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June 1, 2018
Last minute money check for June 5 primaries #mssen #mselex
As we do a quick last minute check on fundraising before the June 5 primary next Tuesday, here’s a quick video that’s a great recap of the upcoming primaries and who’s running for what. Video is courtesy of the Gibbes Companies. US Senate Republican Primary Roger Wicker – $5,501,973.00 raised – $3,442,637.00 COH Richard Boyanton – $60,000.00 raised…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 1, 2018
Democrat Jensen Bohren #mssen candidate says own party is holding Mississippi back
Democratic candidate for the upcoming regularly scheduled Democratic primary, Jensen Bohren, is saying he was nearly bullied out of running by the Chairman of his own party. He also says that he was forced into a “loyalty test” that other candidates in the Senate primary were not forced adhere to. Bobby Moak, Chairman of the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 1, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 6/1/2018
US gains 223K jobs; unemployment at 18-year low of 3.8 pct.- WLBT WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent from 3.9 percent in April. Average hourly pay rose 2.7 percent from a year…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 1, 2018
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, & Harper Welcome Raytheon Development Plans
Defense Manufacturer to Construct 50,000 Square Foot Radar Development Facility in Forest U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss. and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Congressman Gregg Harper, R-Miss., today welcomed the announcement of a planned 50,000-square-foot expansion of the Raytheon Forest Consolidated Manufacturing Center plant in Forest. The new facility will be used to develop radar equipment…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 1, 2018
Raytheon Increases Radar Manufacturing Capacity in Forest, Miss.
Industry-leading defense contractor Raytheon is expanding its radar manufacturing capabilities in Forest, Miss. The project is a $100 million corporate investment and will create dozens of direct jobs at the company’s Forest campus over the next five years. “Raytheon recognizes the value of continued investment in the state of Mississippi,” Gov. Phil Bryant said. “Together,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 1, 2018
Wicker Leads Senate Effort Supporting State Laws to Defund Planned Parenthood
More than 20 Senators Sign Wicker’s Amicus Brief in Support of States Prohibiting Medicaid Funding to Abortion Provider U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today submitted an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of Gee v. Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the case currently…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 31, 2018
Empower Mississippi Announces New Initiative on Employability and Criminal Justice Reform
Empower Mississippi announced today that the organization is launching a new initiative focused on increasing employability by reforming the state’s criminal justice system. Empower Mississippi is an independent, nonprofit advocacy organization made up of thousands of supporters across the state. We are dedicated to changing laws that limit opportunity so Mississippians can flourish. “We are…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 31, 2018
YP Daily Roundup 5/31/2018
Woman gives birth to baby girl at Jackson abortion clinic – WAPT A woman gave birth Wednesday to a baby girl at the state’s only abortion clinic in Jackson, authorities said. The woman, whose age and name have not been released, came to the Jackson Women’s Health Organization about 9 a.m. to have an ultrasound…
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May 31, 2018
Present! We ain’t talking about Christmas gifts – it’s the art of not taking a stand
by Alan Lange The late Alan Nunnelee was notorious in both the Mississippi Senate and in the US House for saying, “let your yeas be a yea and your nays be a nay.” Voting “present” for legislation, as opposed to voting yes or no or just not voting, is known euphemistically in the chamber as…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 31, 2018
MSU President Mark Keenum: American farms cannot take another hit
US farming cannot afford to continue to fall behind In an opinion piece Keenum wrote for The Hill, he wrote, with the possibility of new trade tariffs striking a sensitive chord in rural America, farmers are increasingly concerned about global competitiveness and the threat of a possible trade war affecting their bottom line. Hopefully, Congress…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 31, 2018
VIDEO: Hosemann dissapointed in low absentee ballot requests before primary
This week Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann reported that only about 6,000 absentee ballots had been requested prior to the state’s primary elections for the Third District Congressional seat and U.S. Senate seat, which is currently held by Sen. Roger Wicker. The election for Sen. Cochran’s former seat will not be part of the primary.…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 31, 2018
Treasurer Lynn Fitch and College Savings Mississippi Award Two Mississippi Newborns $529 MACS Scholarships Morning Baby from Greenville, Evening Baby from Tupelo
State Treasurer Lynn Fitch congratulated two lucky newborns who will each start their life with $529 in education savings through a Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) scholarship. The infants were winners of a Baby Contest in celebration of National 529 College Savings Day, which is held annually on May 29, or 5/29. Mississippi and other…
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Frank Corder
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June 13, 2025
Nearly 280 from Mississippi National Guard deployed to D.C. in support of Saturday’s military parade
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Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press
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June 13, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 13, 2025
Mississippi Medicaid appropriation increases by $58 million for new fiscal year, state support nears $1 billion
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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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
Culture
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Laura Lee Leathers
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June 13, 2025
Roses and ramblings
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 13, 2025
Weep for His pain
Culture
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Richelle Putnam
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June 12, 2025
Serving fresh, supporting local: Inside Vicksburg’s Tomato Place
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Lesley Davis
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June 12, 2025
A victory for sorority sisters: The DOE affirmed what every 18-year-old pledge already knew
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Russ Latino
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June 11, 2025
Gipson in for Governor. What’s the state of play for 2027?
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Josh Riggs
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June 11, 2025
Mississippi’s education success isn’t a miracle
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