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 •

August 6, 2025

Governor Reeves: Voters rejected Medicaid expansion in Tuesday’s GOP Senate primaries

News | Daniel Tyson •

August 6, 2025

Jackson Mayor relaunches city’s Civil Service Commission

News | Jeremy Pittari •

August 6, 2025

PEER report finds promise in changes made to PERS, but obstacles remain

Business

Business | Lynne Jeter •

August 5, 2025

Mancuso Chemicals investing $5.52 million in the Magnolia State

Business | Magnolia Tribune •

August 4, 2025

Cherry elected Mississippi Power chairman, CEO

Business | Lynne Jeter •

July 17, 2025

Southern Miss, Integer Technologies land $25 million defense contract

Culture

Culture | Richelle Putnam •

August 6, 2025

The Song Inside Us All: Voices from the 2025 MSA Pines Region Songwriters Festival

Culture | Alistair Begg •

August 6, 2025

Bringing out the best in people

Culture | Meredith Biesinger •

August 5, 2025

A Bit of the Sip: Oxford serves up flavor, fun, and philanthropy

Opinion

Opinion | Sid Salter •

August 6, 2025

Will moving Neshoba stump speeches to June in 2026 lessen the fair’s political impact?

Opinion | Russ Latino •

August 5, 2025

The “no public money to private schools” mantra of school choice opponents is objectively dumb

Opinion | Russ Latino •

August 3, 2025

Sydney Sweeney’s good genes and America’s obsession with victimhood outrage