Ryan prepares to ascend to speaker
The honeymoon might be over before it even begins for House Speaker-in-waiting Paul Ryan when he is elevated to the top job this coming week.
Ryan pledges ‘clean slate’ as he seeks job of House Speaker
Rep. Paul Ryan, on his way to becoming speaker of the House and second in line to the presidency, says Congress must change its ways.
In speaker bid, Rep. Ryan sparks debate on work-life balance
Republican Rep. Paul Ryan is likely to become the next speaker of the House. He’s already an unlikely spokesman for balancing family life with work.
Ryan to seek speakership if House GOP unifies behind him
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers late Tuesday that he will run for speaker, but only if they embrace him by week’s end as their consensus candidate — an ambitious bid to impose unity on a disordered and divided House.
Paul Ryan weighs pros, cons of becoming next House speaker
Maybe Rep. Paul Ryan doesn’t feel like a character in the classic film “The Godfather,” weighing an offer he can’t refuse.
Divided House Republicans see savior in Paul Ryan
Endlessly divided, House Republicans pleaded with Rep. Paul Ryan on Friday to rescue them from their damaging leadership vacuum.
Bynum issues challenge at MSU MLK Jr. Unity Breakfast
The president of Mississippi Valley State University challenged members of the Mississippi State and Starkville community to choose wisely between “chaos and community” in their daily lives and actions.
Brown-Wright urges crowd to continue MLK’s message
Flonzie Brown-Wright, Mississippi native, Civil Rights activist and former aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., visited Columbus and spoke at a prayer breakfast at Stephens Chapel M.B. Church on Saturday morning.
Tourism chief to address MUW graduates
State tourism director Malcolm White will address graduates Saturday at the Mississippi University for Women.
Sunday at the Bluff looks back at the Black Prairie
No region in the entire Southeast, except perhaps the Mississippi Delta, is as rich in agricultural history as the Black Prairie. Just where is this unique region and what makes it so special?
Nationally-recognized historian to speak Wednesday
The Columbus and Lowndes County Historical Society will present a free program to the local community and to Pilgrimage visitors on Wednesday, April 9 at the Stephen D. Lee Home, 316 Seventh St. N.
MLK breakfast speaker a ‘motivationalist’
The keynote speaker Monday at the NAACP-Dream 365 MLK Breakfast is Dr. Frederick Haynes III, the senior pastor of Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.
Dream 365: Week-long commemoration honors past, with eyes to the future
“If you look at where we are today and we try to make plans for where we will go tomorrow, you have to remember how you got to where you are,” said Learnard Dickerson. With the Rev. Tony Montgomery and Lavonne Harris, he is a co-founder of Dream 365, a now week-long commemoration in Columbus of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
September Table Talks open with Williams scholar
It has become a happy tradition for Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library to begin its September Table Talk offerings with a salute to Columbus’s
Stadium architect to address MSU grads
Janet Marie Smith, a Mississippi State alumna and architect internationally recognized for her innovative baseball stadium designs, will be the commencement speaker for both of the university’s spring graduations May 10 and May 11 in Humphrey Coliseum.
A father’s mission: Son’s suicide prompts Halligan to warn parents of dangers of bullying
The words remain fresh and painful in John Halligan’s mind:
“I hate that school, I hate that school. I never want to go back there again. Can you home-school me? Can we move?”
Rice: All citizens have role in building, maintaining democracy
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a Mississippi State University audience that a mature democracy requires individual citizens understand not only their rights, but also their responsibilities.
Former secretary of state to speak at Mississippi State Tuesday
Mississippi State will welcome former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to campus March 26 to take part in the university’s Global Lecture Series.
Nobel winner’s colleague to speak at MSU event
A friend and colleague of late Nobel Peace Prize-winning Kenyan, Wangari Maathai, will speak at Mississippi State University tonight.
Republican representatives to support Gunn’s bid for speaker
BRANDON — State GOP representatives voted Monday to back Clinton lawyer Philip Gunn as their candidate for House speaker next year, putting him in line to become the first Republican to lead that chamber in 136 years.