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Douglas Carswell
Douglas Carswell is the President & CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy.
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Douglas Carswell
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March 9, 2023
What the MAEP are our lawmakers up to?
The Mississippi Senate's short-term virtue signaling is not the long-term thinking the state needs to raise education standards.
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Douglas Carswell
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March 1, 2023
Would Medicaid expansion improve healthcare in Mississippi?
Advocates for expansion have yet to show that increasing the number of Medicaid claimants by a third would itself mean improved access to health care.
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Douglas Carswell
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February 23, 2023
Fixing Jackson?
The state stepping in to do what city officials cannot or will not do might even make the municipal accountability problem worse. Mississippi’s legislature has focused a lot on Jackson this session. A bill that could have helped create more Charter Schools died in committee. Another seeking to give voters the power to recall elected…
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Douglas Carswell
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February 14, 2023
Will Mississippi join the education revolution?
It seems that there are more moms and dads that want change. An education revolution is underway across America. Last week, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the newly elected governor of Arkansas, announced a plan to introduce universal school choice. By 2025, every family in Arkansas will be given an Education Freedom Account for each child. This…
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Douglas Carswell
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January 23, 2023
Will Congress raise the debt ceiling (again)?
By borrowing, rather than raising taxes, those in Washington D.C. have been able to find money for their various boondoggles. The United States was founded on the principle that there should be ‘no taxation without representation’ – and adherence to that principle helped keep government small for much of America’s history. Throughout the nineteenth and…
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Douglas Carswell
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January 14, 2023
Why tax cuts are far better than a rebate
A cut in taxes is recurring. With a tax rebate you get a one-off grant – given in an election year. What’s the difference between a tax cut and a tax rebate? This question may feature prominently during the current legislative session in Jackson. A tax cut means lowering the amount of tax taken from…
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Douglas Carswell
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January 3, 2023
A Responsible Budget for Mississippi
Any increase in government spending should not exceed the rate of population growth plus inflation. Mississippi recently made some significant tax cuts. Thanks to the 2022 Mississippi Tax Freedom Act, over a million Mississippi workers will be better off as the state income tax rate is reduced from around 7 percent to a flat 4…
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Jeremy Pittari
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March 28, 2025
Governor vetoes bill he says seeks to expand Medicaid in Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 28, 2025
In wake of Signal-gate, Senator Wicker says he and Secretary Hegseth “are working in lockstep”
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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March 28, 2025
US inflation remained elevated last month as consumer spending recovered
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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March 27, 2025
Vicksburg Shipyard announces new vessel repair and maintenance operations in Warren County
Business
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Frank Corder
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March 26, 2025
Bollinger Shipyards secures $951 million U.S. Coast Guard contract modification
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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March 26, 2025
Mississippi ranks high in franchise growth
Culture
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Magnolia Tribune
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March 28, 2025
Ole Miss men, women set for Sweet 16 tonight
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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March 28, 2025
Queen’s Reward: “Mead” in Mississippi
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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March 28, 2025
Two deliverances
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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March 27, 2025
In wise move, Speaker White sends proposed prescription drug law to conference
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Sid Salter
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March 26, 2025
Decimals aside, the proposed tax compromise hits historically significant tax structures
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Mark Keenum
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March 25, 2025
Autonomy and AI to drive agricultural innovation and production
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