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The governor would be tasked with appointing both the CIO and the executive director of the new agency.
The Senate Government Structure Committee advanced two bills last week aimed at increasing the state’s cybersecurity against hackers.
The committee passed amended versions of SB 2625 and SB 2636, after unanimously voting to add reverse repealers to the measures to allow further work on the bills.
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The move is part of the company’s $1 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing operations. The Rankin County site will create roughly 300 new jobs.
The Mississippi Development Authority announced Tuesday that Siemens Energy is investing up to $300 million and creating up to 300 new advanced manufacturing jobs through an expansion in Rankin County.
The move is part of the company’s $1 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing operations.
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An adopted amendment to the bill added the ability for the public to remove members through a recall vote.
A bill that would require all school boards members to be elected in the state of Mississippi passed out of the House Education committee on Thursday. It was also amended to include a recall process for board members if the electorate decides the process is needed.
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Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
Life is hard here. And yet the Christian leaders are largely ebullient and eager to see what God might do through their ministries in the challenge that is Lagos.
Getting off the plane a week ago in Lagos, Nigeria, I was benevolently assaulted with… Africa.
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Below is an opinion column by Nathan Sanders:
Employers considering long-term investments care deeply about whether a state can produce capable workers year after year. Education policies that improve attainment help answer that question.
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Below is a political opinion column by Starla Brown and Thomas Kimbrell:
The implication is clear: exempting facilities and services from CON restrictions will expand access to them.
On January 28, a federal district court struck down Mississippi’s long-standing moratorium on the establishment of certain new health care facilities, calling the forty-year application of the moratorium “irrational.”
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Lt. Governor Hosemann told reporters the bills were the result of legislators “wanting to get a head of the game.”
The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed a measure to transfer $20 million into the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency’s disaster assistance fund after an ice storm swept through parts of Mississippi.
The funds would come out of the state’s Capital Expense fund.
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One measure would extend the validity of medical cannabis cards while another would create the “Right to Try Medical Cannabis Act.”
Two bills related to Mississippi’s medical cannabis program passed in the House of Representatives this week.
One bill extends the timeframe for a patient’s follow-up visit to keep their medical cannabis card valid, while a second bill creates a system where patients suffering from debilitating or terminal conditions not already on the state’s list of approved conditions can petition to try medical cannabis.
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JACKSON — In-person and mail-in absentee ballots are now available in circuit clerk’s offices for the 2026 primary election for U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to be held on March 10.
Mississippians may utilize the Secretary of State’s Y’all Vote website, which includes an Absentee Voting FAQ, or contact their circuit clerk to verify eligibility.
If eligible, ballots will be provided upon request by circuit clerks. Those who cast an absentee ballot may track their ballot through the My Election Day portal.
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DUCK HILL — James Michael Lancaster, age 62, owner of Lancaster Roofing, passed away Saturday, January 31, in Memphis.
Funeral services were 12 p.m. Friday, February 6, at Duck Hill Baptist Church followed by interment at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Newsom Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his daughter, Maegan D. Wall of Oxford; son, Dylan Lancaster of Batesville; two sisters, 11 grandchildren. and 5 great-grandchildren.
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OAKLAND — Mary Lottie Bynum, age 71, passed away Saturday, January 24.
Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Saturday, February 7, at Union Grove Church near Charleston.
Skeeter Robinson Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
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CHARLESTON — Willie “Rooster” Rounds, age 60, passed away Tuesday, Febuary 3.
A celebration of life was held 3 p.m. Saturday, February 7, at Congregational Church of God in Christ near Grenada.
Clark-Williams Funeral Home had charge of arrangement.
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BRAZIL — Elizabeth Fairlee, age 73, passed away Tuesday, January 27, at her home in Springfield, Ill.
Funeral services were held in Springfield.
Interment will be held 11 a.m.Saturday, February 14, at Frierson Chapel Cemetery in the Brazil community.
Tutwiler Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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CHARLESTON — Orlando Lyons, age 37, of the Sharkey Road community, passed away on Wednesday, January 21.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m., Saturday, February 7, 2026, at J. Brown Community Funeral Services in Charleston.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rodney Henderson, age 31, of Memphis, postal worker, passed away Wednesday, January 21, in a house fire in Memphis.
A memorial service was held 10 a.m. Saturday, February 7, at Greater New Liberty Church in Memphis.
J. Brown Community Funeral Services of Charleston had charge of arrangements.
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HOLCOMB — Sidney Alton Crouch, age 90, passed away Tuesday, February 3, at his home.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Saturday, February 7, at Turkey Foot Fork Church of God of Prophecy with interment following at Bethel Cemetery near Holcomb. Womble Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
He was preceded in death by a son, Paul Guy Courch.
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Entergy crews replace a utility pole after the recent winter storm. (Photo by Entergy)
JACKSON – Entergy Mississippi has successfully completed restoring power to all customers in its service area whose homes and businesses could safely take electricity following winter storms, it was announced today.
More than 87,000 Entergy customers were left without power after sleet, freezing rain and ice moved through the state.
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JACKSON ― The Mississippi Association of School Superintendents today announced the launch of Shape Tomorrow, a statewide initiative designed to reframe how Mississippians see teaching — one of society’s most powerful professions in terms of shaping the future.
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Pictured is an adult male purple martin. (Photo courtesy of Purple Martin Conservation Association)
In a sure sign that spring is not far behind, the first purple martins of the year have been spotted in Mississippi.
The birds were seen on Jan. 31 in Gautier, Mississippi, by a purple martin enthusiast – one of many throughout the eastern and central United States who track and report on the birds’ annual migration on behalf of the Purple Martin Conservation Association (PMCA). The migration of these unique birds can be reported and tracked through a community science project called the Scout-Arrival Study.
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How can so much beauty bring so much devastation?
It was 3:22 on Saturday morning, Jan. 24, when our power went out. I know, because I had crawled out of bed to visit “the facility,” when all of a sudden I found myself in the dark.
We knew the ice storm was coming and had tried to prepare for it. We experienced it before in 1994, when Clay and I, with our two small children and his parents, huddled in our den on mattresses in front of our only heat source — the beloved wood fireplace.
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