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By: Taylor Vance, Geoff Pender
In a capital city infamous for its crumbling roads and lack of money to fix them, a powerful lawmaker helped steer $400,000 in state taxpayer funds
By: Geoff Pender, Taylor Vance, Adam Ganucheau
Mississippi Today's Adam Ganucheau sits down with politics editor Geoff Pender and reporter Taylor Vance to discuss their new investigation of state-funded projects that benefited Rep. Trey Lamar’s neighborhoods. They detail how the story came about and share their key takeaways from the investigation.
By: Geoff Pender
House Ways and Means Chairman Trey Lamar has helped steer more than $7 million in state money to improve the affluent country club neighborhood and private golf course area where he lives in north Mississippi.
A state-funded project to upgrade an already well-paved north Jackson cul-de-sac that runs by a Mississippi lawmaker’s house will go forward, a group of officials who oversee the project said on Thursday.
By: Taylor Vance, Geoff Pender, Adam Ganucheau
Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Geoff Pender, and Taylor Vance discuss three major political news events: the funding of Rep. Trey Lamar’s Jackson street replacement, a poll from Speaker Jason White on tax elimination, and a contentious Mississippi Supreme Court race that could come down to the wire.
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Credit: Special to Mississippi Today
By: Taylor Vance
The Mississippi Economic Council, Mississippi Manufacturers Association and BIPEC have announced plans to consolidate into one new entity.
By: Taylor Vance
Insurance Commissioner Chaney says Gov. Tate Reeves has ghosted him on discussing the issue.
By: Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender, Taylor Vance
Secretary of State Michael Watson talks with Mississippi Today's Geoff Pender, Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance ahead of Tuesday's election. He urges voters to remember sacrifices many have made to protect Americans' voting rights and get to the polls, and he weighs in on whether a recent court ruling on absentee vote counting will impact this year's elections.
Mississippi Senate and House leaders are weighing tax cuts, including cutting the tax on groceries and phasing out the income tax.
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