Stephen Kent, Author at Magnolia Tribune

Stephen Kent

Stephen Kent is the Media Director and Analyst for the Consumer Choice Center.

Opinion | Stephen Kent •

October 6, 2025

Trump’s movie tariff is self-sabotage

President Trump might be crushing his enemies with this “film tariff,” but his friends and supporters will feel it too.

Opinion | Stephen Kent •

March 20, 2025

State bans on sports betting are not helping anybody

A House bill that would have allowed mobile sports betting in Mississippi died in the Senate. Prospects of reviving that measure are dim.

Opinion | Stephen Kent •

February 11, 2025

Mississippi can get it right on mobile sports betting

Stephen Kent with the Consumer Choice Center says conservative estimates suggest that Mississippi is losing between $40 million and $80 million annually by keeping mobile sports betting illegal.

News

Court

News | Frank Corder •

December 31, 2025

Governor grants second clemency over illegal sentencing

News | Jeremy Pittari •

December 30, 2025

Health officials stress need for flu, measles vaccinations

News | Frank Corder •

December 30, 2025

James, Amelia top list of baby names in Mississippi for 2025

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

December 19, 2025

Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility

Business | Frank Corder •

December 18, 2025

Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg

Business | Frank Corder •

December 15, 2025

Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County

Culture

Culture | Susan Marquez •

January 1, 2026

It is possible to eat healthy in Mississippi

Culture | Alistair Begg •

January 1, 2026

Rekindling lost love

Culture | Richelle Putnam •

December 31, 2025

Discover the world with heart: How Mississippi’s Jane Halbert Jones brings Southern warmth to global travel

Opinion

Opinion | Russ Latino •

December 31, 2025

Your life is not a dumpster fire, be positive in 2026

Opinion | Sid Salter •

December 31, 2025

Sen. Wicker chairs a vastly different SASC in a very different Congress than did Stennis

Opinion | Russ Latino •

December 29, 2025

Tucker Carlson’s jihadi apology tour is despicable