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The legislation would transfer $500 million from the Capital Expense Fund to the PERS account as of July 1, and would direct subsequent $50 million transfers through 2036.
The Mississippi Senate Appropriations Committee took less than five minutes Tuesday afternoon to approve transferring hundreds of millions of dollars in state funds to shore up the Public Employees’ Retirement System, or PERS, by unanimous vote.
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The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a federal indictment in April 2023 charging the WWE star for his role in allegedly misappropriating millions of dollars in federal welfare funds.
Former professional wrestler Ted DiBiase, Jr. will stand trial in Mississippi for his alleged role in the state’s largest public welfare embezzlement scheme using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, funds totaling upwards of $77 million.
DiBiase’s is the first case to go to trial in the scheme, which was first reported nearly six years ago.
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Get up off that couch and head out to discover something new!
It’s a new year, and with that comes all the promise and hope of great things to come. If you’ve made resolutions, hopefully one of them is to explore what our state has to offer. Exciting things are happening in our own backyard, so to speak, but we can only benefit from them if we make an effort to participate. There is music to be heard across the state, the celebration of a King, and more.
So, get up off that couch and head out to discover something new!
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The proposed Senate education reforms are not as bold as their House counterparts.
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R) outlined his Mississippi Senate legislative priorities Monday at the Stennis Capitol Press Forum, with education bills top of mind.
Hosemann expects legislation to allow opportunities for students to transfer from underperforming public districts to higher rated public districts to be a priority for senators this session.
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The report states graduation rates and the number of third graders passing reading assessments are making gains.
Mississippi State Superintendent of Education Dr. Lance Evans released his annual report this week, outlining the state’s educational achievements during the 2024-25 school year.
The report states graduation rates and the number of third graders passing reading assessments are making gains.
Within the Magnolia State, 431,931 students were enrolled in public school classrooms staffed by 32,540 teachers.
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Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said Ingalls represents the ingenuity and commitment required to meet the Navy’s current and future needs as they help build out the “Golden Fleet.”
Ingalls Shipbuilding welcomed Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith on Wednesday to the HII Pascagoula facility.
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Event at the Baptist Attala lobby.
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Rural heatlhcare needs better lifeline
There is a hard truth that rural Mississippi has learned the long way: when you damage healthcare, you damage everything else.
You damage economic development.
You damage public safety.
And, in the end, you risk lives.
Hospitals are not merely buildings where illness is treated. In towns like Kosciusko, they are economic anchors, major employers, magnets for industry and, quite often, the thin line between life and death. When a hospital weakens, the whole community feels the tremor.
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By Austin Bishop
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
— Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (NKJV)
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Roos and Steele
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Speaker Jason White and House Republican education leaders dropped the Education Freedom Act on Wednesday, offering a path to universal school choice.
The kitchen sink. It’s arguably the only thing missing from the Mississippi House of Representatives long awaited school choice proposal. Among the proposals contained in the omnibus bill, HB2, are:
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Heath McBride killed a monster of a deer on December 30 in Holmes County. 12 point with 20 in inside spread.
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1. No Jackson water rate decision from Wingate
U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has not decided on whether to grant a water rate increase for JXN Water yet, telling both the utility and the city to continue to gather more information before he issues an order.
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Several months ago, I wrote an article regarding the status of waterfowl populations across the country. Not to digress, but in a nutshell, the numbers overall have been in a downward trend for many years. Again, I won’t go into the reasons, but I will reemphasize some points in this article. Since we are in the last few weeks of the 2025-2026 waterfowl season, I thought it would be interesting to poll hunters in various regions across the state to get their thoughts on how the season is going thus far.
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A recent Gallup poll found 85 percent of respondents disapprove of Congress’ work. Reports suggest about 90 percent of people think term limits will align Congresspersons’ incentives with the common good. They won’t.
In the 2024 general election, incumbents won reelection more than 90 percent of the time; it’s 100 percent in some election cycles. If elections were truly competitive, incumbents would not win at that rate. Freed from competition, legislators’ incentives to are not aligned with the public good.
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