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It could only be you, Marion County
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL
Wed,01/19/22-9:22AM, 512 Reads
It feels like this moment has been a long time in the making for me personally and professionally, but at the end of the day, I am merely a vessel for this community’s newspaper.
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Opinion: When will Omicron peak?
By ROBERT WISE
Wed,01/19/22-12:48AM, 272 Reads 4,876 Statewide
My bet before Christmas was for Mississippi’s straight up Omicron surge to start January 1, based on a prior start of the UK surge December 1. Mississippi surges have followed UK surges by 30 days, looking at the NYT charts.
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Opinion: PERS lessons from the Municipal Retirement System
By BIGGER PIE
Wed,01/19/22-12:30AM, 215 Reads 3,377 Statewide
The Public Employee Retirement Systems of Mississippi (PERS) had one of its best years ever from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. That is good news for its participants and good news for those who stand behind the plan’s defined benefit liabilities – Mississippi’s taxpayers.
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Opinion: History teaches us that empires don’t last forever
By PETER GILDERSON
Wed,01/19/22-12:12AM, 193 Reads 2,964 Statewide
Empires come and go. Why do they rise and fall? Can we learn the lessons of history? I am no historian, but I have mined a few nuggets from others who have studied these empires more closely. Are any of these snip-bits instructive to us today as we live in one of the greatest nations in the world's history?
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