The general consensus is that the hastily devised plan to eliminate Mississippi’s income tax and replace it with higher sales taxes will die f…
Sam R. Hall
Executive Editor
T he Mississippi House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would eliminate the state income tax and move Mississippi to more of a …
Last November more than a million Mississippi voters participated in the election to decide if Mississippi should have medical marijuana. And …
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was doomed to an eternity of pushing a boulder uphill. Modern proponents of state-based tax reform can relate. A …
Mississippi’s voter identification requirement could be at risk if the state Supreme Court strikes down the medical marijuana initiative appro…
Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson had a strong point when he recently argued a man convicted of a violent attack, during which he cut someone’s t…
In looking back on the educational impact the last 12 months has had on student achievement, it is critical that educators and parents alike e…
We here at the Oren Dunn City Museum know you all have grown weather weary after a week of ice and snow. Sihya Smith and I loved all the photo…
The relentless airbag recall notices concerning my mother’s old truck have progressed from a mailbox-clogging nuisance to a grim reminder that…
Coffee. I need coffee. And sleep. And food.
No matter where you drive in most of Mississippi in the next few weeks, you will encounter new and challenging potholes thanks to the Great Ic…
House Bill 1231 creates the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund. It passed the Mississippi House of Representatives 107-2, which is an …
The federal government sent to the individual states in 2014 a program to assist with healthcare. It was designed to help local hospitals cove…
Starting on Feb. 14, our region experienced a massive winter storm – the worst in many years. Unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Uri, th…
In recent days, President Biden put forward a sweeping and misguided plan to overhaul our nation’s immigration system. Most notably, the propo…
W eathering storms has become normal operating procedure for city governments these days. From pandemics and protests to winter weather storms…
My political godfather, the late Gil Carmichael, fought hard for a new state constitution. A key purpose was to strengthen the office of gover…
My Legacy Box arrived at the door today. Now all my important and memorable photos have been digitized and preserved “forever.”
When former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. was weighing a run for governor in 2019, research was done on whether he c…
The man who picked me up at an airport too many years ago to recall the date asked if I had ever heard of a guy named Rush Limbaugh. When I sa…
The month of February marks 36 years of employment with CREATE Foundation – hired as the receptionist, secretary, and bookkeeper.
Presidential honeymoons have remarkably different lengths. President Barack Obama’s honeymoon, at least with the press, began the day he annou…
Apparently, Adam Kinzinger’s family hates him now. Alexander Hamilton would not be surprised.
While the creators of the once tremendously popular cartoon “The Jetsons” imagined a futuristic reality based strictly on imagination in 1962,…
Recently, I posted on our social media a photograph of a young man, a young woman, and a gallows under construction. The label in our archives…
Everyone has to go eventually.
Once upon a time – just a few weeks ago – Republicans in the great state of Texas were talking about seceding from the union. If memory serves…
It’s February. It’s cold. To fend off the winter blahs, I dream of one day retiring to a warm beach, where I’ll stand in the surf, sipping bev…