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May 25, 2022
SALTER: Gas price nightmare exacerbated by stagnant gas taxes impact on future maintenance
By Sid Salter American taxpayers, who are also gasoline customers, are in an economic vise on questions of the cost of gasoline and the tax revenue gasoline purchases generate for future high construction and maintenance. The Associated Press reported in recent days that the average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 33 cents over the past…
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May 23, 2022
WATSON: Conservation Takes All of Us
SUBMITTED BY SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL WATSON Over the last few decades, Mississippi has weathered the impacts of numerous natural disasters which have strained our state’s infrastructure, public lands, waterways, wildlife, and farmland. Our fisheries and seafood industry took a $215 million hit due to repeated openings of the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway in 2019, according to the…
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May 20, 2022
WICKER: Brace for Biden’s Summer of Inflation – Cost of Living Soars as Possible Recession Looms
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “Many on the left are now admitting that Democrat spending stoked inflation. Yet President Biden remains in denial.” By now we have all experienced sticker shock, the sense of disbelief that prices have risen so incredibly high. This time last year, we were paying $2.70 for a gallon of gas…
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May 19, 2022
NORQUIST: New Flat Tax a Win for All Mississippians
Submitted by Grover Norquist Governor Reeves, Speaker Gunn promised taxpayers the Tax Freedom Act of 2022 just the first step towards complete income tax elimination in Mississippi. The Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2022 is a huge win for all Mississippians. Thanks to the leadership of Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn, this…
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May 18, 2022
SALTER: Mistrust, political division, and isolation threaten more than elections, economic policies
By: Sid Salter Pew Center Research reflects a widely shared belief in this nation that distrust of the federal government and distrust among fellow Americans is a fundamental obstacle to finding meaningful solutions to the problems that confront our country. The Pew findings showed that 75 percent believe that trust in the federal government is…
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May 16, 2022
LATINO: Honoring Fallen Officers
Submitted by Russ Latino “As a matter of public policy, lawmakers should be aware that every time they create a new law that the police must enforce, they raise the risk of conflict that puts officers in danger.” In 1962, President John F. Kennedy declared this week ‘National Police Week,’ in honor of those officers…
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May 13, 2022
WICKER: Taiwan Should Arm to Prevent Chinese Invasion
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker Taiwan is not equipped to repel a Chinese invasion, but America could change that by selling them high-tech weapons, Wicker writes. The war in Ukraine is a stark reminder that dictators take advantage of weakness. President Biden’s threat of economic sanctions clearly failed to prevent Vladimir Putin from invading. Instead, Putin…
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May 11, 2022
SALTER: Leaked high court decision puts Mississippi center stage in nation’s abortion debate
By: Sid Salter As predicted months ago, Mississippi is now the epicenter of America’s divisive, bitter abortion rights debate. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 1, 2021, in the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – Mississippi’s last remaining abortion provider. “Dobbs” is State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs, familiar to…
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May 6, 2022
MCRAE: Don’t Go Broke Because They Went Woke
By: Treasurer David McRae I have done a lot of traveling across Mississippi in the last few weeks, and I am always surprised when at nearly every stop someone asks: What are you going to do about ESG? ESG is the wonky of all wonky issues, but it intimately affects almost every Mississippian. Short for…
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May 6, 2022
WICKER: Supreme Court leak is attack on key institution, threatens independence of the Court
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “Instead of condemning this leak, Democrats in Washington have chosen to exploit it for political purposes,” Wicker writes. The U.S. Supreme Court came under unprecedented attack last week when a news outlet published an early draft of a majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a Mississippi abortion case…
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May 6, 2022
GRAYSON: A Strategy for Mississippi Economic Growth
Submitted by Charles Grayson with Bigger Pie Forum Cheap power attracts investors allowing Mississippi to compete for high skill, high paying jobs. Mississippi leaders should clear the way for large, private electrical generation investments to supply cheap, dependable merchant power to fast-growing southeastern states. Mississippi is ideally located with major natural gas pipelines for fuel…
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May 4, 2022
SALTER: Title 42 and immigration politics: What the issue means to Mississippi and the South
By: Sid Salter The latest skirmish in the nation’s highly partisan, often logically erratic fight over the broad topic of immigration is being fought over the Biden Administration’s plan to rescind an obscure public health law written 78 years ago to stop the spread of communicable diseases like tuberculosis. Title 42, part of the 1944…
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Daniel Tyson
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August 27, 2025
Lawmakers convene hearing to consider Capital City Revitalization
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Jeff Amy, Associated Press
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August 27, 2025
A Mississippi city’s tax break spurred post-Katrina building. But will homes stand the next storm?
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Magnolia Tribune
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August 27, 2025
Stevenson appointed Circuit Judge in new Hinds Co. seat
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Lynne Jeter
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August 20, 2025
Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center project marks major milestone
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Lynne Jeter
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August 12, 2025
CoBuilders 2025 Launch Day: Mississippi’s innovation ecosystem takes center stage
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Daniel Tyson
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August 11, 2025
What is Mississippi’s pitch to corporations looking to invest in the Magnolia State?
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Eric Olson, Associated Press
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August 27, 2025
College football picks: No. 1 Texas-No. 3 Ohio St is the main event on tantalizing slate of games
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Jim Beaugez
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August 27, 2025
‘Hitmaker’ songwriter Ben Johnson stars on new Netflix series
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Alistair Begg
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August 27, 2025
From grumbling to gratitude
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Sid Salter
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August 27, 2025
With Social Security and PERS under review, Baby Boomers are working longer before retiring
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Hunter Estes
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August 25, 2025
It’s time for term limits
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Kelley Williams
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August 24, 2025
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