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Columbus Students Commemorate Local Emancipation, Freedom Summer In Local Celebration
COLUMBUS, Miss.—The summer after his sophomore year at Amherst College in June 1964, Peter Norall joined the Freedom Summer efforts in Columbus, Miss., to...
Columbus Students Commemorate Local Emancipation, Freedom Summer In Local Celebration
COLUMBUS, Miss.—The summer after his sophomore year at Amherst College in June 1964, Peter Norall joined the Freedom Summer efforts in Columbus, Miss., to...
Reeves celebrates Medicaid expansion dying as Hosemann questions governor’s numbers
Mississippi lawmakers were unable to come to terms on a plan to expand Medicaid during the recently ended session, and Gov. Tate Reeves wasted no time celebrating what he believes to be a victory. In a lengthy social media post following Tuesday’s official sine die, the Republican governor who often...
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Report: Mississippi’s unemployment rate reaches new record low
Mississippi has experienced yet another record-low unemployment rate, Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Friday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Mississippi’s unemployment rate reached 2.8% in April — the lowest percentage ever seen by the state. Reeves attributed gains the state has amassed in education and private investments...
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Juanyana Holloway Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced Juanyana Holloway has pleaded guilty to embezzlement in Lamar County. She is a former deputy...
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Mississippi state revenues continue to exceed estimates in first month of FY 2023
The FY 2022 budget year is estimated to exceed $1.575 billion when it is officially closed out.
For the first month in the new fiscal...
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House Transportation Chairman Busby announces for Southern District Transportation Commissioner
Busby has served in the Legislature for three terms. Current Commissioner King remains undecided on whether he’ll seek a fourth term.
On Wednesday, State Representative...
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Biden’s latest boondoggle is a handout for vested interests
The Inflation Reduction Act does nothing to reduce inflation. Seldom in America’s history has there been a piece of legislation put before Congress so...
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Mississippi now leads the world in mass incarceration
Mississippi is now the world’s leader in putting people behind bars — more inmates per capita than any state or nation, including China, Russia...
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GIPSON: Consumers Take Notice Due to Inflation, High Gas Prices
Submitted by Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson
Ag Commissioner Gipson writes in op-ed that as gas prices go up, complaints increase, but the...
