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January 2, 2018
Infrastructure, MAEP rewrite, budget await 2018 #msleg
2018 session begins with same issues as 2017 The issues confronting members of the Mississippi Legislature during the 2018 session, which starts at noon today, will be essentially the same as the ones they faced in the 2017 session. They include: Efforts to enhance spending on transportation to deal with what many say is a…
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January 2, 2018
After AG opinion, Aberdeen to hold another special election for Alderman
ANOTHER SPECIAL ELECTION SET FOR ABERDEEN ABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) – A special election will take place in Aberdeen on January 30 for the Ward 2 seat on the Board of Aldermen. Last week, aldermen voted to remove Cloyd Garth, Jr., from the seat he was elected to during a special election in September. The vote…
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January 2, 2018
State Rep. Banks pushing municipal option tax to address infrastructure in #msleg
Lawmakers preview legislation they plan to file this year Lawmakers had varied ideas on how to tackle road and bridge issues at the end of last year’s session. This year, they’ll pitch even more. “One thing I’m advocating for is that we give locals, municipalities and counties, the option to raise 1 cent or 2…
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January 2, 2018
Waynesboro city employees out of a job, at least temporarily, due to wrangling by Alderman, Mayor
Lack of quorum prevents vote to rehire Waynesboro employees WAYNESBORO, MS (WDAM) – About 60 employees with the City of Waynesboro will be unemployed after midnight Friday. That’s after a lack of quorum by the board of aldermen prevented a vote to rehire the employees. Mayor Richard Johnson and the five aldermen were supposed to…
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January 2, 2018
State Sen. Hob Bryan on the #MAEP rewrite
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January 2, 2018
Cigarettes tax, HBCUs funding draws attention as #msleg session begins
Tobacco tax, college desegregation money among 2018 issues for MS lawmakers Mississippi last increased its cigarette tax in 2009. Now, about 20 health advocacy groups are pushing a cigarette tax increase of $1.50 a pack, plus “parallel” increases on chewing tobacco. The two Republican leaders of the tax-writing committees – House Ways and Means Chairman…
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January 2, 2018
State Sen. Fillingane, new Rep. McGee anxious for 2018 #msleg session
State lawmakers prepare for 2018 legislative session Fillingane is a longtime state senator who represents District 41, which includes Jeff Davis, Covington, Smith, Lamar, and Forrest counties. Finances will be near the top of his to-do list this legislative session. “I’m looking forward to getting the budget done this year. We’ve got some pretty good…
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January 2, 2018
Senators Simmons & Blount Elected Leaders of Mississippi Senate Democratic Caucus
Democrats in the Mississippi Senate have chosen Derrick T. Simmons of Greenville as chairman of their caucus and David Blount of Jackson as vice-chairman. Simmons, who was vice-chairman last year of the Mississippi Senate Democratic Caucus, moved up because former Senator Bill Stone, who had been chairman, resigned to accept another job. “I’m elated at…
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January 2, 2018
State Rep. Zuber holds town hall in lead up to #msleg session
State Representative hears residents’ concerns at town hall meeting OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (AP) – State Representative Hank Zuber now has new concerns to take back with him to Jackson for the next legislative session. Zuber hosted a town Hall meeting in Ocean Springs on Thursday night. WLOX 12/29/17
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January 2, 2018
President Trump’s visit was a unqualified success – and the media cannot handle it
Earlier this week, I advanced the idea that President Trump could come and make poignant remarks at Mississippi’s bicentennial and the grand opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. That’s exactly what happened. But you wouldn’t know it if you were looking to the media in Mississippi or elsewhere. Hiding their bias or their crazy…
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January 1, 2018
DOR data to shows that revenue collections were up in FY2017 #msleg
by Russ Latino, Special to Y’all Politics The Mississippi Legislature gaveled back in to session this week. They do so in the midst of a lot of chatter surrounding revenue and spending. The public has repeatedly been told that both are rapidly declining. Neither is true. Today we’ll take a quick look at taxes and…
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January 1, 2018
#HB1523 impacts USM’s baseball schedule with NY college
‘Religious Freedom’ law wreaks havoc on Southern Miss baseball schedule A Mississippi law that allows government and businesses to deny services to same-sex couples will take three home games off the schedule for the Southern Miss baseball team this year. Stony Brook, a public university located on Long Island in New York, was scheduled to…
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Frank Corder
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October 23, 2025
Federal judge sides with Mississippi, 14 other states in ruling against Biden-era attempt to broaden Title IX
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Jeremy Pittari
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October 23, 2025
Governor Reeves announces new military, defense support organization
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Frank Corder
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October 23, 2025
Judge Wingate admits mistake in use of AI in drafting order blocking Mississippi’s anti-DEI law
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Daniel Tyson
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October 23, 2025
Entergy Mississippi breaks ground on $1.2 billion Vicksburg Advanced Power Station
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October 7, 2025
Averitt Express announces $9.6 million expansion in Richland
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October 2, 2025
Smurfit Westrock expanding in Saltillo
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Susan Marquez
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October 23, 2025
Food vendors announced for National Folk Festival in Jackson
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Alistair Begg
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October 23, 2025
Blessed Trinity
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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October 22, 2025
No. 8 Ole Miss to test defense of No. 13 Sooners in 1 of 3 Top 25 SEC games
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Grant Callen
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October 23, 2025
If lawmakers are trying to defund public education, they aren’t very good at it
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Kimberly Ross
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October 22, 2025
Jay Jones’ abhorrent texts deserve righteous condemnation, so do Hitler fans on the far right
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Sid Salter
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October 22, 2025
After 60 years, Supreme Court reconsiders Voting Rights Act amid partisan controversy
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