentially. The New Year’s Day deal averting the “fiscal cliff” lays the groundwork for more combustible struggles in Washington over taxes, spending and debt in the next few months. President Barack Obama’s victory on taxes this…
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January 3, 2013
Congress Approves Palazzo Bill Supporting Human Space Exploration
Congress Approves Palazzo Bill Supporting Human Space Exploration Washington D.C. – The House of Representatives today unanimously approved a Senate amendment to H.R. 6586, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairman Steven Palazzo (R-MS) that extends a risk-sharing and liability regime to support American commercial space transportation operators against catastrophic losses suffered…
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January 3, 2013
BILL MINOR: Well wishes for the elder Bush
BILL MINOR: Well wishes for the elder Bush My happiest national news item at year’s end was word that former President George H. W. Bush, one of my fellow World War II Navy veterans, had been released from intensive care for a nagging bronchial condition but remained in a Houston hospital. A number of other…
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January 3, 2013
Mississippi Taxpayers Divided On Tax Hikes
Taxpayers Divided On Tax Hikes Jewel Nixon supports compromise, but the Jackson woman doesn’t support Mississippi senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker’s vote to hike taxes on high income earners. “Because I think they are high enough and i think everybody is being taxed enough. I personally can’t afford any more taxes,” said Nixon. But…
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August 27, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: August 27, 2025
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Matt Ott, Associated Press
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August 26, 2025
August consumer confidence dips in US with jobs, tariffs and high prices driving most unease
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Daniel Tyson
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August 26, 2025
Jackson Police Chief resigns; Hinds County Sheriff named interim top cop in capital city
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Jim Beaugez
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August 27, 2025
‘Hitmaker’ songwriter Ben Johnson stars on new Netflix series
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Alistair Begg
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August 27, 2025
From grumbling to gratitude
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Meredith Biesinger
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August 26, 2025
Mississippi’s place on the Great Loop
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Sid Salter
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August 27, 2025
With Social Security and PERS under review, Baby Boomers are working longer before retiring
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Hunter Estes
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August 25, 2025
It’s time for term limits
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Kelley Williams
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August 24, 2025
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