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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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April 20, 2023
Mississippi is part of a Southern success story
All the southern U.S. states, with the exception of Louisiana, are in the top half of the country in terms of economic outlook.
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Douglas Carswell
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April 3, 2023
Why is patriotism in decline?
A new WSJ poll shows that bad ideas are having bad consequences in America.
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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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September 18, 2026
Lawmakers say Ag Commissioner order on excused school absences is non-binding
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 18, 2026
House lawmakers exploring ways to cut Mississippi property taxes, car tag fees
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Cass Rutledge
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September 18, 2026
Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2026
Hitachi Energy brings largest U.S. investment to date to Mississippi
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
General Atomics announced second expansion this year, bringing 125 more jobs to Shannon
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
C Spire expanding fiber network with new high-capacity corridor between Jackson and Olive Branch
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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September 20, 2026
What football can teach us about discipleship
Culture
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Brett Martel, Associated Press
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September 18, 2026
Kiffin’s return to face the program he spurned looms over No. 7 LSU’s visit to No. 8 Ole Miss
Culture
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Susan Marquez
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September 18, 2026
Acclaimed graphic novelist John Jennings to lead weeklong residency at The MAX
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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September 16, 2026
Despite many statutory protections, there is no clear constitutional right to clean water
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Russ Latino
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September 15, 2026
Sydney Sweeney Novig Ad: Body positivity’s double standard
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Merle Flowers
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September 10, 2026
Mississippi does not have pharmacies to spare
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