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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 . . .

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 . . .

Salter: Fred Smith’s legacy is one of civility, curiosity, and a world-class love of books

Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter: Columnist Sid Salter reflects on the life of Choctaw Books owner, the . . .

GE Aerospace investing another $18 million in Batesville site

The company’s announcement came Monday as part of a new $1 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing sites and supplier . . .

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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Super Bowl gifts are super wrong
Wed,03/11/26-2:28PM , 213 Reads 7,169 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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Reduced, morphed, flood control plan moves a bit closer
Wed,03/11/26-3:52PM , 119 Reads 4,386 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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JXN Water, data centers and Overton window
By KELLEY WILLIAMS
Thu,03/12/26-11:14AM , 77 Reads 2,793 Statewide
What do JXN Water and the Amazon Data Centers have in common? Why are decisions by JXN Water’s Interim Manager (Water Czar) and the Federal Judge who appointed him now suspect? Why do Entergy’s residential customers now fear higher rates due to the secret Amazon data center deal?
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Can Iran be made great again?
By JOHNATHAN KETTLER
Thu,03/12/26-11:20AM , 174 Reads 4,150 Statewide
In 1971, a royal celebration was held in Iran. It was the 2,500th birthday of the Iranian monarchy, a rule which began with King Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC and continued (with a few interregnums) to the reign of Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi in the 20th century.
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