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STARKVILLE – In what would be his final studio album, the inimitable Mississippi blues legend B.B.
The Wall Street Journal used Natchez in a front-page story this week to illustrate the economic decline of the South over the past decade, but it really could have chosen any Mississippi city.
There’s only one way that Mississippi is going to be able to raise the revenue it will take to sufficiently fix its deteriorating roads and bridges.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves will have to lose his bid to be Mississippi’s next governor.
One of my favorite songs is “Bleed the Same” by Mandisa, Kirk Franklin and TobyMac. One of the lines, “We’re more beautiful when we come together” was never more true to me than last Saturday when I not only covered the Unity Walk, but walked along with everyone.
I have been working on just the right words to say to the four or five people who call me every day and say, “I received a call from this number.” For a while, I would just say, “I didn’t call you.” That led to a variety of responses such as a defiant, “Yes you did. It says so right on my phone.”
The idea of a sportsplex in Columbia isn’t new. It was brought up at a 1997 Chamber of Commerce forum as a way to “enhance the quality of life outside of the workplace,” according to an editorial published in this newspaper at the time.
STARKVILLE — A Democratic New Jersey congressman recently vented his contempt for so-called ‘moocher states’ like Mississippi that receive more money from the federal government than they send back to Washington in the form of taxes.
Some Louisiana lawmakers shook up the establishment this week, and there really isn’t a more encouraging sign. This isn’t about the law itself but rather their willingness to go against their party’s national stance and not back down when criticized.
No one should be shocked by the high failure rate on Mississippi’s third-grade reading test this year. The only thing shocking is that the state’s educators did not better prepare the public for what they knew was coming.
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