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Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
Policy should not be made in response to very small groups of very loud people when it comes at the expense of everyone else that happens to be too busy living to understand how they are getting screwed.
“This is not PBM reform. It’s a tax increase on every Mississippian.” That’s how one of Mississippi’s largest employers summed up the Senate’s changes to HB 1665 in a conversation with Magnolia Tribune on Wednesday.
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Caregiver background checks will now be required every two years instead of annually.
Both chambers in the Mississippi Legislature have agreed to minor changes to the state’s medical cannabis program this session.
The House concurred with the Senate’s changes to HB 895 this week.
Under the amended provisions, the time of validity of a patient’s medical cannabis card will remain at 12 months, but the time a caregiver needs to undergo a follow-up background check was extended slightly.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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It is the second time this session that a mobile sports betting bill from the House has died in the Senate.
The “Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act,” which passed 100 to 11 in the House of Representatives, has died in the Senate Gaming Committee at the hands of chairman State Senator David Blount (D).
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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The Mississippi Department of Education developed the updated plan after gathering input through a survey and focus group interviews with approximately 100 Mississippians last fall.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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From lowering the years of service to setting aside funds for a COLA for the new Tier 5, the Mississippi Senate continues the push for its preferred PERS changes.
The Mississippi Senate passed a strike-all amendment earlier this week to a House bill in an effort to revive its reforms to the Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS.
The Senate amendment places language from its six bills that have died this session into a House bill as the chamber again seeks to address changes in PERS.
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The company said the new Mississippi plant is being designed to enhance its service capabilities across the Mid-South region.
International Paper announced Friday that after a comprehensive review of its manufacturing footprint, the company’s Board of Directors approved a $225 million greenfield project in central Mississippi.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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CHARLESTON — Shawanda Brooks age 47, passed away Tuesday, February 24, just four days before her birthday.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Morgan Freeman Auditorium of Charleston High School.
J Brown Commuity Funeral Services has charge of arrangements.
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By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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An ordinance on the books in Charleston since 1979 prohibits bicycles from being ridden on any city sidewalk “along or adjoining Main Street between Pleasant Street and Clay Street.”
The ordinance basically encompasses the business district of the Court Square area and West Main streets. In present-day language, that would be the area from the southeast corner of White's Chevron station and the northeast corner of Charleston First Baptist Church, to the car wash just past SuperValu and across from NAPA.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly, left, presents retiring Chief Deputy Benji McKinney with a plaque during a Feb. 27 celebration in his honor in the courtroom of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston. (Photo by Sheila McKinney)
After 32 years of service as a law enforcement officer in Tallahatchie County, Benjamin “Benji” McKinney recently hung up his sidearm and unpinned his badge for the last time.
Benji’s retirement at the age of 54 was official Jan. 28, but a planned reception in his honor had to be postponed due to Winter Storm Fern and its icy onslaught.
In remarks at the eventual Feb. 27 retirement reception, Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly noted the monthlong delay with a bit of humor.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Were you raised to be independent?
Taught to think for yourself? Taught to take care of your own problems and solve them?
I sure was.
But there have been times when I have faced the overwhelming feeling of utter helplessness. Notice I said, “feeling.” Being a feeling, the helplessness was no less real to me at the time.
If you stop and think about it, what can you really control? What can you do in many instances that rear up to threaten you and yours?
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TUTWILER — Two men have been charged in the case of a shooting death that occurred here early Sunday at approximately 1:20 a.m.
Tutwiler Police Chief Carlos Thompson said Wednesday that David Michael Holman, 33, of 394 West St., Tutwiler, is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Holman is being held at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility on a $1 million bond for the shooting death and a $50,000 bond for the possession charge, he added.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
1 week 5 days ago
The Charleston Magnolia Garden Club is very busy with a tree planting, plants at the nursing home and supporting visits to our nearby garden clubs and Charleston Elementary school.
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Mississippi sits along one of North America’s most critical flyways, making spring migration a spectacular phenomenon that transforms our skies and landscapes each year. As winter loosens its grip, millions of birds funnel through the state on their journey from Central and South American wintering grounds to breeding territories across the continent.
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A vehicle reported stolen in Carroll County early this week was later recovered in Tallahatchie County.
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We are excited to announce that Oakland has received another grant. We were waiting Monday morning to hear about yet another one. (Fingers crossed!) Communities Unlimited (CU) has awarded us a grant to bring together our faith-based communities to potentially create a huge core of people to further strengthen our community. We are so grateful to CU and its funder, Trust for Civic Life, for believing in Oakland and our vision.
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Measles hit Spartanburg, South Carolina, hard. Reuters reported last month nearly 1,000 individuals got infected in Spartanburg County since October. The outbreak hit in places like the Global Academy of South Carolina where 21% of students had not been vaccinated, then spread to the unvaccinated at places like Costco, Publix, Goodwill, Burger King, the library, a museum, and the post office, reported the New York Times.
“This is not normal,” state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell said. “This is unprecedented.”
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Truth can be strange, and those who think to the contrary should try reading Julian Sancton’s new book, “Neptune’s Fortune, The Billion Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire.”
At the center of the book is Roger Dooley, a Cuban American who explored the island’s waters for Castro, scoured the Spanish archives for decades, and at age 71 found off the coast of Colombia the wreck of a famous 18th century ship loaded with gold, which neither he nor anyone else has gotten to touch.
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JXN Water and Entergy Mississippi have something in common. They are both regulated monopolies that have failed to provide affordable water and electricity to justify their monopoly status. They are “natural monopolies” based on the premise that competition involves costly duplication of plants and pipes and transmission lines and thus higher costs. Hence, regulated monopolies to provide cheaper water and electricity.
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