Entries by NEMiss.News

Kelly Announces FARM Corps: food security and jobs

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) has launched the FARM Corps program in partnership with Mississippi Farm Bureau, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Mississippi National Guard, Mississippi State University Extension Service, Mississippi Veterans Affairs and other agricultural and veterans organizations. The Farm and Ranch Mission (FARM) Corps will connect willing guardsmen who are […]

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Legislative leaders win; Reeves backs down

After weeks of asserting that he had the sole authority to spend $1.25-billion in federal coronavirus relief money, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves cried “uncle” today. Reeves had apparently hoped to follow precedents set by some former governors, who spent federal grant money without it being formally appropriated by the legislature. Last Friday, May 1, both […]

Residential beautification award to McClintons

  The home of Mark and Kaylyn McClinton at 309 Apple St. has received the residential “Beautification Award.” The Beautification Award is given by the New Albany Sustainability Advisory committee four times each year to homeowners who have made their homes attractive with improved landscaping. The Sustainability Committee receives an appropriation annually from the New […]

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Legislature vs Reeves: horsepower check in Jackson

The next skirmish in the battle between the Mississippi Legislature and Governor Tate Reeves is likely to occur tomorrow afternoon at the State Capitol. However, not many knowledgeable observers expect the conflict to end tomorrow. One top-ranked Mississippi Republican told NEMISS.NEWS last week, “This is just a little preview.” The immediate conflict between Reeves and […]

Sylvia the cat’s miracle: reunion and return home

We who have cats know that they think.  And that it is not their fault if we are not on their wave length. But no one can know what Sylvia the cat was thinking when she left the safety of her truck in the New Albany MS Pilot. Her person/driver, Melissa Rojas of Sturgis, Michigan, […]

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OPINION: Barbour’s intervention further diminishes Reeves

Former two-term Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has publicly intervened in the dispute between his protégé Tate Reeves and the leaders of the Mississippi Legislature. As described elsewhere today on NEMISS.NEWS and in other news sources, novice Governor Reeves is at loggerheads with Lieutenant-Governor Hosemann and House Speaker Gunn, all Republicans, regarding how $1.25-billion in CARES […]

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Has Mississippi politics become a tag team event?

Mississippi legislative leaders have accelerated their efforts to keep Republican Governor Tate Reeves from spending the $1.25-billion in federal coronavirus money as he sees fit. Just two days ago, Republican Lieutenant-Governor Delbert Hosemann and Republican House Speaker Phillip Gunn said the legislature would convene Monday, May 4, to decide how to spend the money allocated […]

Expired: Off the Record: Union County Call Log

The Union County Sheriff’s office has released the call log for April 13 through April 20. April 13 1:02 PM: Caller advised that someone is staying in a house close to her that is not supposed to be. CR 32.1:46 PM: Family dispute with three subjects. CR 47. 3:26 PM: 17 Year old grandson was […]

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Legislature likely to strip Reeves of CARES money spending authority

Mississippi legislative leaders intend to return to Jackson Monday, May 4, to seize $1.25-billion in federal money from the hands of Tate Reeves, the Republican governor. The legislators fled Jackson in mid-March because of the coronavirus and had not been scheduled to return to the capitol until May 18. However, Republican Lieutenant-Governor Delbert Hosemann and […]