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Over the past few years, Mississippi lawmakers have passed some critical conservative reforms. Last year, Mississippi became the first state in America to legislate to eliminate the income tax in 40 years. In 2022, we implemented flat tax reform. A few years before that, we passed important labor market reforms. In 2024, we reformed school funding to get more money into the classroom.
It is thanks to these flagship conservative reforms that Mississippi has enjoyed more economic growth in the past five years than over the previous fifteen combined.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
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Over the past few years, Mississippi lawmakers have passed some critical conservative reforms. Last year, Mississippi became the first state in America to legislate to eliminate the income tax in 40 years. In 2022, we implemented flat tax reform. A few years before that, we passed important labor market reforms. In 2024, we reformed school funding to get more money into the classroom.
It is thanks to these flagship conservative reforms that Mississippi has enjoyed more economic growth in the past five years than over the previous fifteen combined.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
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Attorney General Lynn Fitch recently announced the sentencing of Corey Outland, 43, of Ridgeland, Mississippi, on one count of felony desertion for failing to pay over $31,500 in past-due child support.
This case was investigated and prosecuted by the Mississippi Attorney General's Office, with assistance from the Madison County Sheriff's Department.
By The Tate Record on
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William Michael “Mike” Foster, 81, of Talla Bena, Louisiana, was born September 8, 1944, in Tallulah, Louisiana, to Horace Milton and Lola Beatrice (Arnold) Foster. He died at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 29, 2026.
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William Michael “Mike” Foster, 81, of Talla Bena, Louisiana, was born September 8, 1944, in Tallulah, Louisiana, to Horace Milton and Lola Beatrice (Arnold) Foster. He died at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 29, 2026.
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Spin the truth, spin the youth,
confound the status quo
so they worry, fear and
Not understand
Do you trust your propaganda?
Those who owned the news
knew they could abuse
manipulate disenfranchised discord weaponized with indignant terrified urgency
Do you trust your propaganda?
The personally wounded, entitled,
idealistic, masters of displaced liability
and lacking self accountability
Do you trust your propaganda?
It is us against them, them against us
By Suzannah McGowan on
1 month 3 weeks ago
A bill passed by the Senate Judiciary B Committee this week would criminalize illegal immigration under state law, making those who enter Mississippi “directly from a foreign nation at any location other than a lawful port of entry” guilty of a felony punishable by not less than two years in prison. If an illegal immigrant is arrested for a crime of violence or a sex offense, that person could be sentenced up five additional years.
By Special to the Tate Record on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Dear Editor:
With all due respect to the one or more state leaders who believe antifa (anTEEfuh) and basement dwelling keyboard warriors are the problem in Minneapolis, they are not. It is clearly the Gestapo like tactics of ICE.
Those leaders are glad we don't have that going on in Mississippi. I am, too, but I know why. They do, too. It is not because we don't have quite a few undocumented residents and a large city with a Democratic mayor. The difference is we have a Trumpublican leadership. Minnesota does not.
By Glynn Kegley on
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Steve Jent, the exec director of Century Club Charities, announced recently that the Wayne-Sanderson Farms PGA golf tournament will no longer be held this year. So, after having a PGA professional golf tournament in Mississippi for 58 years we will have no sponsor, and therefore no tournament. Last year Century Club Charities, which organizes the tournament, gave $1 million to Blair Batson Children's Hospital, and $700m to several other charities.
By Peter Gilderson on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Mississippi U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R) is raising the red flag, expressing his opposition to a proposed Homeland Security plan to purchase a warehouse in Byhalia to convert into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.
Since documents leaked online of the proposed facility, area residents have held protests outside of the warehouse, which is located on private property, urging local and state officials to oppose the federal government’s use of the facility.
By Special to the Tate Record on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Louisiana’s U.S. Senator John Kennedy has written a national best-seller, “How to Test Negative for Stupid And Why Washington Never Will.” The preposterous conceit that drives the book is that everybody, or almost everybody, in the nation’s capital is stupid, with the exception of Senator Kennedy.
By Luther Munford on
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Kristi Noem this week about his concerns for an ICE Detention Center in Mississippi.
By The Tate Record on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Mississippi residents who suffered storm damage during the winter weather event of January 23–27 are being urged to document their damage.
Residents can self-report damage through the self-report tool at MSEMA.org, which helps the state document the extent of damage and the number of people impacted by the storm.
Tragically, additional deaths have been reported, bringing the statewide total to 28, including three who died in a fire in Tate County.
By The Tate Record on
1 month 3 weeks ago
Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) joined fellow lawmakers for a White House signing ceremony for the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations package in the Oval Office this week.
President Donald Trump (R) turned to the Mississippi senator and said, “Cindy Hyde, come on. Say something.”
By Special to the Tate Record on
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Louisiana National Guard medics complete a final skills certification event concluding 68W sustainment training at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, La., Jan. 31, 2026. The certification validates proficiency in critical medical tasks required for operational readiness. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet)
Approximately 70 combat medic specialists, also known as 68Ws (military occupational specialty) from the Louisiana National Guard completed&
By Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet on
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The House’s education bill that includes wide expansion of school choice policies is dead, its fate decided after 84 seconds of deliberation by a Senate panel.
The Senate Education Committee met on Tuesday solely to discuss the House’s omnibus education package that included a school choice program that would’ve allowed public dollars to go toward private school tuition and homeschooling.
By Special to the Tate Record on
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Three southern states slammed by a winter storm in late January will receive expedited federal funding to help with recovery efforts.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has approved just over $11 million to support Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana. The money can reimburse the states for measures already taken and sustain response operations, a news release said.
FEMA approved $3.75 million for Mississippi and another $3.75 million for Tennessee. Louisiana was approved for $3.79 million.
By Merrilee Gasser | The Center Square contributor on
1 month 3 weeks ago
The House is considering giving all Mississippi public school teachers a $5,000 annual pay raise starting next school year, a move that’s been long-called for by the state’s educators.
The bill would raise the state’s minimum annual teacher salary from $41,500 to $46,500, and would give special-education teachers an extra $3,000 a year.
The House teacher pay proposal tops one passed earlier by the Senate, which would provide a $2,000 a year increase.
By Special to the Tate Record on
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Average gasoline prices in Mississippi have fallen 0.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.38/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 2,014 stations in Mississippi. Prices in Mississippi are 1.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 25.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 4.2 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.585 per gallon.
By Special to The Star on
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Average gasoline prices in Mississippi have fallen 0.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.38/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 2,014 stations in Mississippi. Prices in Mississippi are 1.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 25.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 4.2 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.585 per gallon.
By Special to The Star on
