Bill Minor | The Greenwood Commonwealth

registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Tussle brews over contested seat.
By BILL MINOR
Wed,12/17/03-11:00PM , 322 Reads
JACKSON - Right off the bat, when the new state Senate convenes here Jan. 6, Mississippians may well get a preview of the sharply partisan cleavage that likely will mark Mississippi's upper chamber the upcoming four years.
READ MORE

free content

Will Barbour soften on taxes?
By BILL MINOR
Wed,12/10/03-11:00PM , 256 Reads
JACKSON - The incoming Barbour administration of course doesn't want to talk about raising taxes, having repeatedly disavowed such a notion in the recent campaign.

Significantly, however, it has brought on board the guy who was chief legislative engineer of the last big state tax hike 11 years ago.
READ MORE

registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

A pair of extraordinary men
By BILL MINOR
Wed,12/03/03-11:00PM , 459 Reads
JACKSON - A week ago, two Gulf Coast natives of extraordinary talents, Bill Simpson and Boyce Holleman, died after long careers that in their special way left a deep impact on Mississippi history of the last half-century.
READ MORE

premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

How did GOP lose Louisiana?
By BILL MINOR
Thu,11/27/03-11:00PM , 141 Reads
NEW ORLEANS - As luck would have it, a ceremony at Tulane University honoring us alumni who are World War II veterans brought me down here the same day Louisiana voters were electing a new governor.
READ MORE

Subscribe to Bill Minor

The E-Edition

Weekend, March 14-15, 2026

Join Those Who Support Local News

Local news matters to Greenwood. It keeps the people informed and connected. It asks the questions they want answered. It elevates what’s good, and it exposes what’s not.

To do that work well takes skilled reporters and editors, as many as a community can support through advertising, subscriptions and philanthropy.

The Greenwood Commonwealth expanded its newsroom in 2025 by adding Gerard Edic as a reporter covering public safety and other stories of interest to the community.

His position is partially funded by a two-year grant from Report for America, a national nonprofit. Generous supporters in the community donated the matching funds in the first year. We are now raising funds for Year 2.

Will you join this effort with a tax-deductible contribution?

Donate