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Incrementalism will neither defeat Russia nor deter China

By Matt Becker Guest Columnist On May 22-23, the “Russian Volunteer Corps” and the “Free Russia Legion” crossed ...

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Harmontown hosting politicians July 1

Platforms, fireworks will highlight The Lafayette County Conservative Coalition and Harmontown Civic Center has invited all Lafayette County ...

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County, state candidates slated for AKA event

Upsilon Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will host a public forum Saturday, June 24, ...

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OHS seniors chosen for Student Ambassador program

Secretary of State Watson will head summits for emerging leaders After a competitive application process, Mississippi Secretary of ...

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Food stamps increasing despite debt ceiling deal political hype

By Sid Salter Columnist In the wake of the recent congressionally adopted debt ceiling limit deal between Democratic ...

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Aldermen consider permit fee change

The City of Oxford held a Board of Aldermen meeting on Tuesday to discuss proposed changes to city ...

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New book captures fascinating period in state’s political history

By Sid Salter Columnist After more than a century of courthouse-to-statehouse-to-Capitol Hill dominance in Mississippi politics, the Mississippi ...

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Rhetoric ignores the truth of federal spending in Mississippi

By Sid Salter Columnist At this writing, the debt ceiling drama – the annual political kabuki theater between ...

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How migrant buses are changing US politics

By Rich Lowry Columnist “Build the wall” hasn’t been a sentiment often heard in South Side Chicago. But ...

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Johnny Morgan: He understood and believed in bipartisanship

By Sid Salter Columnist Like most Mississippians, I was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of ...

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Johnny Morgan left a lasting legacy

Businessman, philanthropist, and ambassador for all things Oxford and Lafayette County Johnny Morgan, 76, died Wednesday in his ...

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Supreme Court ends ‘dead zone’ jail time

By Maria McMullan The “dead zone”: what criminal justice reformers have called the time frame poor defendants spend ...

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Hawkins running for District 10 seat

News Release Josh Hawkins, son of Ham and Connie Hawkins, has announced he is running for Mississippi House ...

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Cait Mayo assists at State Capitol

Cait Mayo of Oxford recently served as a page for the Mississippi Senate. Pages generally run errands for ...

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Representative Brady Williamson seeking re-election

State Representative Brady Williamson has released the following statement announcing his reelection campaign to continue representing Mississippi’s 10th ...

Lafayette County

Supervisor Larry Gillespie announces re-election campaign

Lafayette County Supervisor Larry Gillespie has announced that he will seek re-election to the District Two Supervisor Post. ...

State/Region News

ACLU-MS releases statement in response to HB 1125

JACKSON, Miss. — Today, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed House Bill 1125, the so-called Regulate Experimental Adolescent ...

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Hyde-Smith pays tribute to Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today delivered a Senate floor speech in tribute of Mississippi ...

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Auditor’s report shows state agencies pay high cost of inflation

JACKSON – From fuel and electricity to food and asphalt, taxpayers are paying more for almost everything government ...

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WICKER: New FCC Maps Pave Way for Better Coverage

By Senator Roger Wicker Few things have changed our world like the internet. Today, millions of Americans use ...

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Lawsuit: Mississippi abortion ban might not be valid yet

  JACKSON (AP) — A group of anti-abortion doctors in Mississippi, where state leaders led the charge to ...

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State auditor: Prison company must pay $2M

By  Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo The Marshall Project and Mississippi Today Mississippi’s state auditor on Monday demanded ...

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