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July 15, 2020
SALTER: Mask requirements are by no reasonable measure tyranny or an attack on one’s liberty
By: Sid Salter Erstwhile DeSoto County state legislator and failed GOP gubernatorial contender Robert Foster is certainly entitled to his opinions about government mask requirements. He is also free to apply whatever overwrought definitions to freedom, liberty, and tyranny that he chooses. Likewise, I am free to point out that one of the great things…
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July 14, 2020
$1.95 Million in Grant Funding Awarded to Increase College Completion among Mississippi Students
Students attending six Mississippi public universities will benefit from a five-year, multi-million dollar commitment from the Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) to support college retention, persistence, and completion through the Improving Mississippi’s Persistence and Completion Together (IMPACT) initiative. WHEF is an endowed Mississippi non-profit organization that has focused its efforts on promoting increased postsecondary access…
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July 8, 2020
SALTER: Legacy of John C. Stennis challenged in the wake of ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement
By: Sid Salter The social and cultural ripples from the “Black Lives Matter” movement continue, from the amazing saga of the taking down of the Mississippi state flag to the ongoing debate over moving or removing monuments and changing building names on edifices named for individuals who don’t pass muster through the prism of racial…
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Sarah Ulmer
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July 7, 2020
MSDH announce limitations on elective surgeries in some counties with rise of COVID cases
In a press conference on Tuesday, Dr. Dobbs announced that there were 957 new cases of COVID-19 reported today with 44 additional deaths. Dobbs indicated that some of those numbers were backlogged from over the weekend. With the consistent high numbers over the last two weeks, Dobbs said they would be issuing an order to…
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July 7, 2020
Regulated Medical Waste and Secure Document Destruction company expanding to Northwest Mississippi
GreenServ, Inc., a regulated medical waste and secure document destruction company, is increasing its presence in Mississippi by locating processing operations and corporate headquarters in Batesville. The project is a $6 million corporate investment and will create 45 jobs. “GreenServ is a valued member of Mississippi’s business community, and the company’s expansion into Panola County highlights the fact that our…
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Sarah Ulmer
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July 1, 2020
SALTER: The path to flag change proves that racial views evolve with life experiences, history
By: Sid Salter Mississippi’s tense and emotional public debate of removing the Confederate Battle Flag from the canton corner of the state flag evoked some of the more startling lessons of history regarding the evolution of racial views by individuals and by institutions. Let’s stop here and applaud the leadership and vision of House Speaker…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 25, 2020
Coaches, Universities urge Legislators to take action in changing the state flag
Coaches from all eight of Mississippi’s public universities rallied at the state Capitol on Thursday calling for Legislators to take action and change the state flag. “I had a meeting with our team the other day and I could tell a hurtfulness in our locker room, a confusion in our locker room, because they want…
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June 24, 2020
SALTER: Mississippi’s state flag has become an albatross around the necks of our grandchildren
By: Sid Salter It has been my experience over some 40 years of writing about public policy in Mississippi that we as a people are slow to change, even when embracing change would be to our certain benefit and obstinance about doing so is to our undeniable detriment. There is no greater manifestation of that…
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June 19, 2020
NCAA Board of Governors expands Confederate flag policy to all championships
The NCAA Board of Governors has expanded the Association’s Confederate flag policy to prevent any NCAA championship events from being played in states where the symbol has a prominent presence. The policy previously barred the awarding of sites determined in advance of a championship in states that displayed the Confederate flag. However, if a college…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 17, 2020
Senate passes abortion bill to prohibit the procedure on basis of race, gender or genetic abnormality
HB 1295 is the 2020 abortion related bill in the Mississippi Legislature. The bill has made it through the House where it originated and was passed by a vote of 33 to 11 on the Senate floor today. This bill would prevent an abortion for the reasons of race, gender or genetic abnormality unless there…
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June 17, 2020
MDA: Three counties to participate in Aspire Mississippi 2020
Representatives from three counties are participating in this year’s Aspire Mississippi program, which is designed to assist local leaders who will implement innovative programs and projects to spur economic growth and enhance the quality of life in their communities. Representatives from Claiborne, Holmes and Sunflower counties, each led by their respective local economic development organizations,…
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June 17, 2020
SALTER: Cancelled Neshoba County Fair is a microcosm of COVID-19 realities in state,
By: Sid Salter Longtime readers of this column know of my deep and abiding affection for the Neshoba County Fair and the old-time political speaking under shade of the old oaks and the tin roof of the Founder’s Square Pavilion. At the 2019 Fair, during a courthouse-to-statehouse election cycle, there were just over seven hours…
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June 3, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: June 3, 2025
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Stan Choe, Associated Press
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June 2, 2025
Wall Street drifts as oil prices jump and US manufacturing slumps
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Frank Corder
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June 2, 2025
Top 10 mayor races to watch in Mississippi’s Municipal General Elections
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Frank Corder
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May 15, 2025
HH2 relocating Kentucky distribution center to Blue Mountain, Mississippi
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 3, 2025
Where Stories Live: A day at THE MAX, Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 3, 2025
Our Savior’s prayer
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 3, 2025
Ole Miss, Southern Miss fall short in NCAA Regionals
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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Frank Corder
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June 2, 2025
Municipal elections matter. Go vote!
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Sid Salter
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May 28, 2025
Like good moonshine, Bragg’s trilogy of Southern white poverty memoirs ages smoothly
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