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Salter: Supreme Court action on Mississippi cases impacts protest rights, balloting procedures

By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, READ MORE > 151 Reads
On Thu, 03/26/2026 - 11:04 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:

Columnist Sid Salter takes a look at two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court that have drawn national attention.

It’s rare for Mississippi to draw significant national attention in a single week, but last week the Supreme Court kept the state in the spotlight with two major cases – one a unanimous decision on a protestor’s free speech rights at a public performance venue, and the other a voting rights case that could impact both state and federal elections.

Salter: Supreme Court action on Mississippi cases impacts protest rights, balloting procedures

By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, READ MORE > 151 Reads
On Thu, 03/26/2026 - 11:04 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:

Columnist Sid Salter takes a look at two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court that have drawn national attention.

AG needs to take action

By Bryan Davis - The Enterprise-Tocsin, READ MORE > 181 Reads
On Thu, 03/26/2026 - 11:00 AM

Attorney General Lynn Fitch's office has done the citizens of Indianola a continued disservice.
For a year and a half, the AG's office has failed to effectively prosecute and resolve its civil demands against former Aldermen Ruben Woods, Marvin Elder and Sam Brock.
The AG filed its suit against the three aldermen in October 2024, following State Auditor Shad White's summer 2024 demands against them for their role in the alleged illegal $38,900 payout to Spencer Construction.

AG needs to take action

By Bryan Davis - The Enterprise-Tocsin, READ MORE > 181 Reads
On Thu, 03/26/2026 - 11:00 AM

The strait jacket of Hormuz

By Ashby Foote, READ MORE > 158 Reads
On Thu, 03/26/2026 - 10:48 AM

For fifty years Pentagon planners, whose job it is to analyze risk and threats around the globe, have concluded year after year that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the worst possible scenario to confront - but it never happened – until now! The world is now witnessing firsthand what scared the military analysts. When big flows of oil and gas are interrupted it doesn’t take long to disrupt economic activity. Disrupt it long enough and the world economy grinds to a crawl. The fog of war is still thick. The fog of resolution is thicker still. How does this situation end?

The strait jacket of Hormuz

By Ashby Foote, READ MORE > 158 Reads
On Thu, 03/26/2026 - 10:48 AM

Latino: Senate Democrat suing state over Mississippi Supreme Court map named by Hosemann to help redraw lines

By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 186 Reads
On Wed, 03/25/2026 - 08:58 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:

Senate Minority leader Derrick Simmons is a plaintiff in the ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit to upend Mississippi’s judicial districts. He’s been named one of three senators to help redraw the map, putting him on both sides of pending litigation.

Latino: Senate Democrat suing state over Mississippi Supreme Court map named by Hosemann to help redraw lines

By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 186 Reads
On Wed, 03/25/2026 - 08:58 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:

Mayor Horhn has big plans for Jackson

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 212 Reads
On Wed, 03/25/2026 - 04:28 PM

Jackson Mayor John Horhn spoke to the Rotary Club of Jackson this past Tuesday.
First of all, it’s great to have a mayor who visits civic clubs like Rotary to engage with constituents, especially engaged ones such as club members.
Sadly, civic club involvement has declined over the last 30 years, just one more bad effect of the rise in social media and tribal inclusiveness.

Mayor Horhn has big plans for Jackson

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 212 Reads
On Wed, 03/25/2026 - 04:28 PM

NIL nuttiness

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On Wed, 03/25/2026 - 02:38 PM

Speaking of sports, here’s another misguided House proposal that a more rationale Senate has killed: exempting from Mississippi’s income tax the NIL compensation paid to college athletes.

NIL nuttiness

READ MORE > 334 Reads
On Wed, 03/25/2026 - 02:38 PM

Speaking of sports, here’s another misguided House proposal that a more rationale Senate has killed: exempting from Mississippi’s income tax the NIL compensation paid to college athletes.

Numbers don’t work on sports betting

READ MORE > 321 Reads
On Wed, 03/25/2026 - 02:26 PM

There are lots of reasons why Mississippi should resist the national trend to make sports betting ubiquitous by allowing wagers to be placed online.

Numbers don’t work on sports betting

READ MORE > 321 Reads
On Wed, 03/25/2026 - 02:26 PM

There are lots of reasons why Mississippi should resist the national trend to make sports betting ubiquitous by allowing wagers to be placed online.

Salter: Hyde-Smith withstood a nearly “coordinated” attack in cruising to GOP primary win

By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, READ MORE > 290 Reads
On Tue, 03/24/2026 - 02:32 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:

Columnist Sid Salter says Hyde-Smith is the clear favorite in this race but expect Colom to continue to wage a bare-knuckle campaign.

After the March 10 primaries, Mississippi now enters the home stretch of the 2026 mid-term elections, amid renewed fighting in the Middle East, new global and domestic economic challenges influenced by that conflict, and American partisan differences that have not been deeper or more pronounced since the late 1960s.

Salter: Hyde-Smith withstood a nearly “coordinated” attack in cruising to GOP primary win

By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, READ MORE > 290 Reads
On Tue, 03/24/2026 - 02:32 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:

Columnist Sid Salter says Hyde-Smith is the clear favorite in this race but expect Colom to continue to wage a bare-knuckle campaign.

Harrison: Republicans feuding is no different than what Democrats used to do. Remember Billy McCoy and Ronnie Musgrove

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 195 Reads
On Tue, 03/24/2026 - 02:28 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:

As Republicans surged to take control of state government in the 1990s and 2000s, no two Democratic Mississippi politicians were more despised by members of the upstart party than Ronnie Musgrove and Billy McCoy.

McCoy served from 2004 until 2012 as the last Democratic speaker of the Mississippi House while Musgrove served from 1996 until 2000 as the state’s last Democratic lieutenant governor and from 2000 until 2004 as Mississippi’s last Democratic governor.

Harrison: Republicans feuding is no different than what Democrats used to do. Remember Billy McCoy and Ronnie Musgrove

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 195 Reads
On Tue, 03/24/2026 - 02:28 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:

Latino: Could Mississippi’s conservative, business donors stop giving to Republican incumbents?

By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 151 Reads
On Tue, 03/24/2026 - 01:28 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:

Eight separate stalwart Republican donors told Magnolia Tribune they were rethinking their political giving after what one called a “dismal” legislative session.

Latino: Could Mississippi’s conservative, business donors stop giving to Republican incumbents?

By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 151 Reads
On Tue, 03/24/2026 - 01:28 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:

Eight separate stalwart Republican donors told Magnolia Tribune they were rethinking their political giving after what one called a “dismal” legislative session.

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