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Mississippi has made its bed
Thu, 09/23/2021 - 07:06 PM, 261 Reads
When individuals are down on their luck, those trying to help them out become frustrated when the recipients of the generosity aren’t willing to do the smallest part to improve their situation.
So goes the common response: Why help them when they aren’t willing to help themselves?
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Should Fitch have bodyguards?
Thu, 09/23/2021 - 08:18 AM, 204 Reads
Does Mississippi’s attorney general need bodyguards? Until Lynn Fitch got the job, those who served in that position apparently did not think it did.
Fitch, in her first term as the state’s chief legal officer, has been in the news recently over her use — and alleged misuse — of taxpayer-provided security personnel.
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Made it through COVID
Wed, 09/22/2021 - 02:12 PM, 660 Reads
This time last week, I barely had the energy to lift my head from my pillow, much less sit upright and focus on writing a column.
To be perfectly honest, my ability to focus is still not as sharp as it was before I contracted COVID-19.
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SALTER: Legislative redistricting remains an intensely political, intensely partisan exercise
By SID SALTER - CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST
Wed, 09/22/2021 - 09:42 AM, 140 Reads
Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:

With Census data compiled, state legislatures across the country are engaged in the intensely political, intensely partisan exercise of legislative redistricting for both congressional districts and state legislative districts.
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