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Jobless Mississippians fear what’s next as $300 unemployment checks end
CARRIERE — It takes $80 to fill the gas tank inside the beat-up white cargo van 34-year-old Michael ... Read more
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Reeves to end $300 unemployment stipend after Gunn calls for crackdown
Gov. Tate Reeves said Mississippi in early June will opt out of a federal pandemic program that has ... Read more
Local News
Abortion, teacher pay and tax cuts: Bills to watch this legislative session
Mississippi lawmakers filed nearly 2,000 bills as of this week’s deadline for drafting general legislation, slightly lower than ... Read more
Elections
A busy election day in Lauderdale County
First-time voter Juliana Stevens woke up at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday to cast her vote in the Bailey community, ... Read more
Business
Jamarcus Haynes finds life’s career thanks to MCC
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be ... Read more
Columns
GEORGE WILL: Democrats have their Thatcher in Elizabeth Warren, if they dare
WASHINGTON — Margaret Thatcher’s description of herself as a “conviction politician” alarmed some Britons but delighted others ... Read more
Columns
WALTER WILLIAMS: Some ideas to think about
Poverty is no mystery, and it’s easily avoidable. The poverty line that the Census Bureau used in ... Read more
State
House shows support for equal pay law
In a surprise move Friday, the Mississippi House of Representatives approved an effort to establish a state law ... Read more
State
House shows support for equal pay law
In a surprise move Friday, the Mississippi House of Representatives approved an effort to establish a state law ... Read more
Columns
GEORGE WILL: Unsatisfied with facts, Seattle’s city council turns to interpretations
SEATTLE – In this city, which is a petri dish of progressivism, a prevailing theory is that when you ... Read more