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Editorial: Fentanyl isn't the only deadly drug
Tue,01/25/22-6:54PM, 86 Reads 0 Statewide
U.S. Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., is one of three co-sponsors of a bill by a Tennessee congressman that proposes to put anyone convicted of smuggling the drug fentanyl into the United States in prison for life.
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NFL overtime fine just as it is
Mon,01/24/22-9:54PM, 222 Reads 1,584 Statewide
The finish Sunday night of what some are calling the most exciting NFL game of all time has prompted renewed calls for the league to change its overtime rules.
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Editorial: Simple economics is at the root of inflation
Thu,01/20/22-7:42PM, 282 Reads 6,015 Statewide
An insightful column on The Washington Post website does a good job of identifying the bedrock cause of today’s inflation. It is the truckloads of pandemic relief money handed out to individuals, families and businesses by the federal government.
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Editorial: Democrats are their own worst enemy
Wed,01/19/22-7:12PM, 288 Reads 12,710 Statewide
The Democratic Party already faces immense challenges in Mississippi politics simply because a majority of the state’s voters are conservative white Republicans. But occasionally Democrats seem determined to make things more difficult for themselves, as a white state legislator’s experience last week showed.
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