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SHIELD Act aims to verify citizenship of Mississippi voters

Democrats in both the Mississippi House and Senate have opposed the measure, calling it a bad bill that could create . . .

Super Bowl gifts are super wrong

Mississippians who believe in good government should take no comfort that House Speaker Jason White’s freebie trip to the 2025 . . .

House looks to ease backlog at ABC, provide relief to businesses

The House measure would allow licensed business with an alcohol permit to purchase their stock from any willing provider if . . .

St. John: The table gets bigger

Robert St. John says hospitality is hospitality, whether the table is set in Hattiesburg or on a fjord in northern . . .

Mississippi’s midterm Primary Elections are here. What to expect Tuesday

Republicans and Democrats head to the polls Tuesday to choose their party’s nominee ahead of the November General Election. See . . .

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Reduced, morphed, flood control plan moves a bit closer
Wed,03/11/26-3:52PM , 47 Reads 2,440 Statewide
Keith Turner, an attorney with Jackson law firm Watkins & Eager gave the Rotary Club of North Jackson an update on Jackson’s flood control projects.
This is the one that started out as John McGowan’s Two Lakes, then became One Lake and is now called the “Pearl River Federal Risk Management Project.”
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Super Bowl gifts are super wrong
Wed,03/11/26-2:28PM , 87 Reads 4,736 Statewide
Mississippians who believe in good government should take no comfort that House Speaker Jason White’s freebie trip to the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans was financed by a utility monopoly rather than, as initially suspected, a sports gambling giant.
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Wicker: President’s choice to strike Iran is profound, deliberate, and correct
By PRESS RELEASE - SENATOR ROGER WICKER
Tue,03/10/26-12:42PM , 197 Reads 4,468 Statewide
Below is a political opinion column by Roger Wicker:

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker says President Donald Trump used military force to protect the United States and make the world safer.
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Friedeman: The woman at the well for you and me
By MATT FRIEDEMAN - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Tue,03/10/26-12:36PM , 106 Reads 3,021 Statewide
Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:

Samaritans typically hated Jews. But with the sun shining overhead, the woman came to understood that the real Water was right before her very eyes.
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