Opinion

Opinion | Russ Latino •

October 8, 2024

State Superintendent of Education is wrong on school choice

School choice laws passed in surrounding states reflect both dissatisfaction with the status quo and a recognition that families should bear the ultimate decision on how best to educate their students.

Opinion | Matt Friedeman •

October 6, 2024

Preachers and politics

Matt Friedeman says too many church people listen to or read Sean Hannity and Taylor Swift and their ilk far more than they do the Bible or engage other means of grace.

Opinion | Russ Latino •

October 4, 2024

A serious moment in America demands serious Americans

We’ve been led to believe by a broken primary system, by a media environment that elevates the loudest lunatics, that Americans want melee. Most Americans just want a sense of normalcy — to believe that the people charged with addressing looming challenges are competent and sober-minded.

Opinion | Wil Ervin •

October 2, 2024

Make it make sense

Wil Ervin writes that a rose-colored distortion of public school performance is a disservice to taxpayers, our communities, and, most importantly, our students.

Opinion | Russ Latino •

October 2, 2024

Vance outperformed debate expectations. Does it matter?

Russ Latino offers 5 takeaways from the only vice-presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle.

Opinion | Sid Salter •

October 2, 2024

Serving in all three government branches, Pittman changed as Mississippi changed

Columnist Sid Salter says Edwin Lloyd Pittman was clearly one of the most successful Democratic politicians in the latter half of the 20th century in Mississippi.

Opinion | Kelley Williams •

September 30, 2024

Cut to the chase

Kelley Williams writes that the Corps of Engineers makes floods worse for some and better for others.

Opinion | Bill Crawford •

September 29, 2024

Mississippi Symphony Orchestra undaunted by challenges

From the closing of Thalia Mara Hall to a search for a new executive director, Columnist Bill Crawford says the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra is still going strong.

Opinion | Philip Wegmann •

September 27, 2024

Progressives believe they have Harris ear as she moderates rhetoric

Philip Wegmann writes that the strategy Vice President Harris' team is following closely mirrors the approach prepared by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee before she accepted the nomination.

Opinion | Sid Salter •

September 25, 2024

Some 32 years after students’ murders, Manning’s Death Row sojourn may be ending

Chief Justice Randolph recently wrote in a majority opinion from the Mississippi Supreme Court that Manning “has had more than a full measure of justice" but the victims and their families have not.

Opinion | Ashby Foote •

September 24, 2024

Book Review: “The Coming Wave” by Mustafa Suleman

Ashby Foote calls the book a useful primer that makes the bull case for AI and provides good historical context.

Opinion | Russ Latino •

September 24, 2024

Tax policy on the table at Speaker’s Summit

Could income tax elimination, a cut to the sales tax charged on groceries, and changes to Mississippi's gas tax all be on the table in 2025?

News

News | Jeremy Pittari •

August 21, 2026

State Board of Education hears update on Okolona School District’s financial woes, latest statewide MAAP scores

News | Seung Min Kim, Associated Press , Jesse Bedayne, Associated Press •

August 21, 2026

President Donald Trump announces plan to lower beef prices, but some Republicans are already balking

News | Cass Rutledge •

August 21, 2026

JTRAN strikes ends after 39 days

Business

Business | Cass Rutledge •

August 20, 2026

Solero Technologies announces $14 million expansion in Water Valley

Business | Frank Corder •

August 18, 2026

New Director coming to Port Pascagoula

Business | Frank Corder •

August 18, 2026

Marathon Cheese expanding in Booneville, creating 39 jobs

Culture

Culture | Brett Martel, Associated Press •

August 21, 2026

Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby is confident in roster upgrades, but the SEC schedule is tough

Culture | Meredith Biesinger •

August 21, 2026

Where 2,000 years of Mississippi history still rises from the ground

Culture | Chris Burrows, Associated Press •

August 21, 2026

Chambliss, Lacy are back to lead a talented roster for No. 9 Mississippi with high expectations

Opinion

Opinion | Roger Wicker •

August 21, 2026

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line boosts jobs, tourism

Opinion | Sid Salter •

August 19, 2026

Shades of Skynet? State’s measured approach to AI policy development was wise plan

Opinion | Shaun Yurtkuran •

August 17, 2026

Opinion

State Superintendent of Education is wrong on school choice

Preachers and politics

A serious moment in America demands serious Americans

Make it make sense

Vance outperformed debate expectations. Does it matter?

Serving in all three government branches, Pittman changed as Mississippi changed

Cut to the chase

Mississippi Symphony Orchestra undaunted by challenges

Progressives believe they have Harris ear as she moderates rhetoric

Some 32 years after students’ murders, Manning’s Death Row sojourn may be ending

Book Review: “The Coming Wave” by Mustafa Suleman

Tax policy on the table at Speaker’s Summit

News

State Board of Education hears update on Okolona School District’s financial woes, latest statewide MAAP scores

President Donald Trump announces plan to lower beef prices, but some Republicans are already balking

JTRAN strikes ends after 39 days

Business

Solero Technologies announces $14 million expansion in Water Valley

New Director coming to Port Pascagoula

Marathon Cheese expanding in Booneville, creating 39 jobs

Culture

Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby is confident in roster upgrades, but the SEC schedule is tough

Where 2,000 years of Mississippi history still rises from the ground

Chambliss, Lacy are back to lead a talented roster for No. 9 Mississippi with high expectations

Opinion

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line boosts jobs, tourism

Shades of Skynet? State’s measured approach to AI policy development was wise plan

The Mississippi that welcomed my family

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