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June 2, 2022
CALDWELL: Less with More or More with More
Submitted by John Caldwell, Northern District Transportation Commissioner “The challenge is clear! Fix our highways. That costs money. Additional and alternative revenues must be considered,” Caldwell writes. Hold on to your coffee. Whether it’s a rough stretch along your favorite highway, or random potholes on our interstates, there’s no need to go looking for trouble. You…
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Sarah Ulmer
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June 1, 2022
Mississippi Congressional Redistricting goes into effect as Legislature intended
A three-judge panel allowed the newly drawn district maps to remain in place as the Midterm Primary Election nears. During the 2022 Mississippi Legislative Session, lawmakers were tasked with redrawing Congressional district lines to represent changes in the state’s population since the most recent census in 2020. The largest changes were in the 2nd Congressional…
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Guest Editorial
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June 1, 2022
SALTER: Justice Scalia’s words on Second Amendment absolutism are true and prophetic
By: Sid Salter On the brutal reality of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting – and all the others in our country dating back to Columbine and Luke Woodham’s rampage at Pearl High School in Mississippi – the “thoughts and prayers” of do-nothing politicians ring particularly hollow and meaningless. I come at this as a gun…
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Frank Corder
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May 31, 2022
Mississippi Midterm Elections are Next Tuesday. Who’s on the Ballot and What is the Likely Result?
Three of the four Congressional incumbents likely to cruise to re-election. The South Mississippi district is the one to watch. The 2022 Congressional Midterm Primaries in Mississippi are next week. Tuesday, June 7th, Mississippians in both political parties will head to the polls to choose their nominees heading into the November General Election. It will…
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Guest Editorial
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May 31, 2022
CARSWELL: Drain the Swamp
Submitted by Douglas Carswell, President & CEO of MCPP “Too many boards and commissions in our state have far too much power to decide public policy,” Carswell writes. “Drain the swamp!” How often have we heard this phrase bandied about by politicians seeking to signal that they are on our side? Those that we send…
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Frank Corder
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May 30, 2022
Memorial Day: Honoring the sacrifices that keep America free
Today is Memorial Day, a time for all Americans to honor those who have sacrificed their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces to protect our nation and the freedoms we enjoy. Because of their valor, we live in the greatest nation the world has ever known. Below is President Ronald Reagan’s remarks at the…
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Guest Editorial
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May 27, 2022
WICKER: Honoring America’s Fallen Heroes
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “We owe them a debt that can never be repaid, and we must never forget their families,” Wicker writes. John Melton was 22 years old in October of 1940 when he found himself stationed in Hawaii. Raised on a farm near Liberty, Mississippi, the youngest of three children, John had…
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Frank Corder
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May 26, 2022
PERS continues concerning long-term trend lines
The Legislative PEER Committee released its annual review of the soundness of the state employee retirement system. On Thursday, the Mississippi Joint Legislative PEER Committee released a report titled 2021 Update on Financial Soundness of the Public Employees’ Retirement System examining the actuarial soundness, sustainability, and risk associated with the defined benefit retirement plan a…
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Frank Corder
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May 26, 2022
Church vandalism becoming a tool of leftist extremists in Mississippi?
WCBI reported on a rural church in Lowndes County graffitied with pro-abortion messages earlier this week. A small Mississippi church in rural Lowndes County was sprayed painted with pro-abortion graffiti messages earlier this week. Why the vandals chose that location is anyone’s guess, as it is far off the well-beaten path and members say its…
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Guest Editorial
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May 25, 2022
WILLIAMS: Another Utility Hustle
Submitted by Kelley Williams with Bigger Pie Forum “Why do Entergy and the Central Mississippi PSC Commissioner want Mississippi to be like California?” The Mississippi Public Service Commission purports to regulate utility monopolies including Mississippi Power and Entergy Mississippi. But the PSC actually shills for them. A shill is a hustler’s accomplice who touts rubes…
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Guest Editorial
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May 25, 2022
SALTER: Gas price nightmare exacerbated by stagnant gas taxes impact on future maintenance
By Sid Salter American taxpayers, who are also gasoline customers, are in an economic vise on questions of the cost of gasoline and the tax revenue gasoline purchases generate for future high construction and maintenance. The Associated Press reported in recent days that the average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 33 cents over the past…
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Guest Editorial
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May 20, 2022
WICKER: Brace for Biden’s Summer of Inflation – Cost of Living Soars as Possible Recession Looms
Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “Many on the left are now admitting that Democrat spending stoked inflation. Yet President Biden remains in denial.” By now we have all experienced sticker shock, the sense of disbelief that prices have risen so incredibly high. This time last year, we were paying $2.70 for a gallon of gas…
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Daniel Tyson
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July 3, 2025
Launch of Mississippi’s America250 Commission announced
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Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
, Leah Askarinam, Associated Press
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July 3, 2025
The House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign
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Frank Corder
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July 3, 2025
Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court coming to address “very narrow, legal issue” in court-ordered legislative redistricting
Business
Business
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Lynne Jeter
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June 27, 2025
Howard Industries announces $237 million expansion in Clarke, Jones and Simpson counties
Business
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 17, 2025
Balch & Bingham’s Hoffmann appointed Honorary Consul of Belgium for Mississippi and Alabama
Business
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Bernard Condon, Associated Press
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June 16, 2025
The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
Culture
Culture
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Robert St. John
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July 7, 2025
A roast beef poboy and a curtain call
Culture
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Parrish Alford
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July 7, 2025
Wagon’s hitched, Lebby needs Shapen to stay healthy
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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July 7, 2025
Not far from home
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Opinion
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Kimberly Ross
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July 3, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court picks parents, religious freedom over woke education bureaucracy
Opinion
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Kelley Williams
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July 3, 2025
Why do utility monopolies exist?
Opinion
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Ashby Foote
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July 2, 2025
Is Iran poised for disruption?
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