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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
September 18, 2019

SALTER: Accuracy of 2020 federal census will determine available federal dollars in Mississippi

By: Sid Salter We’ve spent most of the 2019 Mississippi general election cycle talking about the future of public healthcare and the state’s rural hospitals, the deteriorated condition of the state’s infrastructure system, and the needs of public education at all levels – with all three of those issues tied directly to the future of…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
September 11, 2019

SATLER: Mississippi Legislature’s look, leadership likely to change after current round of elections

By: Sid Salter Nationally, the demographics of America’s state legislators are far different than Mississippi’s numbers indicate, according to data available from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Looking at all 7,383 state legislators in the U.S. state legislatures, 82.53 percent are white, 9.12 percent are African American, 4.52 percent are Hispanic, .99 percent are…