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EDITORIAL: Everybody’s for progress, but nothing changes

Everybody is for progress, but no one wants to change. But things in this world don’t change unless someone gets . . .

Hundreds of young men and women from our community will graduate from high school and college this month. They will . . .

BLS: Mississippi achieves slight unemployment rate decline from 4.2% to 4.1% (as of April 2022)

Below is a press release from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently . . .

School district overreacts to book

Granted, the Hinds County assistant principal didn’t use the best judgment when he decided to read a children’s book called . . .

Car theft reported in Clarksdale this week

A car was reported stolen on Thursday, May 19 from the 200 block of Desoto Avenue. Police said the vehicle . . .

Senator Hyde-Smith and EPA Administrator Michael Regan seek solutions for stalled Yazoo Backwater Pumps.

HYDE-SMITH TO EPA: IT’S TIME TO GET YAZOO PUMPS BACK ON TRACK
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Wed,05/18/22-4:00PM, 521 Reads
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said a “quick resolution” is needed to revive the Yazoo Backwater Area flood control pump project that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stopped last November.
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High interest or high inflation?
Thu,05/19/22-8:34PM, 423 Reads 8,035 Statewide
We don’t envy the Federal Reserve Board as it tries to walk the tightrope between two undesirable economic outcomes: high inflation or a recession.
This week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said that it would keep raising the benchmark interest rate until it was clear that inflation was coming down.
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Police working armed robbery, burglaries, car jacking
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Wed,05/18/22-12:51PM, 603 Reads
The week started busy for the Clarksdale Police Department with an armed robbery, three burglaries and a car jacking reported Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Police are asking the community for their help in investigating these crimes and making an arrest.
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Tim Kalich

Avoid the college debt trap
By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,05/20/22-7:06PM, 495 Reads 9,984 Statewide
It’s high school graduation season, an exciting time for those receiving their diplomas and their families.
Most of the graduates probably have an idea of what they plan to do with the next stage of their life, either going to college or straight to work.
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