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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
July 18, 2018

Wicker Fights Newsprint Tariffs

Miss. Senator Testifies In Support of Mississippi Paper Production and Newspaper Jobs U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., testified in front of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in opposition to tariffs on imports of newsprint from Canada. The new tariffs threaten domestic newsprint producers, including those with operations in Mississippi, and would hurt the local…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
July 18, 2018

SALTER: Neshoba County Fair stump speeches should more sharply focus two key political races

By: Sid Salter A weekend visit to the Neshoba County Fairgrounds demonstrates that for the politicians and their supporters, the buildup to “Mississippi’s Giant Houseparty” is long since underway. Political signs and placards already dot trees, fence posts and power poles along the seven-mile stretch of Highway 21 running south from Philadelphia to the historic…