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Sarah Ulmer
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December 4, 2018
State Auditor Issues $673,000 Demand Against Estate of Former Wilkinson County Chancery Clerk
State Auditor Shad White has issued a civil demand to the estate of the former Chancery Clerk of Wilkinson County, the late Thomas C. Tolliver. The demand states Tolliver exceeded the fee cap for his position and failed to reimburse the county for employee salary expenses. “Thomas Tolliver’s estate owes the taxpayers of Wilkinson County…
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Magnolia Tribune
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December 4, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 12/4/18
CLARION LEDGER – Retired state employees should be able to keep their pension and serve in Miss. Legislature, AG says Retired state employees have long forfeited their pensions if they served in the Mississippi Legislature. Now a new attorney general’s opinion could clear the way for state retirees, including troopers, teachers, school superintendents and health…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 3, 2018
Is the Democratic mayor of Magnolia considering a challenge of Jim Hood in Governor’s race?
The mayor of Magnolia, Mississippi, Anthony Witherspoon, has been publicly polling social media to gather feedback on him as a candidate in the 2019 Governor’s race. Witherspoon told the public the desired portions of a prospective platform would include the legalization of recreational and medical marijuana, $15/hr minimum wage increase, and fully funded public education,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 3, 2018
Representative Robert Foster considers run for Governor
District 28 Representative, Robert Foster (R), took to Facebook over the weekend to announce he is considering a run for Governor in 2019. In the video Foster asks the people what they want to see in their next Governor, and would they want to see that from him. Foster is a farmer and small business…
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Magnolia Tribune
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December 3, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 12/3/18
SUNHERALD – Mississippi’s era of outsize clout in Washington is waning Few states have held as much outsize clout on Capitol Hill over the last half-century as Mississippi — power that brought billions of federal dollars to the nation’s poorest state and gave its relatively small population of about 3 million residents sweeping sway in…
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Courtney Ingle
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November 30, 2018
Mike Espy files paperwork for 2020 run for U.S. Senate
Fresh off the runoff election, Mike Espy filed paperwork that would indicate he’s again preparing to challenge for the seat he just was defeated for. On Tuesday, Senator-Elect Cindy-Hyde Smith has finished the term she just won. With nearly 900,000 voters in Mississippi, Hyde-Smith bested Espy by a 54-46 margin. The paperwork was filed with…
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Courtney Ingle
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November 30, 2018
Op-ed: Families need school choice
Submitted by: Alice Dillon, Tylertown; Courtney Jones, Jackson; Missy Hopkins, Oxford Our families need school choice. The concept is simple: parents direct the tax dollars associated with their child to the best education they can find. Instead of leaving such an important decision up to strangers, we decide how education dollars for our own children are spent.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 30, 2018
Outside group is possibly targeting Mississippi for medicaid expansion ballot initiative in 2020
Successful ballot initiatives in Nebraska, Idaho and Utah could lead to even more efforts to bypass Republican governors and legislatures to expand Medicaid by public referendum, a key organizer of past winning campaigns says. According to an article by Forbes, The Fairness Project, which spent $6 million to support ballot measures that won earlier this…
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 30, 2018
Wicker Urges Momentum for 355-Ship Fleet Buildup
Miss. Senator Says Return to Obama-Era Spending Caps Would Be ‘Unthinkable’ & ‘Irresponsible’ U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Seapower Subcommittee, yesterday led a hearing to receive testimony regarding the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding plans. The hearing comes amidst growing concerns that the Navy has been lagging in shipbuilding and will not be…
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Magnolia Tribune
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November 30, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 11/30/18
WJTV – Leaders to hold meeting to discuss findings from study on JPS WLBT – Schools and districts discuss how English language component will impact overall grades With a growing English language population, this is an issue that’s being handled in schools statewide. But the federal requirement gives them new timelines and consequences if they…
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 30, 2018
OPINION: Three Open Legislative Seats Won’t Change Hands
Three Mississippi legislators were elected to judicial posts this year, necessitating special elections for the final year of the legislative term. But none of the seats will be competitive from a partisan standpoint. By: Brett Kittredge, Director of Marketing and Communications for Mississippi Center for Public Policy. Rep. Brad Touchstone, a freshman Republican lawmaker from Oak…
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Sarah Ulmer
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November 29, 2018
Wicker considers gas tax alternatives, reforms
Future Infrastructure Investment Will Require More Funding U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., participated in a Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing to consider America’s surface transportation infrastructure needs. Wicker used his time to question the potential benefits and disadvantages of alternatives to the current federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon. The current…
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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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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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May 12, 2025
Dow jumps 1,079 points and S&P 500 climbs 3.1% following a 90-day truce in the US-China trade war
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Amanda Seitz, Associated Press
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May 12, 2025
Trump says he’ll set 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower the cost of prescription drugs
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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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Parrish Alford
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May 12, 2025
Ostrander needs deep pitching staffs to take Golden Eagles to new heights
Culture
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Robert St. John
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May 12, 2025
Onward toward a creative life and not an unlived life
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 12, 2025
Chosen for affliction
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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
Opinion
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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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