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Dome of the State Capitol in Jackson. The first Legislative session of the new year convenes today, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Equal pay for women: Is this the year Mississippi will join rest of the nation?
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,01/20/22-11:54AM, 89 Reads 0 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

Bipartisan support has grown in recent years for an equal pay law in Mississippi — the last state in the nation to fail to provide legal recourse for women paid less than men for the same work.
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Opinion: When will Omicron peak?
By ROBERT WISE
Wed,01/19/22-12:48AM, 265 Reads 4,877 Statewide
My bet before Christmas was for Mississippi’s straight up Omicron surge to start January 1, based on a prior start of the UK surge December 1. Mississippi surges have followed UK surges by 30 days, looking at the NYT charts.
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Opinion: PERS lessons from the Municipal Retirement System
By BIGGER PIE
Wed,01/19/22-12:30AM, 216 Reads 3,377 Statewide
The Public Employee Retirement Systems of Mississippi (PERS) had one of its best years ever from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. That is good news for its participants and good news for those who stand behind the plan’s defined benefit liabilities – Mississippi’s taxpayers.
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Opinion: History teaches us that empires don’t last forever
By PETER GILDERSON
Wed,01/19/22-12:12AM, 239 Reads 2,964 Statewide
Empires come and go. Why do they rise and fall? Can we learn the lessons of history? I am no historian, but I have mined a few nuggets from others who have studied these empires more closely. Are any of these snip-bits instructive to us today as we live in one of the greatest nations in the world's history?
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January 19, 2022