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Nathan Oakley
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January 27, 2023
Helping students find better futures with direct support
Mississippi now has career coaches in over half of all high schools statewide. Over the last decade, Mississippi leaders have aggressively tackled some of the state’s most glaring educational deficiencies with a rare combination of fortitude, logic and carefully directed resources. The most obvious example of the impact of these efforts is seen in the…
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Russ Latino
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January 26, 2023
Postpartum Fight: No One is Killing Women and Babies
No one benefits when healthcare discussions are contorted beyond recognition to advance a political agenda. The Mississippi Legislature is considering whether to expand Medicaid to cover postpartum care for up to a year. Presently, pregnancies covered by Medicaid include sixty days of postpartum care. Last session, Senate leadership favored the proposal, and the House, led…
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Editor
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January 26, 2023
Laugh a Little: Ramirez on Debt
Michael Ramirez takes on the growing national debt. $31 trillion and counting.
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Editor
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January 25, 2023
Laugh a Little: Ramirez 1/25/23
Michael Ramirez takes on misplaced classified documents.
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Sid Salter
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January 25, 2023
Global agriculture markets have substantial impacts on local Mississippi communities
For Mississippi’s agricultural economy, global trade is vital. Even before global headlines seized on the fact that for the first time in a half-century, China’s mammoth population was in decline, Fiscal Year 2023 U.S. agricultural trade projections were down overall and specifically down with China. The latest information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic…
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Russ Latino
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January 24, 2023
Trust families when it comes to their children’s education
Every child deserves the best chance for success—regardless of zip code, regardless of race, and regardless of their parents’ income. This week is National School Choice Week. It is fitting then that last night the Iowa legislature passed the Students First Act. The bill, which Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ successfully campaigned on, will give every…
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Brett Kittredge
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January 24, 2023
Republicans look to increase gains at the county level in Mississippi
The political evolution away from Democrats has been slow but the shift is likely to continue in the Magnolia State this year. To an outsider it’s probably more than a little weird that you can drive through ruby red rural counties in Mississippi that are still represented by Democrats at the local level. More often…
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Douglas Carswell
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January 23, 2023
Will Congress raise the debt ceiling (again)?
By borrowing, rather than raising taxes, those in Washington D.C. have been able to find money for their various boondoggles. The United States was founded on the principle that there should be ‘no taxation without representation’ – and adherence to that principle helped keep government small for much of America’s history. Throughout the nineteenth and…
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Cecil Brown
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January 22, 2023
Politics should not drive Medicaid expansion decision
The formula worked in those states that adopted expansion, but not in those that didn’t, including Mississippi. Once again Medicaid expansion is a hot topic in Mississippi politics. Those who oppose expansion make several arguments to support their opposition. “It costs too much. It’s socialism. It’s not a silver bullet. The whole healthcare system needs…
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Brian Blase
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January 22, 2023
Lawmakers Should Reject Calls to Expand Medicaid
Former White House adviser Brian Blase cautions Mississippi lawmakers against expanding Medicaid.
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Grant Callen
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January 22, 2023
Mississippi Charter School Law Turns Ten
National School Choice Week to be celebrated on Wednesday at the Mississippi State Capitol. This Wednesday, Empower Mississippi is back at the Capitol to celebrate National School Choice Week with nearly a thousand students, parents, and teachers from across the state. This annual event—with the unmistakable yellow scarves—has become a grand tradition to ensure lawmakers…
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Joy Hogge
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January 20, 2023
Accountability, real-world outcomes needed in Mississippi mental health system
At issue is whether the state’s mental health system helps people with mental illness. In 2016, seven years after issuing a letter of findings about Mississippi’s mental health system, the United States sued Mississippi, alleging the state’s mental health system violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by unlawfully segregating people with mental illness in institutions. …
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Frank Corder
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June 13, 2025
Nearly 280 from Mississippi National Guard deployed to D.C. in support of Saturday’s military parade
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Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press
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June 13, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
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Jeremy Pittari
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June 13, 2025
Mississippi Medicaid appropriation increases by $58 million for new fiscal year, state support nears $1 billion
Business
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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June 15, 2025
Will Bradham expands business his father needed
Business
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Paul Wiseman, Associated Press
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
Business
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
Culture
Culture
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Marilyn Tinnin
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June 15, 2025
Mississippi Legends: The Magnolia State’s own New York Times editor Turner Catledge
Culture
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Matt Friedeman
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June 15, 2025
Prayer is great, unless it’s not
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 15, 2025
Affection for the Savior
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Russ Latino
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June 15, 2025
A house divided against itself cannot stand
Opinion
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Lesley Davis
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June 12, 2025
A victory for sorority sisters: The DOE affirmed what every 18-year-old pledge already knew
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Russ Latino
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June 11, 2025
Gipson in for Governor. What’s the state of play for 2027?
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