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Jackson will have a new mayor. Voters turned out en masse to ensure two-time incumbent Chokwe Antar Lumumba did not continue leading the city. Democratic challenger John Horhn, a 30-year state senate ...
A recent story on The American Conservative website had this warning of a headline: “It’s time to worry about AOC.” A second headline added, “Conservatives doubt Ocasio-Cortez at their own peril.” ...
A nice lady at our retirement home told me yesterday that she enjoyed my writing style but disagreed with my point of view. I'm sure she is not alone. However, I would like to list several things for ...
America’s national security has never been a given, which is why President Reagan consistently preached “peace through strength.
When the House abruptly jumped on the chance to pass the Senate’s typo-ridden income tax cut bill, it incidentally adopted ...
Ben Choate of Yazoo City served as a page for the Mississippi Senate.  Pages generally run errands for officials and Senate staff. Ben is pictured with Senator Briggs Hopson and Lieutenant Governor C.
In Mary Shelley’s book, Frankenstein, an aristocrat creates an “abhorrent monster” who ends the life of the aristocrat and his family. The question that must now be haunting U.S.
Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS 02) announced today that Greenwood Leflore Hospital has been selected to participate in the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program, a federal initiative ...
Due to flooding and high water resulting from heavy rainfall, Wolf Lake is closed to all recreational boating until further ...
Incumbent Mayor Chuck Espy did not seek re-election to a third term. State Representative Orlando Paden won the Democratic Primary runoff on Tuesday in the race to be the next Mayor of Clarksdale.
Very few believed Mississippi could ever rise from the bottom of the national education rankings, writes Rachel Canter. She says now Mississippi must stay the course and build on successes.
The good news is, I didn’t die. The bad news is that I’m old and I forget to do things—like not updating a Sun column about ...