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In Mississippi’s Medicaid debate, look at rapidly increasing rural mortality rates
STARKVILLE – As Mississippi legislators head to conference on the state’s first sincere consideration of some form of…
Editorials
Our view: Scammers make April a more taxing month
April is tax month, though for many of us that little chore is now history. But April is…
Columns
Senate votes for dog to catch runaway car
The dog is awfully close to catching the runaway car – the dog being the Legislature and the…
Editorials
Our view: Reporting storm damage helps others
Several rounds of severe weather made their way through the state this past week leading to flooding in…
Columns
The state’s prison system history is one that begs to break the recidivism cycle
STARKVILLE – After more than 40 years of reporting and writing about crime and punishment in Mississippi, I’ve…
Editorials
Our view: litter bugs harm our community
Whether it’s mountain biking at Bonita Lakes, a picnic at Clarkco, fishing at Okatibbee Lake or a game…
Columns
Immigration tests America’s soul
Is there a national soul that accepts immigrants fleeing wretched conditions in their home countries? Or has the…
Editorials
Our view: Measles is a real and rising threat to our community
Once the scourge of many a childhood, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared measles eliminated from…
Columns
Historian Dan Jordan left a nationally renowned legacy in leading Jefferson’s Monticello
For the third straight year, restoring the initiative process in Mississippi appears dead, thanks to resistance in the…
Columns
Legislature, not local governments, should fund $26 billion PERS gap
The Legislature was going to make a serious effort to fix PERS this year. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann…