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GUEST EDITORIAL: City pay raise not fair to PERS, community, state
By The Press Register, 481 Reads
Sun, 08/01/2021 - 06:00 AM
The audacity of the city leaders in Clarksdale to give themselves unprecedentedly large raises has received attention across Mississippi.
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FLOYD INGRAM: Letters to the Editor
By Floyd Ingram, 366 Reads
Sat, 07/31/2021 - 03:00 AM
They say the two most read sections of a newspaper are the Letters to the Editor and the obituaries.
Let me say I would rather have you in our Letters to the Editor than our obituaries.
Over the past few weeks we have a wide selection of letters from people voicing their concerns on issues in your community.
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EDITORIAL: Shop Local this weekend
By The Press Register, 185 Reads
Sat, 07/31/2021 - 06:00 AM
This is the height of the summer shopping season and the time of year when people shop for their home, back to school clothes and maybe purchase that car, appliance or furniture with summer long-hour payrolls.
This is also Sale-Tax Holiday weekend and you can get a 7-percent discount on most items you need right now.
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Thompson in national spotlight
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On Thu, 07/29/2021 - 09:36 PM
It’s yet to be seen what will come out of the House investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.
There’s one near certainty, however.
The proceedings are going to substantially raise the national profile of Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson.
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Clarksdale raises bad for PERS, too
By The Press Register, 1,573 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 10:24 PM
The audacity of the city leaders in Clarksdale to give themselves unprecedentedly large raises has received attention across Mississippi.
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Editorial: Delta variant - Heed the warning
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On Sat, 07/24/2021 - 09:36 AM
We have been warned. Health officials in Mississippi, around the country and even around the world are telling residents in the state the delta variant of COVID-19 is here. It’s more contagious than any strain of the coronavirus this country has experienced to date.
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EDITORIAL: A direction for downtown
By The Press Register, 527 Reads
Sat, 07/24/2021 - 06:00 AM
As downtowns in many small communities slowly dry up, we want to encourage people to look at our downtown area and recognize how fortunate we are in Clarksdale.
Bound by a railroad on the east and a river on the south, Clarksdale’s downtown is compact and clearly defined.
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Rental assistance not getting out
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On Thu, 07/22/2021 - 09:24 PM
The oodles of money thrown by the federal government over the past year and a half at virtually every enterprise and adult in this country has avoided an economic meltdown, although what all this borrowing means for the future is still to be determined.
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Dr. Dobbs: Cut him some slack
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On Wed, 07/21/2021 - 09:48 PM
Dr. Thomas Dobbs sometimes lets his frustration with those who are making it harder to beat the COVID-19 pandemic get the best of him.
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Parker doesn’t buy into groupthink
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On Mon, 07/19/2021 - 10:00 PM
Star Parker is an anomaly as syndicated columnists go. She is Black, she is female and she is unapologetically conservative.
Not many of those around.
But Parker regularly makes thought-provoking arguments that undoubtedly rile the Black base of the Democratic Party.
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