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SALTER: State’s casinos showing record growth as pent-up demand drives overflow crowds
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 154 Reads
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 11:06 AM
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

How ready were gamblers to return to Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos after COVID and the resulting shutdowns?
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Clarksdale raises bad for PERS, too
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On Mon, 07/26/2021 - 10:24 PM
The audacity of the city leaders in Clarksdale to give themselves unprecedentedly large raises has received attention across Mississippi.
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Voters filled every available space inside the community room of The Mark Apartments in Ridgeland. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Mississippi does not have to change law to make voting hard. It already is.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 431 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 10:12 AM
Below is a political opinion column from Bobby Harrison:

States like Texas, Georgia and Florida that have been in the national news recently for efforts that many say will make it more difficult for their citizens to vote still have a long way to go to catch Mississippi.
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Editorial: Hard truths about Amtrak
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On Sat, 07/24/2021 - 10:12 AM
Maybe it’s time for all Americans — even those who cringe at the trillion-dollar budget deficits of recent years — to admit that there really is no political or popular will to do anything substantial about our runaway spending.
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Opinion: Wise and Dzielak discuss Delta variant
By Robert Wise and David Dzielak, 572 Reads
Sat, 07/24/2021 - 09:54 AM
Robert Wise: David, we got our most hits on the article about the Delta variant. People are concerned. What’s your update?
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Editorial: Delta variant - Heed the warning
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On Sat, 07/24/2021 - 09:36 AM
We have been warned. Health officials in Mississippi, around the country and even around the world are telling residents in the state the delta variant of COVID-19 is here. It’s more contagious than any strain of the coronavirus this country has experienced to date.
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Opinion: Quality journalism is very valuable to our country
By Wyatt Emmerich, 547 Reads
Sat, 07/24/2021 - 12:48 AM
I just returned from the 155th meeting of the Mississippi Press Association (MPA) held at the Golden Nugget in Biloxi.
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Rental assistance not getting out
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On Fri, 07/23/2021 - 12:12 AM
The oodles of money thrown by the federal government over the past year and a half at virtually every enterprise and adult in this country has avoided an economic meltdown, although what all this borrowing means for the future is still to be determined.
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Dr. Dobbs: Cut him some slack
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On Thu, 07/22/2021 - 08:18 PM
Dr. Thomas Dobbs sometimes lets his frustration with those who are making it harder to beat the COVID-19 pandemic get the best of him.
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Opinion: War on Drugs has been a failure
By Brett Montague, 338 Reads
Thu, 07/22/2021 - 08:00 PM
Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon held a press conference in the White House Briefing Room to officially declare a “War on Drugs.” President Nixon stated, “In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.”
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