Stephen Kent, Author at Magnolia Tribune

Stephen Kent

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

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

News | Frank Corder •

May 2, 2025

Maxwell appointed USDA State Director by President Trump

News | Frank Corder •

May 2, 2025

Senator Wicker on Trump’s budget request: President’s advisors “were apparently not listening”

News | Frank Corder •

May 2, 2025

Ole Miss pulls support of Oxford Pride Parade citing new DEI law

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

April 23, 2025

Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs

Business | Lynne Jeter •

April 17, 2025

GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville

Business | Lynne Jeter •

April 15, 2025

ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County

Culture

Culture | C.H. Spurgeon •

May 2, 2025

He promises you

Culture | Susan Marquez •

May 1, 2025

What’s Happening, Mississippi? Things to do in the Magnolia State in May 2025

Culture | C.H. Spurgeon •

May 1, 2025

The mighty one

Opinion

Opinion | Sid Salter •

April 30, 2025

Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?

Opinion | Bill Crawford •

April 27, 2025

Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated

Opinion | Courtney Taylor •

April 25, 2025

Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results