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Douglas Carswell
Douglas Carswell is the President & CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy.
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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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Magnolia Tribune
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November 26, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: November 26, 2025
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Jeremy Pittari
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November 25, 2025
Mississippi cracking down on non-English speaking commercial truckers
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Daniel Tyson
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November 25, 2025
Colom champions tax increase “for Mississippians to continue to have health insurance”
Business
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Frank Corder
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November 21, 2025
Ingalls completes sea trials for USS Ted Stevens
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Daniel Tyson
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November 20, 2025
Amazon investing $3 billion in Warren County data center campus
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Daniel Tyson
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November 18, 2025
Toyota investing $125 million in Blue Springs plant
Culture
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Meredith Biesinger
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November 27, 2025
A tale of two tables
Culture
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Alistair Begg
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November 27, 2025
Life under the sun
Culture
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Marilyn Tinnin
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November 26, 2025
Reflections on Thanksgiving, the one truly American holiday
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Sid Salter
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November 26, 2025
My wise grandmother taught me to be thankful for the power of the penny
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Kimberly Ross
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November 21, 2025
The political right needs to exorcize its Fuentes’ demons
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Sid Salter
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November 19, 2025
Term limits: Why small rural states like Mississippi lose when seniority is forced out
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