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Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
September 21, 2022

Jackpot Justice +20: Former special counsel to Mississippi Senate gives inside look into tort reform’s passage

This is the third installment in the Y’all Politics series looking back at the passage of tort reform that occurred 20 years ago in the longest special session in Mississippi history.  The fall of 2002 saw the longest special session in Mississippi history. The purpose of the call by former Governor Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat,…
Opinion  |  Guest Editorial  • 
September 21, 2022

SALTER: Despite national turmoil, Mississippi’s a long way from political realignment

By: Sid Salter While American political discourse continues to careen to the poles of both ends of the partisan continuum, Mississippi’s current round of midterm congressional elections suggests nothing in the way of political realignment. Mississippi’s midterms saw the majority of incumbents headed toward reelection. Second District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, and First District…