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Hosemann predicts strong voter turnout
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,11/01/18-1:35AM , 219 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi’s top elections official is predicting strong voter turnout as people statewide choose two U.S. senators.

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said Wednesday that nearly twice as many people have requested absentee ballots this year than during the last federal midterm election in November 2014.
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Appointed U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., listens to cattle farmer Charlie Hull, left, as he tells a story during a Sept. 6 campaign

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McDaniel seeks foothold in race vs. Hyde-Smith
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,09/27/18-1:19AM , 235 Reads
Tea party favorite Chris McDaniel nearly dethroned a Mississippi political icon four years ago, never conceding his Republican primary loss to longtime U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in the state’s most bitterly fought election in a generation.

McDaniel is now running again for the same U.S. Senate seat — but with less momentum.
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UM could distance itself from donor over Facebook post
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,09/21/18-1:31AM , 185 Reads
JACKSON — The namesake of the University of Mississippi’s journalism school apologized Thursday for his Facebook post that had photos of two black women in short dresses and suggested that the women exemplify problems that cause real estate values to fall.
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State sets 1-day hearing to start budget process
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Wed,09/12/18-12:48AM , 176 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers will hold a single day of public hearings next week to start the monthslong process of writing a state budget.
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