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Congressman shows courage
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,05/26/21-2:00AM , 1065 Reads
STARKVILLE — In a state that gave former Republican President Donald Trump 57.8% of the state’s 2016 vote for president and 57.6% in the 2020 presidential election, Republican 3rd District U.S. Rep. Michael Guest found the courage to join 35 other Republican members of Congress in voting for an independent commission to investigate the Jan.
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Grisham scores a hit outside normal genre
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,04/28/21-2:00AM , 1127 Reads
STARKVILLE — Professional book critics usually squirm uncomfortably in their reviews when author John Grisham gets out of the more familiar mold of legal thrillers with unexpected plot twists or more gothic looks at a South that is evolving on questions of race, equality or social justice.
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Pot ruling will reverberate
Wed,04/21/21-2:00AM , 20857 Reads
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case that not only decides the fate of a voter initiative authorizing a medical marijuana program in Mississippi but may well decide the future of the state’s entire voter initiative process.
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VMT tax would pinch Miss.
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,04/07/21-2:00AM , 1464 Reads
STARKVILLE — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stepped strongly toward, then beat a rather hasty retreat from the concept of including a vehicle miles traveled or VMT tax component as a means to pay for President Biden’s massive national infrastructure proposal.
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