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EDITORIAL: Think long-term on stimulus money

By The Press Register, 513 Reads
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 10:15 AM

EDITOR'S NOTE: Lt. Governor Delbert Hoseman met with local city and county officials in Cleveland Wednesday to discuss the spending of state and federal stimulus by cities and counties.

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EDITORIAL: Board Business

By The Press Register, 2,167 Reads
Sat, 05/01/2021 - 05:00 AM

Getting people to serve on a local board is not easy. Most folk with above average intelligence and initiative are already busy running a successful business, holding down a professional job and making a difference in our world.
Getting them to budget time to serve on a board can be both a headache and sacrifice.

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More than $4 billion in PPP loans have now made its way to Mississippi after Congress approved another round of federal support this year. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

PPP list: Who received federal loans in Mississippi?

By Alex Rozier - Mississippi Today, 2,690 Reads
Fri, 04/30/2021 - 12:15 PM

More than $4 billion in loans have now made its way to Mississippi after Congress approved another round of federal support for businesses earlier this year.

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PERS actuary recommends lowering expected rate of investment return

By Steve Wilson, 717 Reads
Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:13 AM

A report by the state’s defined benefit pension fund’s actuary recommends that the expected rate of return on investments be decreased.

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CMSD trustees hear details of school business manager suspension

By Josh Troy, 3,186 Reads
Fri, 04/30/2021 - 03:00 AM

Clarksdale Municipal School District business manager Kamilah Woods-Parris appealed a three-day suspension without pay for insubordination and not fulfilling her duties in a timely manner in January and it remains to be seen if the suspension will stand.

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Coahoma County plans massive immunization campaign

By Floyd Ingram, 1,478 Reads
Sun, 04/25/2021 - 08:30 AM

COVID-19 is still out there, it is still killing people and there are those who still have not gotten the shot that could save their life.

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Council resigns from Carnegie Public Library

By Floyd Ingram and Josh Troy The Press Register, 3,159 Reads
Mon, 04/26/2021 - 03:00 AM

After less than three months in his position, Floyd Council announced his resignation as executive director of the Carnegie Public Library of Clarksdale and Coahoma County Monday morning.

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Governor signs parole reform, utility broadband leasing bills into law

By Steve Wilson, 4,874 Reads
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 04:43 PM

A host of bills were signed into law Thursday by Gov. Tate Reeves, including one that will reform the state’s parole system and another that allows utilities to lease their infrastructure to broadband providers.

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The Delta Health Alliance will receive $1 million in the fiscal 2022 Medicaid appropriation bill, down from the more than $4.1 million it received in the previous two budget cycles.

Taxpayer-funded non-profit to receive smaller earmark from Medicaid approriation than last year

By Steve Wilson, 1,028 Reads
Tue, 04/20/2021 - 03:43 PM

A non-profit that receives most of its money from taxpayer funds will receive an earmark in the state’s Medicaid appropriation for the fifth year in a row.

The Delta Health Alliance is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit based in Stoneville and manages 52 education and healthcare programs in the impoverished Mississippi Delta.

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City to get tough on nuisance houses, abandoned property

By Floyd Ingram, 3,491 Reads
Mon, 04/19/2021 - 12:00 PM

The City of Clarksdale is cleaning up its act.
The Board of Mayor and Commissioners voted Monday to set hearings on the city’s plans to either make 18 property owners clean up their property or see the city demolish the homes and send the property owner a bill for the work.

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