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Reeves signs bill creating Mississippi broadband office, appoints Brookhaven’s Sally Doty to run it

Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed into law the “Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi Act” and appointed ... Read more

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Spending billions, cutting taxes, fear and loathing: The 2022 legislative session wasn’t pretty, but it was historic

During the three-month 2022 legislative session, House Speaker Philip Gunn kept a copy of a January Mississippi Today article that ... Read more

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Governor, other Mississippi officials set to receive large pay raises

Legislature approved large raises for statewide and other elected officials starting in 2024   The Legislature as it ... Read more

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Deputies seize guns, drugs, cash and bomb making literature during arrest of suspected Mississippi drug dealer

When deputies executed a search warrant at a Moselle house Thursday, March 3, they found guns, drugs, cash ... Read more

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Couple sues north Mississippi hospital for alleged balance billing

A Tupelo couple is suing a north Mississippi hospital and its affiliates over an alleged balance-billing scheme that ... Read more

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Republicans make few changes to legislative maps during redistricting

The number of Mississippi’s majority Black legislative districts will remain the same under the redistricting plan unveiled and ... Read more

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Mississippi lawmakers pass the largest tax cut in state history

The Mississippi Legislature in a bipartisan vote with very little debate on Sunday passed the largest tax cut ... Read more

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Ethics Commission will not rule — for now — on controversial House Republican Caucus meetings

After a state senator asked for an Ethics Commission opinion about the controversial House Republican Caucus meetings, commission ... Read more

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Legislators could force local officials to raise property taxes as they slash state taxes by record amount

The Mississippi Legislature may end the 2022 session taking credit for a historic tax cut while leaving local ... Read more

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Ethics Commission to decide if House GOP Caucus meetings are illegal

A state senator has formally asked the Mississippi Ethics Commission to decide whether House Republican Caucus meetings — ... Read more