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State Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Saturday June 15, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Louisiana A.G. Murrill: Victory for Women and Girls: Federal Judge Sides With Louisiana and Strikes Down Joe Biden's Assault on Title IX
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 14 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on June 13, 2024: A federal judge has sided with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the State of Louisiana, issuing a preliminary injunction against President Joe Biden's Department of Education's new Title IX rules. U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty issued the injunction today, siding with plaintiff states, agreeing that the rule is unlawful. The preliminary injunction applies to  more

Mississippi Metropolitan Areas Hold Lowest Unemployment Rate in the Nation
JACKSON, Mississippi, June 14 (TNSres) -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Governor Tate Reeves today announced that multiple metropolitan areas in Mississippi now held the lowest not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the entire nation. The data comes from a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Hattiesburg and Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Areas are tied for first in the nation with an April 2024 not seasonally a  more

Public Service Commission Approves Entergy Mississippi's Plan to Keep Bills Stable This Summer
JACKSON, Mississippi, June 14 -- Entergy issued the following news release: The Mississippi Public Service Commission has approved Entergy Mississippi's plan to decrease energy rates and help keep bills stable for customers. The plan, taking effect during the July billing cycle, comes as the anticipated summer heat wave will cause customers to increase their energy usage. The typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month will see a bill decrease of $2.07 beginning in July. Despite the  more