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State education superintendent says jury is still out on remote learning

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On Thu, 12/03/2020 - 07:13 PM

State education superintendent Carey Wright told the Stennis Press Forum that assessments of remote learning will be completed soon.

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Mississippi October jobs down 28,800 from last year

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On Mon, 11/23/2020 - 02:37 PM

Mississippi's unemployment rate was 7.4 percent for October, 2020. This is slightly worse than the national average of 6.9 percent.

Still, Mississippi has lost 28,800 jobs since October, 1919, when the unemployment rate was 5.6 percent.

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Opinion: Presidential elections can be determined many different ways

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On Tue, 11/10/2020 - 06:13 PM

Normally the Presidential election is over by now, but this election wasn't normal.

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Opinion: Funerals bring family and friends together to celebrate life

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On Thu, 10/08/2020 - 07:38 PM

I go to funerals because of Martha Crisler, mother of my friend Bob Crisler.
She wanted to see me before she died in 2015. She was seated upright in her bed at Hospice Ministry, her hair done nicely, talking conversationally. “I just want to say thank you for being such a good friend to Bob all these years,” she told me.

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For us, Sparky was perfect

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On Thu, 07/16/2020 - 08:41 AM

In many ways, Sparky was the worst dog I ever had.

A rat terrier, he would bark, growl and snip at not only strangers, but his family as well. He loved to mark his territory, including all our furniture.

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Every sniffle causing fear

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On Thu, 03/19/2020 - 07:04 AM

Being a rural state without a large metropolitan area has been a vexing problem for Mississippi, but in this latest world crisis, it is a boon.

No matter how hard we try to make life smooth, easy and predictable, that’s not the way it works on this planet. Adam ate the apple and we must wait our turn for paradise.

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Medical marijuana proponents are not wigged out hippies

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On Wed, 03/04/2020 - 02:37 AM

Medical Marijuana 2020 has run into some opposition in its campaign to bring medical marijuana. Mississippi Board of Health unanimously voted to oppose the measure, which will be on the November, 2020 ballot.

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Give communities power to help themselves

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On Tue, 03/13/2018 - 11:02 PM

Mississippi needs to join a growing list of states that allow Community Improvement Districts (CID).
The Mississippi House of Representatives has passed a CID bill three years in a row, but it keeps dying in the Senate without the support of Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves. Reeves needs to change his tune.

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Debtors prison needs to stop

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On Thu, 03/08/2018 - 06:55 AM

We support state Rep. Andy Gipson’s House Bill 387, which prevents the immediate incarceration of Mississippians for non-payment of fines.

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Printed public notices important community service

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On Wed, 02/07/2018 - 01:15 PM

There’s an old expression that goes something like, “Nobody’s safe when the Mississippi Legislature is in session.”

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