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Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
June 29, 2022

The Tale of Two Mississippi Republican Congressional Runoffs as Told by the Numbers

An uncommon increase in voters in a runoff helped save Guest but it sank Palazzo. Now that the dust has settled and the Republican nominees have been chosen for Mississippi’s three Congressional Districts that held runoff elections on Tuesday, one thing is clear: voter turnout won the day for 3rd District Congressman Michael Guest while…
Opinion  |  Guest Editorial  • 
June 29, 2022

SALTER: Want a neat, antiseptic death penalty policy? That’s never been how Death Row works

By: Sid Salter In some circles in recent weeks, there seems to be some unease about the approach of a new law that authorizes Mississippi Department of Corrections employees to decline the method of execution for Death Row inmates sentenced to be executed for their crimes. We’re not talking about whether the death penalty should…