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SALTER: State’s casinos showing record growth as pent-up demand drives overflow crowds
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 93 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 10:54 AM
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

How ready were gamblers to return to Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos after COVID and the resulting shutdowns?
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Governor Tate Reeves delivers the State of the State address on the steps of the State Capitol Tuesday afternoon. Reeves spoke of a better Mississippi through better education, jobs and unity. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Other governors use bully pulpits, incentives to urge vaccination. Where’s Gov. Reeves?
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 118 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 05:00 PM
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

As a more virulent strain of COVID-19 rips through states with low vaccination rates, many governors are using their megaphones and-or state resources to urge residents to get inoculated and overcome vaccine hesitancy and misinformation.
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Voters filled every available space inside the community room of The Mark Apartments in Ridgeland. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Mississippi does not have to change law to make voting hard. It already is.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 257 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 10:00 AM
Below is a political opinion column from Bobby Harrison:

States like Texas, Georgia and Florida that have been in the national news recently for efforts that many say will make it more difficult for their citizens to vote still have a long way to go to catch Mississippi.
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Opinion: Wise and Dzielak discuss Delta variant
By Robert Wise and David Dzielak, 294 Reads
Sat, 07/24/2021 - 09:42 AM
Robert Wise: David, we got our most hits on the article about the Delta variant. People are concerned. What’s your update?
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Opinion: Quality journalism is very valuable to our country
By Wyatt Emmerich, 242 Reads
Sat, 07/24/2021 - 12:36 AM
I just returned from the 155th meeting of the Mississippi Press Association (MPA) held at the Golden Nugget in Biloxi.
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Opinion: War on Drugs has been a failure
By Brett Montague, 342 Reads
Wed, 07/21/2021 - 06:30 PM
Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon held a press conference in the White House Briefing Room to officially declare a “War on Drugs.” President Nixon stated, “In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.”
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Opinion: Victor Smith saved many lives in Malawi, Africa
By Wyatt Emmerich, 470 Reads
Wed, 07/21/2021 - 06:12 PM
It was with sadness that I listened to the words of my friend David Beard telling me of Victor Smith’s death. He was a very influential person in my life.
I’d always heard Victor Smith had made and lost a fortune more times than anyone in the state. I guess that’s the nature of the oil business.
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SALTER: Neshoba County Fair’s return will be welcome after the COVID-19 pandemic hiatus
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 253 Reads
Wed, 07/21/2021 - 03:00 PM
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

Even for the hot and dirty clean-up after two years of absence, it was good to get back to our Neshoba County Fair cabin after last year’s pandemic hiatus.
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Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn during Legislative session at the Mississippi State Capitol Tuesday, February 4, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

If Gunn runs for governor, there will be speaker’s race, but not like old-time donnybrooks
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 373 Reads
Mon, 07/19/2021 - 12:00 PM
Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:

Mississippi could be on the verge of what used to be one of the fiercest spectacles in politics — a speaker’s race.
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Opinion: State continues to drag its feet on mental health
By Joy Hogge, 526 Reads
Mon, 07/19/2021 - 11:18 AM
June 22 was the 21st anniversary of the ruling in the landmark Supreme Court case, Olmstead v L.C., which established that people with disabilities, including mental illness, have the right to receive care in their homes and communities rather than in institutions if they choose to do so.
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