Ashby Foote, Author at Magnolia Tribune

Ashby Foote

Ashby Foote is a member of the Bigger Pie Forum. He is also a Jackson City Councilman.

Opinion | Ashby Foote •

January 2, 2025

DOGE and the ghost of Ike

'The Department of Government Efficiency' has more opportunities than just reducing debt, headcount and spending. A big upside opportunity is taking on unchecked regulations.

Opinion | Ashby Foote •

September 24, 2024

Book Review: “The Coming Wave” by Mustafa Suleman

Ashby Foote calls the book a useful primer that makes the bull case for AI and provides good historical context.

Opinion | Ashby Foote •

March 26, 2024

PERS Board hearing: What we learned

Ashby Foote says infusing the PERS conversation with new voices and ideas can only help, not harm, the system’s long-term outlook.

Opinion | Ashby Foote •

January 8, 2024

A Tale of Two Years and Two Worlds

Low cost, reliable electricity is something people in the developed world take for granted, writes Ashby Foote with Bigger Pie Forum. We can’t take it for granted anymore.

News

News | Daniel Tyson •

May 30, 2025

Hosemann, White recap special session, address tension between chambers

News | Jeremy Pittari •

May 30, 2025

Legislature adds $16 million to education funding formula, other areas of the K-12 budget

News | Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press •

May 30, 2025

Supreme Court lets Trump strip legal protections from 500,000 people, exposing more to deportation

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

May 19, 2025

Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County

Business | Lynne Jeter •

May 19, 2025

Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class

Business | Frank Corder •

May 15, 2025

HH2 relocating Kentucky distribution center to Blue Mountain, Mississippi

Culture

Culture | Susan Marquez •

May 30, 2025

What’s Happening, Mississippi? Things to do in the Magnolia State in June 2025

Culture | C.H. Spurgeon •

May 30, 2025

How to obtain blessings

Culture | Magnolia Tribune •

May 29, 2025

Win percentage rule change could land Leach in College Football Hall of Fame

Opinion

Opinion | Sid Salter •

May 28, 2025

Like good moonshine, Bragg’s trilogy of Southern white poverty memoirs ages smoothly

Opinion | Chip Pickering •

May 21, 2025

AI’s full business potential will be stifled by state regulations: Why a federal AI strategy is needed

Opinion | Jeff Hale •

May 21, 2025

Where energy innovation meets emergency readiness