Editorials
Our view: Our right to know
Sunshine Week, the annual national observance highlighting government transparency, is March 10-16. This week serves as a reminder…
Editorials
Our view: Clean water is not political
One of the most fundamental duties of local government is to provide its citizens with clean water. Whether…
Columns
Holloway memoir illustrates importance of entrepreneurs
The memoir of hall of fame entrepreneur J.L. Holloway illustrates the important role local entrepreneurs have played in…
Columns
Election traits of historic recurrence
Joe Biden and Donald Trump cast the die Super Tuesday for the unpopular rematch of a sitting president…
Columns
Helping Mississippi’s working poor get healthcare is economic development in action
Those job victories are in addition to the $8.8 billion in agricultural production value led by Mississippi’s poultry…
Columns
Medicaid expansion only one of major bills pending in Legislature
All eyes turn now to the Mississippi Senate to see if senators will approve Medicaid expansion. Rep. Missy…
Editorials
Our view: Work Ready designation should be celebrated
Ask any economic development official throughout the state, and they’ll tell you the availability of a skilled workforce…
Columns
Calls to scrap, change or replace the MAEP funding formula have consequences
STARKVILLE – The Mississippi Adequate Education Formula had its genesis almost 30 years ago in politics – the…
Editorials
Our view: Save a life … maybe even your own
One of the wisest life choices you can make is choosing to use your seat belt whether as…
Columns
Mississippi and Utah least resemble rest of U.S.
WalletHub analysts have dubbed Utah and Mississippi as the states that least resemble the U.S. as a whole.…