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September 2, 2022

WICKER: Water Crisis, Infrastructure Needs, and Economy Top August Travel in State

Submitted by Senator Roger Wicker “I am encouraged by the great deal of progress happening across our state,” Wicker writes. Each year during August, I get the chance to travel extensively in Mississippi to meet with constituents while Congress is out of session. This past month, I met with a wide range of small business…
Opinion  |  Guest Editorial  • 
September 2, 2022

LATINO: How the Jackson water shortage happened and how it can be solved

Submitted by Russ Latino “Whether Republican or Democrat, white or black, Jackson residents deserve better. Mississippi needs a strong capital city,” Latino writes. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, ravaging the Mississippi Gulf Coast with record storm surge. On the 17th anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters in state history, Governor Tate…