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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 2, 2019

SALTER: Mississippi’s congressional clout will be tested, realigned in the 116th Congress

By: Sid Slater During the 2018 federal election cycle, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other national news organizations examined the question of what they saw as Mississippi’s declining clout on Capitol Hill. Clearly, the 2018 retirement of 45-year veteran Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran – who held the vastly influential post of…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
December 26, 2018

SALTER: SBA poultry loan review shines bright light on industry’s role in Mississippi economy

By: Sid Salter The ancient creation dilemma is based on determining which came first, the chicken or the egg? But in 2018 agri-business government lending, the current dilemma is more accurately based on which comes first, the independent poultry grower or the corporate poultry integrator?  The answer is complex and that complexity is based in…