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A racial and fiscal blunder
By SID SALTER
Sat,09/22/18-12:00AM , 6,452 Reads
STARKVILLE — The so-called “jungle primary” to choose a successor to retired Republican Mississippi U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran took a truly strange turn in downtown Oxford last week.
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Reality: Espy’s a longshot
By SID SALTER
Fri,09/14/18-9:01AM , 2,254 Reads
STARKVILLE — Conservative newspaper columnist George Will is a magnificent political observer and a marvelous writer. Whether it’s politics or baseball, Will’s stuff is a reliably good read.
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State rep pushed lottery for years
By SID SALTER
Wed,09/05/18-8:16AM , 4,278 Reads
STARKVILLE — The word out of Jackson is now that Gov. Phil Bryant has signed the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Act into law, it will take about a year to get the lottery up and running.
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McCain’s deep Mississippi roots
By SID SALTER
Wed,08/29/18-8:27AM , 2,640 Reads
STARKVILLE — The late Arizona Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain had more than a passing connection with Mississippi despite being best known here for his 2008 presidential debate appearance with then-Illinois Democratic U.S. Sen. Barack Obama at Ole Miss and for famously sparring with former U.S. Sen.
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