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Book festival a big success
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,08/26/15-4:19PM , 190 Reads
JACKSON — The inaugural Mississippi Book Festival was an unqualified success — one that surpassed the rudimentary shade-tree estimates of just how many Mississippians would sacrifice an extremely hot Saturday to attend an outdoor festival for the purpose of celebrating reading, writing and the state’s impressive literary accomplishments of past
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Honest view of Henry
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,08/19/15-5:57PM , 128 Reads
STARKVILLE — The new biography “Aaron Henry of Mississippi: Inside Agitator”(University of Arkansas Press, 365 pages) by Minion K.C.
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PSC race will be one worth watching
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,08/12/15-6:45PM , 165 Reads
STARKVILLE — One of the more intriguing general election showdowns in Mississippi will come in the Central District public service commissioner race between Republican Brent Bailey, Democrat Cecil Brown and Reform Party nominee Latrice D. Notree.
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Pot initiatives seek ballot spot
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,07/29/15-4:37PM , 176 Reads
STARKVILLE — There are now formally two initiative-and-referendum efforts under way to get a marijuana legalization question in front of Mississippi voters in 2016.
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