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December 15, 2011
CottonMouth upset about PERS study
CottonMouth upset about PERS study During election season, the ready refrain of Governor Barbour and all Republican candidates when asked about the Public Employee Retirement System (“PERS”) was “We’re not going to touch your 13th check.” The Governor’s Study Commission apparently wasn’t listening. In a report issued this afternoon, the PERS Study Commission called for…
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December 15, 2011
Barbour back in Biloxi to say goodbye
Barbour back in Biloxi to say goodbye ILOXI, MS (WLOX) – Gov. Haley Barbour came to south Mississippi in 2005 and boldly told hurricane stricken residents the state must build back bigger and better, or we would fail. Six years later, the governor can look around, see the progress that’s been made, and say Mississippi…
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December 15, 2011
Bryant transition team works on 2012 agenda
Bryant transition team works on 2012 agenda JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s governor-elect is holding a policy meeting Thursday to help develop his 2012 legislative agenda. Republican Phil Bryant was elected Nov. 8 and takes office at noon Jan. 10. He recently appointed several people, including some prominent Republicans, to handle issues as part of his…
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December 15, 2011
Cochran – Senate missed golden opportunity to balance budget
Cochran – Senate missed golden opportunity to balance budget The Senate on Wednesday roundly rejected a pair of balanced-budget amendments — one from each party — in a vote set forth in this past summer’s debt-reduction deal. Senators voted down the Democratic plan 79-21, with only one Republican —Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada — supporting…
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December 15, 2011
AP Analysis: Where does the money go?
Analysis: Where does the money go? JACKSON — Where does the money go? That’s the most recent question from the Mississippi Supreme Court in the legal dispute over fees paid to private attorneys hired by the attorney general to handle lawsuits for the state. In orders issued in August, the Supreme Court asked attorneys for…
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December 15, 2011
The Delta – Not as solidly Democratic any more?
The Delta – Not as solidly Democratic any more? As we noted last night, independent Chuck Jordan won the open mayor’s election in Greenville on Monday. Jordan is white and was running against Carl McGee, a African-American Democrat who serves on the city council. Greenville, as we have said, is now around 80 percent black.…
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December 15, 2011
MAJORITY – PERS Study: Following The Reaction
PERS Study: Following The Reaction The GOP obviously has the most to lose on this issue, as with any major issue at this point. That is what happens when you are the majority and control all levels of state government. Regardless of what Democrats and their allies were saying all year long, Republican candidates pretty…
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December 15, 2011
The sky didn’t fall after all
PERS Commission releases recommendation report by Frank Corder
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December 15, 2011
Rep. Steven Palazzo promotes the passage of House payroll tax cut and NFIP renewal bill
Palazzo Statement on H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Assistant Republican Whip, said the following after last night’s vote on H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: “The House once again has acted. We have done our job. The…
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December 14, 2011
Miss. GOP moves Natchez into 2nd District
Miss. GOP moves Natchez into 2nd District JACKSON, Miss. — Republicans and Democrats continue to fight over moving Adams and Wilkinson counties in southwest Mississippi from the 3rd Congressional District to the 2nd. That dispute looms large in the latest filings in a federal court case which is likely to produce new lines for Mississippi’s…
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December 14, 2011
SALTER – Internet sales tax isn’t a new tax, but it is a fair one
Internet sales tax isn’t a new tax, but it is a fair one STARKVILLE — It is telling that Gov. Haley Barbour – the man who was famously “against raising anybody’s taxes” – waited until he had one foot out the door of state government to embrace a tax that should have been collected all…
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December 14, 2011
Crawford – Could coercive budget discipline save us all?
Could coercive budget discipline save us all? Are you paying attention to Europe’s financial crisis? If your retirement check depends upon investment returns, you should be. Europe’s turmoil has been whacking international stock markets. It’s all about the pigs. Well, not exactly. Pigs is the homophone for PIIGS, which stands for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece…
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Daniel Tyson
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May 30, 2025
Hosemann, White recap special session, address tension between chambers
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Jeremy Pittari
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May 30, 2025
Legislature adds $16 million to education funding formula, other areas of the K-12 budget
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
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May 30, 2025
Supreme Court lets Trump strip legal protections from 500,000 people, exposing more to deportation
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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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Frank Corder
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May 15, 2025
HH2 relocating Kentucky distribution center to Blue Mountain, Mississippi
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Richelle Putnam
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June 1, 2025
Ann Fisher-Wirth and the urgency of poetry in today’s world
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Matt Friedeman
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June 1, 2025
The Church is stronger with bi-vocational ministers
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 1, 2025
My beloved
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Sid Salter
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May 28, 2025
Like good moonshine, Bragg’s trilogy of Southern white poverty memoirs ages smoothly
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Chip Pickering
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May 21, 2025
AI’s full business potential will be stifled by state regulations: Why a federal AI strategy is needed
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Jeff Hale
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May 21, 2025
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