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October 16, 2019

Candidates aren’t talking about Mississippi’s entrenched neglect of the mentally ill

by Sid Salter The 2019 Mississippi general election is less than three weeks away and politicians are talking about a plethora of issues, but there no serious discussion of one of the state’s entrenched and shameful realities – the banishment of far too many of the state’s mentally ill to jail cells. A 2017 Treatment…
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October 15, 2019

Trump “doubles down” on Tate Reeves endorsement in another series of tweets

Fresh off a big election result in Louisiana where Republicans substantially outperformed expectations, President Donald Trump “doubled down” today on his endorsement of Republican Lt. Governor Tate Reeves’ bid for the Mississippi governor’s seat.  He offered his “complete and total endorsement”. Mississippi, there is a VERY important election for Governor on November 5th. I need…