Dr. Ben Carson to Make Mississippi Appearance in February
TUPELO, Miss.–Potential presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson has been booked for a stop in the Magnolia State. He will speak Feb. 17 at the Parkgate...
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Forcing You to Buy Health Insurance: Cochran, Wicker Co-Sponsor Bill to Repeal Part of ObamaCare
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WASHINGTON, D.C.–The part of ObamaCare that forces you to buy health insurance under threat of a potentially hefty tax penalty is what Mississippi’s DC senators...
Eliminating the $5 Inspection Sticker One Step Closer In Miss. Senate
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JACKSON, Miss.–Blow your horn, check the blinkers, hit your brakes. That’t the procedure for most inspections. But getting that sticker may not be necessary after...
House Pass Education Bills: Giving School Boards Wiggle Room and Changing Language for New Testing
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JACKSON, Miss. – Two Education Bills passed in the Mississippi House Thursday....
Gaming Commissioner Gorman’s Death Being Investigated By MBI, Shooting Was Accidental
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PHOTO: COurtesy Facebook ROBINSONVILLE, Miss.–It was a training exercise outside the office of the Miss. Gaming Commission office in Robinsoville Wednesday morning where Commissioner John...
A Long Career, A Long Life: Former Miss. Chief Justice Roy Noble Lee Dies
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FOREST, Miss.–Making it to nearly 100 years, former Miss. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Noble Lee lived a long and full life. He passed away...
Singing River: Trouble for the Hospital Now Includes FBI, State Scrutiny, Investigations
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PASCAGOULA, Miss.–Fooling with people’s retirement and not telling them about it has a lot of people mad in Jackson County. Singing River Health systems is...
Lawmakers Claim Insurance Clarity Bill is the First Step to Lowering Wind Insurance Premiums
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JACKSON, Miss. – A group of lawmakers, leaders, and property owners from the Mississippi coast are pushing for a bill that would require insurance companies...
State of the Union: Wicker: It Wasn’t a Speech I Was in Love With, Thompson: Theme Was the Middle Class
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WASHINGTON, D.C.–A State of the Union speech that thrilled some Democrats, but didn’t please too many Republicans had Mississippi’s Republican Congressional delegation calling it “same...
The Jail That Can Stand Up to a Major Hurricane: New Jackson County Jail Almost Done
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PASCAGOULA, Miss.–The new Jackson County jail is less than six months away from being done. When it is finally complete and inmates move into their...