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Does Waller reshuffle the deck?
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,02/20/19-1:45AM , 245 Reads
STARKVILLE — The expected highly partisan 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial battle between incumbent Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and incumbent Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood has been joined by Bill Waller Jr., who after running in nonpartisan judicial elections says he will run for governor as a Republican.
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Election to bring big change
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,02/13/19-1:59AM , 216 Reads
STARKVILLE – Change. In terms of Mississippi government, change isn’t merely coming — and we’re talking major changes — it’s in great measure already here and identifiable.
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Maybe next year on med pot
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,02/06/19-3:45AM , 209 Reads
STARKVILLE — Almost 40 years of covering Mississippi government and politics suggest to me that an election year isn’t the best time to enact something as controversial as legalizing medical marijuana.
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Thompson OK with wall?
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,01/30/19-11:59PM , 146 Reads
STARKVILLE — Mississippi 2nd District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson has been an unapologetic liberal on social issues for the whole of his long congressional career, and that stance has certainly applied to issues surrounding immigration.
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