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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
June 8, 2022

Wicker, Hyde-Smith call on DOJ to protect pro-life groups from violence

Group of Senators cite violence following leaked draft opinion on Mississippi abortion law. On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), along with 14 colleagues, called on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate and work to prevent violence against pro-life and religious organizations. The Senators’ letters follows an increase in incidences of…
Culture  |  Guest Editorial  • 
June 8, 2022

SALTER: Readers ponder the future of how we pay for future road and bridge maintenance

By: Sid Salter After a recent column on the soaring retail cost of gasoline and the concomitant impact those prices have on related fuel taxes and the proliferation of electric vehicles, readers weighed in with their ideas and questions Nick Gerteis of Brooksville, an electric vehicle commuter, reminded me that Mississippi electric vehicle owners are…