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Hosemann wants to reorganize state government

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann wants his Senate to develop a plan to reorganize state government. Hosemann and Sen. ... Read more

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Dick Hall, former transportation commissioner, dies at age 84

Mississippi’s longest serving transportation commissioner Dick Hall died on Wednesday at the Baptist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson. He ... Read more

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Process for filling board vacancies is gray area or black hole for state government

  In 1996, former Gov. Kirk Fordice said the debate over whether to confirm the four white males ... Read more

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SID SALTER: As political debates go, Trump-Biden isn’t the wildest, most intense one I’ve witnessed

STARKVILLE — The raucous, at times, incomprehensible first 2020 presidential debate between incumbent Republican President Donald Trump and ... Read more

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SID SALTER: Economic impacts of COVID-19 will strain Mississippi’s bulging ‘rainy day fund’

STARKVILLE – A lot of Mississippians are lying awake at night these days, worried about their loved ones, ... Read more

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BOBBY HARRISON: Prison unrest ignites debate on funding state government as Bryant leaves office

When Republican Gov. Kirk Fordice appointed state Rep. Phil Bryant, a Rankin County Republican, to the open seat ... Read more