Clarke T. Reed: Don’t eliminate private sector from outdoor trust fund
House Bill 1231 creates the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund. It passed the Mississippi House of Representatives 117-2, which is overwhelming.
Wyatt Emmerich: McDaniel vs. Cochran: Ideology or money?
Now that the Cochran-McDaniel race has gone to a runoff, I feel regretfully compelled to write again on the subject.
As I said in my previous column, this is a choice of ideology or money. McDaniel is the purist and would refuse federal bucks on principle. Sen. Cochran has power and clout galore that will directly benefit Mississippi.
Mississippi Voices: Cochran’s tea party challenger
The race between Chris McDaniel and Thad Cochran for U.S. senator is crystallizing Mississippi’s great political irony.
Mississippi Voices: State’s toughest, best editorial writer lives in Rolling Fork
Mississippi’s journalism annuls are filled with stories of courage and strength under pressure. Most of those stories emanate from the civil rights era — when truth in reporting wasn’t valued in some quarters and thugs believed they could dictate the news with their fists, a burning cross or a shotgun.
Mississippi Voices: Mississippi’s opt-out creates a gap for working people
Mary is a single parent of two children. She works, earning $9.50 an hour or about $19,300 per year. She receives no child support. She might be eligible for subsidized day care for the children, but her parents keep the kids while she is on the job — and she much prefers that arrangement.
Mississippi Voices: Mississippians could use more time looking at the bright side
It was 60 years ago that Dr. Norman Vincent Peale issued “The Power of Positive Thinking.” In the decades since, other books, songs, plays and movies have extolled the virtues of making an affirmative choice to be optimistic.