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Business Alliance urges Senators to oppose PBM reform amendment

The Mississippi Business Alliance warns lawmakers that mandating high dispensing fees will contribute to already skyrocketing health care costs. The . . .

GE Aerospace investing another $18 million in Batesville site

The company’s announcement came Monday as part of a new $1 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing sites and supplier . . .

Jackson awarded Staff of the Month

Ellisville State School honored Jamie Jackson of Columbia as one of its January Staff of the Month. Jackson was one . . .

MSDH spreads awareness of colorectal cancer prevention

JACKSON, Miss. – More people die of colorectal cancer (CRC) in Mississippi than anywhere else in the country. Yet, with . . .

JXN Water, data centers and Overton window

What do JXN Water and the Amazon Data Centers have in common? Why are decisions by JXN Water’s Interim Manager . . .

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SHIELD Act aims to verify citizenship of Mississippi voters
By FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Tue,03/10/26-12:26PM , 385 Reads 7,566 Statewide
Democrats in both the Mississippi House and Senate have opposed the measure, calling it a bad bill that could create more trouble for voters than it solves.
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Wicker: President’s choice to strike Iran is profound, deliberate, and correct
By PRESS RELEASE - SENATOR ROGER WICKER
Tue,03/10/26-12:38PM , 368 Reads 5,894 Statewide
Below is a political opinion column by Roger Wicker:

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker says President Donald Trump used military force to protect the United States and make the world safer.
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Super Bowl gifts are super wrong
Wed,03/11/26-2:24PM , 365 Reads 9,552 Statewide
Mississippians who believe in good government should take no comfort that House Speaker Jason White’s freebie trip to the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans was financed by a utility monopoly rather than, as initially suspected, a sports gambling giant.
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Obituary: Gregory C. Reeves
By STAFF REPORTS
Thu,03/12/26-6:00PM , 363 Reads
Gregory C. Reeves
65, Tylertown
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"Purim"

The small Old Testament book of Esther, though written some twenty five hundred years ago, gives us an interesting point of view about what is happening today in the nation of Iran.

The book’s main characters are: Esther of course, her cousin Mordecai, and Haman, an officer in the court of King Ahasuerus.