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March 29, 2022
MDHS announces additional TANF families will receive financial assistance
The first round of PEAF payments, issued in December 2021, helped over 1,500 Mississippi families. This week, 136 low-income Mississippi households received a one-time payment of $1000 in emergency financial assistance under the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) initiative administered by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS). This second round of emergency assistance funding…
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Frank Corder
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March 29, 2022
Legislation to revive the initiative process in Mississippi dies in conference
Efforts underway to continue negotiations through suspension resolution as session winds down. The only remaining piece of legislation that would have revived the initiative process in Mississippi following last year’s state Supreme Court ruling that effectively killed the public ballot referendum mechanism has died in conference. HCR 39, authored by Speaker Philip Gunn, initially passed…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 28, 2022
Conference report signed for Mississippi equal pay legislation
Mississippi remains the only state in the nation without equal pay protections. UPDATE March 30, 11 a.m.: HB 770 was adopted by the House and the Senate. Prior to the 2022 Legislative session, the idea of equal pay legislation gained traction because Mississippi is currently the only state in the nation without state level equal pay protections for…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 28, 2022
Wicker, Hyde-Smith support bill to protect flood insurance policyholders
Measure gives policyholders more options as FEMA prepares for implementation of new NFIP premium rate structure this week. On Monday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act. The legislation allows policyholders to retain existing premium rates as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares for nationwide implementation of…
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Frank Corder
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March 28, 2022
State Rep. Bounds holding out hope for Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund
The Neshoba County state representative discusses conference weekend and what’s left as the 2022 session winds down. Watch the interview. State Rep. Scott Bounds (R) joined Y’all Politics on Monday morning to talk over conference weekend in the Mississippi Legislature. Bounds was pleased with the historic income tax cut agreement between the House and Senate.…
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Frank Corder
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March 28, 2022
Senator Wiggins says there was no punishment in legislative redistricting
The Jackson County state senator talks historic tax cut, redistricting, more with Y’all Politics. Watch the interview. State Senator Brice Wiggins (R) joined Y’all Politics on Monday morning to recap conference weekend in the Mississippi Legislature. Wiggins sits on both the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Legislative Reapportionment Committee. The Coast Senator said he…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 27, 2022
Joint Legislative Reapportionment Committee takes up House and Senate legislative redistricting plans
JLRC adopts new plans days before end of the 2022 Mississippi Legislative session. On Sunday, the Mississippi Joint Legislative Reapportionment Committee (JLRC) met and adopted new legislative redistricting maps for the Mississippi House and Senate Districts. The plans will now be sent to both chambers to be voted on. Through the process of legislative reapportionment,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 27, 2022
Lawmakers strike a deal on historic cut of Mississippi state income tax
The plan will eliminate the 4% bracket over four years and step down the 5% bracket over six years. UPDATE March 27, 4:00 p.m.: On Sunday, after a procedurally required hold on the filed conference report the House and Senate both adopted the report on the floor late in the afternoon. The House passed the…
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2022
Senator Wicker: I will be voting against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to SCOTUS
“Last year, I voted against confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to a federal appeals court because I had serious doubts about her record and judicial philosophy,” Wicker says. On Friday, Mississippi U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R) issued the following statement regarding the upcoming confirmation vote on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the…
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Anne Summerhays
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March 25, 2022
Follow along to see what’s left in the final days of the 2022 Mississippi Legislative session
Here’s a look at some of the bills that are in conference this weekend. With less than a week left in the 2022 Mississippi Legislative session, lawmakers face a deadline on Saturday at 8 p.m. to file conference reports on Appropriations and Revenue bills. Other general bills are also in conference between the two chambers.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 25, 2022
In light of new revenue estimate adoption, Gunn says Reeves’ income tax elimination plan to be placed in conference report
Hosemann asserts State Economist isn’t always accurate on estimate numbers as members move to adopt new revenue estimates at almost $6.8 billion. At the cusp of conference weekend, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee met on Friday to present and adopt the State Economists’ new revenue estimates for FY 2022 and FY 2023. This adoption of…
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Sarah Ulmer
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March 25, 2022
Bills to Watch for the 2022 Mississippi Legislative Session
The Mississippi Legislature has returned to Jackson for the 2022 Legislative Session. Y’all Politics has compiled a list of bills that we anticipate to be pertinent to discussions throughout this year’s session. This compilation will be updated, changed and added to as lawmakers continue their work under the dome. HOUSE Top Picks: HB 530 The…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 13, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 13, 2025
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Daniel Tyson
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May 13, 2025
Mississippians will pay more to buy, repair vehicles
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Daniel Tyson
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May 12, 2025
Ag Commissioner talks tariffs, trade impact on Mississippi farmers
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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
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 13, 2025
Discover Mississippi: Gulf Coast Gator Ranch and Tours
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Ben Smith
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May 13, 2025
Cotton Grove Road
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 13, 2025
The benefit of trials
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Kelley Williams
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May 12, 2025
Bad energy policy represents risk to ratepayers
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Bill Crawford
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May 11, 2025
State still hugs bottom as education advances
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Roger Wicker
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May 9, 2025
Trump-Zelensky agreement could be pivotal moment toward ending Putin’s war
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