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Geoffrey Pender

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Hunter-gatherer. Political reporter Mississippi Today. [email protected]

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Sweeping Mississippi tax overhaul passed ... by mistake. Gov. Reeves eager to sign typo tax swap into law #msle mississippitoday.org/2025/03/21/swe…

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The Senate had accidentally put in some decimal points that essentially eliminated the growth triggers that would have staved off full elimination of the income tax for years. mississippitoday.org/2025/03/22/inc…

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Democrats (and rural GOP for that matter) could have, in exchange for helping the GOP leadership get income tax elimination some have long coveted, demanded equity in how state divvies up money for roads and other infrastructure and economic development. mississippitoday.org/2025/03/27/gop…

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The Senate is about to put the 2025 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature out of its misery, sine die. Governor will force lawmakers back at some point to finish a state budget before fiscal year ends June 30 #msleg

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A win for press freedom: Judge dismisses Gov. Phil Bryant’s lawsuit against Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2025/04/04/a-w…

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Trump administration slashes education funding. Mississippi leaders and schools panic mississippitoday.org/2025/04/04/tru…

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House Speaker Jason White and his staff went on a trip to the Super Bowl that was paid for, at least in part, by DraftKings, one of the nation’s highest-grossing gaming companies that has invested heavily in lobbying for legal online betting. mississippitoday.org/2025/04/23/hou…

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House Speaker Jason White, staff treated to Super Bowl by gambling giant pushing for legalized betting mississippitoday.org/2025/04/23/hou… #MSLeg

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In total, the Sports Betting Alliance, a group representing DraftKings and other gaming organizations, has spent at least $454,000 since last year on lobbying and campaign donations in Mississippi

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Questions to ask Mississippi lawmakers about transparency, ethics, special-interest money #MSLeg mississippitoday.org/2025/04/29/que…

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Podcast: Famed political consultant James Carville, the "Ragin' Cajun," handicaps national, Mississippi politics in the Trump era mississippitoday.org/2025/05/26/pod…

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House passes bill that threatens Mississippi's Medicaid funding, then skedaddles, leaves Senate holding bag mississippitoday.org/2025/05/29/hou… #MSLeg

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Podcast: Author, former GOP strategist Stuart Stevens says Republican Party has 'declared war on the future' mississippitoday.org/2025/06/16/pod…

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Could currently illegal psychedelic drug help opioid addiction and other problems? Should Mississippi invest in testing it? mississippitoday.org/2025/10/06/psy… #MSLeg