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By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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JACKSON – State Auditor Shad White has announced an initiative to be led by the State Auditor’s Government Accountability Division to audit small agencies, boards and commissions to identify wasteful spending and noncompliance with state law and regulations.
By Jacob Walters - Communications Director, Mississippi Office of the State Auditor on
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Faulkner seemed to relish Williams’ vulnerability and honesty—qualities he found refreshing. She was the only writer he ever took under his wing.
Southern author, Joan Williams, may not be a household name in the same way Eudora Welty and Flannery O’Conner are, but she is no less fascinating or interesting. Her body of work includes five novels, numerous short stories, and numerous impressive literary awards. Some remember her as a protégé of William Faulkner’s, perhaps the only writer he ever agreed to mentor.
By Marilyn Tinnin - Magnolia Tribune on
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The company said that the completion of this work, ahead of schedule and on budget, demonstrates C Spire’s commitment to using taxpayer dollars efficiently while providing communities with future-proof infrastructure to serve their long-term technology needs.
By Susan Marquez - Magnolia Tribune on
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Teachers and teacher assistants to see a $2,000 pay raise, while school attendance officers will get $5,000. Special education teachers will receive an additional $2,000 as well.
A conference report that will provide teachers, assistant teachers, CTE instructors, special education teachers, and other educational personnel pay raises has been approved by the both the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives. The measure will be officially sent to the governor’s office once motions to reconsider are tabled.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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Tallahatchie County in March bore the unlikely distinction of having tied with Rankin County for the lowest rate of unemployment in the entire state, according to a monthly report from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
That agency’s statistics list the rate of unemployment in both counties at 2.9% for March, having dropped from February’s 3.5% in Tallahatchie and 3.2% in Rankin.
In March, 159 Tallahatchians were unemployed, and 5,232 employed, from a labor force totaling 5,391.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Here in Mississippi, sometimes the best thing you can do is pull off the road, step into something beautiful—and take a little of it home with you.
Have you ever picked something simple—just a single stem, a soft petal—and felt your whole mood shift?
That’s what happens just off Steele Road in Hattiesburg.
By Meredith Biesinger - Magnolia Tribune on
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“Far too many new moms are dying or suffering in silence from mental health issues, and we are not doing enough to prevent it,” said Dr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer.
During the month of May, the Mississippi State Department of Health, Mississippi Department of Mental Health and the Postpartum Support Initiative Mississippi are teaming up to share the benefits of helping expectant and postpartum mothers through a potentially difficult time.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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The Windsor ruins remained in the family until 1974, when the 2.1 acres containing the skeletal classic architecture were donated to the state of Mississippi.
Like a lonely outcast or the final scene in a tragic movie, the towering, decaying columns of Mississippi’s once grand Windsor mansion cast their shadows across a deserted landscape populated by huge Live Oaks, Cedars, and Magnolia trees.
By Marilyn Tinnin - Magnolia Tribune on
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“Until this court determines whether to relinquish its authority over the water and sewer system, the status quo must remain undisturbed,” Judge Henry Wingate ordered.
A federal judge on Thursday granted a temporary injunction preventing a new state law from placing the Jackson water and sewer systems under the control of a nine-member regional authority next year.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
Public reading of Scripture is a worthy endeavor. But we also need leadership to give sober assessment to the moral direction of our nation and the consequences that await without a course correction.
The “America Reads the Bible” event took place in late April, with hundreds of Christian leaders, entertainers, and politicians participating in reading Scripture aloud, cover-to-cover. President Trump was assigned 2 Chronicles 7:11-22.
By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune on
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Robert St. John says after eight weeks of European breakfasts, he needed three mornings in a row at table 19 in the Midtowner.
By Robert St. John on
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“Making sure our teens and new drivers are prepared, confident, and equipped with safe driving habits is a top priority. That’s why we’re bringing back driver’s education and making it mandatory,” said Commissioner Sean Tindell.
Starting in July, all Mississippi high schools will be required to provide a driver’s education program, a requirement that pairs with the additional legislative demand that all first-time driver’s license seekers show proof of that training.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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Tartan is the pattern of interlocking stripes of varying width and color producing a repeating pattern, most commonly used in Scottish Highland dress such as kilts.
Mississippi will have an official state tartan as of July 1.
“What is tartan?” you may ask.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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“I told y’all before, I’ve never been so proud of being 49th,” State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney told the State Board of Health of Mississippi moving up from 50th in the U.S. “And I’m sure mighty proud of being 48th, but we’re 48th and rising.”
The Mississippi State Board of Health recently received an update on the Magnolia State’s newest national health ranking as well as spending within the rural water program under ARPA and an ongoing advertising campaign aimed at raising infant mortality awareness.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney said in the two years prior, the Legislature provided an increase. He expressed his appreciation in the agency receiving receive level funding in the coming fiscal year.
Lecreta Tribune, chief financial officer for the Mississippi Department of Health, provided the Mississippi State Board of Health with an update on the funding provided by the Legislature this week.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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“The requirement of probable cause before being stopped and searched is enshrined in the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” State Senator Jeremy England said.
Governor Tate Reeves (R) has allowed a bill that prohibits Department of Marine Resources enforcement officers from performing vessel stops or boarding a vessel without probable cause to become law without his signature.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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Brad White, the MDOT executive director, spoke Monday at the Stennis Capitol Press Forum, highlighting transportation funding and previewing expansion projects.
The executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation said Monday afternoon that he is pleased with the nearly $2 billion in funding the department received for the coming fiscal year.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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We miss Paul Harvey letting us know “the rest of the story.”
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is touting a bill she co-sponsored to eliminate tariffs and countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer imports. “Mississippi farmers depend on affordable fertilizer to stay competitive,” she said. “With input costs continuing to strain farmers’ bottom line, Congress must act.”
Well and good, but the rest of the story tells us Sen. Hyde-Smith could have acted sooner.
By Bill Crawford on
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Below is a political opinion column by Trey Dellinger:
The availability of mail-order abortion pills undermines the laws of pro-life states and endangers the mother’s health.
By Trey Dellinger - Magnolia Tribune on
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