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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.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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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.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 2 weeks ago
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.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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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.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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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.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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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 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.
By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune on
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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.
By Nathan Sanders - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 2 weeks ago
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.
By Nathan Sanders - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 2 weeks ago
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.”
By Starla Brown and Thomas Kimbrell - Magnolia Tribune on
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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.”
By Starla Brown and Thomas Kimbrell - Magnolia Tribune on
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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.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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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.
By Daniel Tyson - Magnolia Tribune on
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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.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 2 weeks ago
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.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
1 month 2 weeks ago
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.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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Mon, Feb 9 2026, 4 - 5pm
All meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month in the Madison Parish Police Jury Meeting Room in the Courthouse Building at 100 N Cedar St, Tallulah, LA 71282 at 4:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted of changes.
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Lula Mae Servaty, 92, of Senatobia, Miss., passed away on January 31, 2026.
A private graveside service will be held at a later date at Charles Memorial Gardens in Leonardtown, Md.
Pate-Jones Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
By The Tate Record on
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Lula Mae Servaty, 92, of Senatobia, Miss., passed away on January 31, 2026.
A private graveside service will be held at a later date at Charles Memorial Gardens in Leonardtown, Md.
Pate-Jones Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.
By The Tate Record on
