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EDITORIAL: Shovel Ready!
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Sat,01/15/22-3:00AM, 456 Reads
The federal government has turned loose $3.5 trillion dollars in infrastructure spending and we have gotten some of it. More is to come.
Coahoma County will receive $4.29 million in federal American Rescue Act money and Clarksdale is slated to receive $3.36 million.
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A compromise on vaccine mandates
Fri,01/14/22-10:18PM, 86 Reads 2,738 Statewide
The U.S. Supreme Court split the difference this past week, upholding the Biden administration’s power to mandate COVID-19 vaccination in health-care settings but not in other workplaces.
It was the right decision on both counts.
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Free COVID tests aren’t really free
Thu,01/13/22-10:12PM, 160 Reads 3,435 Statewide
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. As many times as we and other fiscal conservatives say it, some folks can’t just seem to believe it, especially folks who are members of the Democratic Party or lean heavily that way.
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Congressional remap is unfair
Thu,01/13/22-9:48PM, 145 Reads 3,013 Statewide
The dwindling clout of the Mississippi Delta at the Capitol was again in evidence this week with the passage of a congressional redistricting plan that makes the 2nd District excessively large.
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