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Courtney Ingle
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December 4, 2018
MDE Announces Mid-Year Lottery for Special Needs Scholarship Program Applications
The Mississippi Department of Education announced today that it will hold the mid-year lottery for Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) on December 13. The lottery will award 41 ESAs for the 2018-19 school year that were forfeited by families who opted not to participate in the program. Established by the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special…
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Courtney Ingle
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December 4, 2018
Incumbent Gipson announces candidacy for MS Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
Incumbent Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce has officially announced his candidacy to keep the seat to which he was appointed last year. Gipson was appointed by Governor Phil Bryant when Senator-elect Cindy Hyde-Smith left the position to run for retired U.S. Senator Thad Cochran’s seat. The current commissioner made his announcement on Facebook. “I,…
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Sarah Ulmer
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December 4, 2018
Agriculture Commissioner Gipson Submits Comments on Regulation of Cell-Cultured Food Products
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson, on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, submitted public comments to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the use of cellular agriculture to manufacture products derived from livestock and poultry stem cells. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and USDA have joint authority…
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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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June 12, 2026
Magnolia Mornings: June 12, 2026
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Frank Corder
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June 11, 2026
Miss. Supreme Court rules AG, not Auditor has authority to prosecute cases seeking recovery of state funds
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Frank Corder
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June 11, 2026
Insurance Commissioner threatens to pull licenses of over 70 producers after scheduled hearings
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Frank Corder
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June 10, 2026
NPL Construction locating fabrication, manufacturing operations in Greenwood
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Frank Corder
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June 8, 2026
EVE Energy makes U.S. Dept. of War’s roster of “Chinese military companies”
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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June 12, 2026
College World Series field once again tilts heavily toward SEC
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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June 12, 2026
Comfort for a troubled mind
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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June 11, 2026
Let’s scream for ice cream
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Ashby Foote
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June 11, 2026
A Jackson data center: Threat or opportunity?
Opinion
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Andy Gipson
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June 10, 2026
Working with the Trump administration to eliminate welfare fraud
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Sid Salter
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June 10, 2026
Legislature should heed Rep. Price Wallace’s effort to revive the ballot initiative process
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